No hourly billing. No discovery-phase padding. Fixed prices tied to the value the system returns.
The numbers
AI Opportunity Audit — Free. A ranked report of what your operation is losing and what a system could recover. Delivered in 48 hours.
First system build — $1,500–$5,000, fixed. The smallest system that pays for itself first, built, integrated, and handed over. The range is scope: process count, integrations (POS, calendars, EHRs), and data cleanup.
Running it — $150–$500/month, optional. Monitoring, tweaks, and a monthly leak report. You own the system; the retainer is for keeping it sharp.
The math that makes it pay
A bar doing $40k/month with 2% shrinkage loses $800/month to the liquor cabinet. A $2,500 build that recovers 70% of it pays back in under five months — then prints about $560/month forever.
Every proposal leads with this arithmetic, built on your numbers, not industry averages. If the math does not pay, I will tell you and the audit was still free.
Why fixed and not hourly
You are buying an outcome — a system that recovers money — not my time. Fixed pricing keeps the incentive where it belongs: a build that works, delivered fast, documented so anyone can run it.
Questions people ask
What if the audit finds nothing worth building? You keep the report at no charge. No build is recommended if the math does not pay.
Is the retainer required? No. You own the system and the data; the retainer is optional sharpening.
License costs? None. Builds run on commodity cloud infrastructure, typically under $50/month at small-business scale.