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HOW WE CHARGE

Three simple parts.

You always know what it costs before it starts. A fixed fee where the work is clearly defined, and a predictable monthly fee where it depends on a world that keeps moving. No hourly billing, and no surprises.

01 / DISCOVERYDiscoveryFIXED FEE

A fixed fee to understand your business and produce your proposal. The proposal is yours to keep, whether or not you go on to build. Proceed within 30 days and your discovery fee comes off the cost of the build — so discovery effectively pays for itself.

02 / BUILDBuildFIXED PRICE PER OUTCOME

A fixed price for a clear outcome, agreed before we start. Each new outcome is its own clear quote, so the price never drifts.

03 / ONGOING CAREOngoing careFLAT MONTHLY

A flat monthly fee that keeps your system working and current. Optional for lower-risk work, and required once your system reaches a level of risk where leaving it unmonitored wouldn't be responsible.

Discovery pays for itself.30-DAY CREDIT

Discovery is paid because the proposal is the product, not a pitch — a clear document you own either way. Build with us within thirty days and the fee comes off the cost of the build.

IN PLAIN TERMS

When ongoing care is required.

Ongoing care is optional for lower-risk work. It becomes required once the stakes are high enough that leaving your system unmonitored wouldn’t be responsible. We will always tell you up front which applies to you, before any work begins.

This is about protecting your business, not adding cost.

WHAT RAISES THE STAKES
Your system handles sensitive or regulated dataCARE REQUIRED
The AI acts directly in your systems, rather than drafting for a person to approveCARE REQUIRED
The work depends on several outside servicesCARE REQUIRED
Lower-risk work, and none of the above appliesCARE OPTIONAL
OWNERSHIP & EXIT

A monthly fee should never feel like a lock.

Here is exactly what you own, what stays ours, and what happens the day you decide to stop. No clause you have to go looking for.

Yours, alwaysYOU OWN IT

Your proposal, your data, everything the system produces for you, and the full audit log. Exportable on request, in standard formats.

Our methods and templates stay oursOURS, ALWAYS
IF YOU EVER STOP

Nothing is deleted and nothing is locked. We wind down only what we can no longer keep safe — anything writing to your live systems steps back to draft-only. And because of the consent gate, nothing ever ran on its own in the meantime.

WHY THERE’S NO RATE CARD

We don’t sell hours.

We don’t publish a rate card because we don’t sell hours. Every price is fixed against a named outcome — which is why it never drifts. When we quote you, that is the price.

A fixed fee, agreed before we start. The proposal is yours to keep either way.