AI consulting and automation pricing
$10,000 per month
Engagements start at $10,000 per month: a forward-deployed engineer inside your business, one priority at a time on a weekly loop, for businesses past $10 million a year.
What the engagement includes
One monthly engagement. Everything below is part of it.
A forward-deployed engineer
An engineer inside your business, in your tools and on your real data, who answers for the result.
One priority at a time, every week
We meet, agents build, people check, you approve, and the next priority starts.
AI agents
Agents that read, decide and act in your tools, with a person approving anything costly.
Workflow automation
The handoffs around the work connected, with fixed rules where they are enough.
Training for your team
Working sessions on real tasks, so the people beside each agent can run, check and change it.
Monitoring
Every agent and scheduled job watched in production, and fixed when one slows down or stops.
Handover
Documentation your team can follow and change. Then the next priority, or we step back.
Ownership
Everything runs in your own accounts. You own all of it.
What it does not include
Everything we build runs in your own accounts, so the services it runs on bill you directly.
Software
The software your agents and automations run on. It runs in your own accounts, and those vendors bill you.
Model usage
What AI model providers charge for usage. It runs in your own accounts, and those providers bill you.
What changes the cost
The starting price covers one priority at a time. Three things move it.
How many priorities run at once
One priority on a weekly loop is where engagements start. Running several at once takes more engineering time.
How many systems are involved
Work inside one system is simpler than work that crosses several. An older system with no clean way in takes more care than one with a supported connection.
How much review the work needs
The more a wrong action would cost, the more testing, approval and checking it needs before and after release.
How to compare quotes
Questions that separate a working system from a good demo, whoever you hire.
Are building and running priced separately?
Ask for both. Model usage, hosting and subscriptions continue after the build ends.
Does it end in production?
A proof of concept on sample data can leave you with a good-looking video and the same workload.
Whose name is on the accounts, code and data?
If they are in the agency’s name, leaving means rebuilding.
Who does the work?
Ask to meet the people who will build it before you sign.
What happens to input it cannot handle?
A good answer names the queue, the person and the reason. A weak one drifts back to the demo.
Is human review counted?
If an agent saves five minutes drafting and adds four minutes checking, the saving is one minute.
Who looks after it after release?
How changes are handled, who fixes it when a connected system changes, and what you own.
Are results promised before anyone has looked?
A guaranteed saving before your current baseline is measured is a red flag. A good firm says what it will build and how the result will be measured.
Questions about pricing
How much does an AI consultant cost with Signa?
Signa’s engagements start at $10,000 per month. That covers a forward-deployed engineer inside your business, one priority at a time on a weekly loop, and the agents, automation, training, monitoring and handover that come with it.
What does the monthly fee include?
An engineer inside your business, AI agents, workflow automation, training for your team, monitoring in production and a documented handover. Everything runs in your own accounts, and you own it.
Is there a minimum length?
There is no fixed length. It runs as a weekly loop, one priority at a time, and each priority is handed over documented and yours.
Who pays for software and AI model usage?
You do, directly. Everything we build runs in your own accounts, so those vendors bill you.
What makes the cost higher?
How many priorities run at once, how many systems the work touches, and how much review it needs before and after release.
Who is this pricing for?
Owners and operators of businesses past $10 million a year, where growth has meant more hires, more handoffs and more of your own time holding it together.
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