What our AI consulting costs
A two-week Workflow Assessment is $4,500, fixed. A three-month pilot is $7,500 a month ($22,500 in all), and build-out after that is $11,250 to $18,750 a month. Underneath it all is one rate: $175 an hour.
Prices last updated November 9, 2026
Packages
The three packages
Workflow Assessment
$4,500
fixed
Length
2 weeks
Time
Interviews with up to 8 of your staff
You get
A measured baseline, three to five ranked workflows with the math, and a clickable prototype of the top one.
Terms
Full $4,500 credited to the Pilot if you start within 30 days.
Pilot
$7,500
a month, 3 months ($22,500)
Length
3 months
Time
10 hours a week of senior product and build time
You get
One workflow built, connected and in use. A demo every week; the before-and-after measurement at the end.
Terms
Always follows an assessment.
Build-out
$11,250 to $18,750
a month
Length
3-month minimum, then monthly
Time
15 to 25 hours a week
You get
Several workflows, plus training your team to own and extend them.
Terms
No lock-in after the minimum term.
We bill at $175 an hour, packaged so you know the number before you start. Software and hosting costs for what we build are billed at cost and agreed before we start. No long-term lock-in after the minimum term. You own everything we build, including the source code.
Scope
What's included and what isn't
Included
- Senior product and build time from Geoff, not a junior team
- Weekly live demo during the pilot and build-out
- Before-and-after measurement, in writing
- The source code, documentation and handover
- Working with your IT and security review
Not included
- Software licences, hosting and usage fees for what we build: agreed up front, billed at cost, no markup
- Travel for an on-site kickoff, if you want one: agreed in advance, at cost
- Changes to systems we don't own, such as your ERP or document control setup
Calculator
Payback calculator
Put in one workflow your teams do every week. The default figures are the worked example below. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.
Result
- Hours a year on this task
- 1,728 h
- What those hours cost
- $129,600
- Hours saved a year
- 864 h
- Saved a year
- $64,800
- Hours to break even
- 300 h
- Payback
- 4.2 months
Assumes 48 working weeks a year. Payback counts from when the tool is in use. This is an estimate to decide whether a workflow is worth measuring, not a promise.
Worked example
Worked example
Worked example. Not a client result.
- 12 PMs × 3 h × 48 weeks
- 1,728 h
- $75 an hour, loaded
- $129,600
- 50% saved (the pilot measures the real figure)
- 864 h
- Saved per year
- $64,800
- Pilot cost
- $22,500
- Payback once the tool is in use
- about 4 months
Assumptions: $75 an hour is the median construction manager wage ($51.43, BLS, May 2024) plus benefits and taxes (wages are about 70% of employer compensation cost, BLS). Your numbers will differ; that is what the assessment measures.
Market rates
How we compare with market rates
These are asking prices on other firms' public pages, checked November 2026. They are not survey data, and most firms in this space don't publish a number at all.
| What | Asking price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed-fee AI readiness assessments, general firms | $7,500 to $12,500, over 1 to 3 weeks | Workwise, Beezwax |
| AI assessments from construction-focused advisors | $15,000 to $30,000, over 2 to 4 weeks | Dan Cumberland Labs cost guide |
| Fixed-price single-workflow pilots | from about $10,000 to $15,000, over 4 to 6 weeks | Groovy Web pricing roundup |
| LastLap | Assessment $4,500, 2 weeks; pilot $22,500, 3 months | This page |
Our assessment is priced below most of these on purpose. It is about 26 hours of our time at $175, and it is credited in full to the pilot, because the pilot is where the value is.
Questions
Questions about cost
What does a pilot cost all-in?
$22,500 for three months of our time, plus any software costs, which we agree with you up front and bill at cost. The assessment ($4,500) is credited in full if you go ahead within 30 days.
Why publish prices?
Because the first conversation with your CFO is easier when the number is known. We bill our time at a fixed hourly rate and package it so there are no surprises.
What isn't included?
Software licences, hosting and third-party usage for what we build. We agree these before we start and bill them at cost, with no markup.
Is there a long-term contract?
No. The pilot is three months. Build-out has a 3-month minimum, then runs month to month.
Can we pay for the pilot in one go?
Yes, or monthly at $7,500. Either way the total is $22,500.
Pick the workflow. We'll measure it.
Tell us which job eats the most hours. We'll reply within one business day with a yes, a no, or a question.