prices · reviewed 2026-09

Every offer, published, in USD.

Anything at or under $6,000 and every monthly plan can be bought now by card, and the kickoff is booked the same minute. Everything larger starts with a 20-minute call and a written proposal within 48 hours. The AIOS Blueprint offers both.

01 / diagnose

Know what to build before you pay to build it.

Three fixed-price ways to get a written opinion. Every fee here is credited in full against any build or AIOS tier within 60 days.

who this is for For anyone who is not yet sure what to build, or who wants a second pair of senior eyes before signing someone else's proposal.

Second-opinion Session

Bring an architecture, a proposal or a stuck project. Leave with a written opinion.

90 minutes, written summary within 24 h

$350

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you get

Review of your architecture, plan, estimate, codebase excerpt or vendor proposal
A live 90-minute call with screen share, recorded
Written summary within 24 hours
Fee credited against any build within 60 days

not included

A written proposal for a build (that is the audit)
Code changes
More than one session (buy another)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
hour 1: personal reply (business hours)
≤ 5 days: the session, recorded
+ 24 h: written summary in your inbox

Tech Audit

Website, app, API or cloud: scored report and a prioritised fix list.

5 business days

$1,200

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you get

Scorecard across performance, security, accessibility, architecture and cost for one website, app, API or cloud account
Prioritised fix list with effort estimates
30-day plan and a 60-minute handoff call, recorded
Fee credited in full against any build within 60 days

not included

The fixes themselves (see Care or a build)
AI readiness scoring (that is the One Bit Audit)
A second system (buy a second audit)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
day 1: read-only access request and a short questionnaire
days 2–4: review, measurement, scoring
day 5: handoff call, scorecard and fix list

One Bit Audit most bought first

AI readiness across data, capability, operations and governance, with the three use cases worth doing first.

5 business days

$1,500

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you get

Scorecard across data, capability, operations and governance (AI) or performance, security, accessibility, architecture and cost (technical)
Top three use cases ranked by value and feasibility, or a prioritised fix list with effort estimates
Integration-pattern recommendation and risk notes (GDPR, EU AI Act, POPIA as relevant)
30-day plan and a 60-minute handoff call, recorded
Fee credited in full against any build or AIOS tier within 60 days

not included

Implementation
Vendor negotiations
A second system (buy a second audit)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
day 1: access request and interview slots
days 2–4: interviews, analysis, scoring
day 5: handoff call, scorecard and 30-day plan

02 / build

Fixed-scope builds, from one agent to a mobile app.

Two you can buy now. The rest start with a 20-minute call and a written proposal within 48 hours that fixes the price before you pay anything. A "from" price is the lowest that scope has been delivered for.

who this is for For a founder, an owner or a team lead who knows the one thing that is missing and wants it shipped at a fixed price.

One Agent

One agent, one job, up to three tool integrations, your documents, guardrails, an approval gate where it matters. Deployed.

1 week

$2,500

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you get

A single-purpose agent with up to three tool integrations
Retrieval over your documents with guardrails and an approval gate where an action has consequences
Chat, form, Slack or Teams interface, deployed to your cloud
Eval set with a pass/fail report, 30-day support, you own code, prompts and data

not included

Training or fine-tuning a model
More than three integrations (add-on $1,200 each)
A public website or mobile app around it
Ongoing operations (see AI Ops)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
day 1: kickoff call, access, the one job defined in writing
days 2–4: build, with a daily note
day 5: demo, evals, deployment
30 days: support window

Website in 2 Weeks

Up to eight pages, hand-built, dark and light, Lighthouse 90+ on a phone, WCAG AA, source handed over. Larger sites from $8,000.

2 weeks

$3,500

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you get

Up to eight pages, static or headless CMS, dark and light themes
Lighthouse 90+ on mobile and WCAG 2.1 AA, in writing
SEO basics, cookieless analytics, a contact form
Source, deploy pipeline and a one-hour handover call

not included

Copywriting and photography (I edit what you send)
More than eight pages (from $8,000)
E-commerce checkout (scoped separately)
Ongoing updates (see Care)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
day 1: kickoff call and a content checklist
day 5: first pages on a staging link
day 10: launch, source and handover

Automation Sprint

Three to six automations with shared error handling, a dashboard and runbooks.

2 weeks · typical USD 4,000–9,000

from $4,000

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

Three to six automations with shared error handling and retries
One central reporting dashboard
Runbooks and a handover training session
Source in your organisation, 30-day support

not included

Building or fixing the systems being automated
Licences for third-party tools
More than six automations (a second sprint)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

API / Integration Build

A REST or GraphQL API (up to 15 endpoints) or one integration, with an OpenAPI spec, tests and a Postman collection.

2–3 weeks · per API or integration

from $4,500

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

REST or GraphQL API with up to 15 endpoints, or one integration between two systems
OpenAPI specification and a Postman collection
Auth, rate limits and monitoring
Integration tests and documentation

not included

Changes to the systems on either side
A second API or integration (priced per unit)
Hosting and third-party API fees

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

Data & Database Build

Schema, migrations, pipelines, a warehouse or lakehouse where it earns its place, and the dashboards on top.

3 weeks

from $6,000

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

Schema, migrations and pipelines from the sources we agree
A warehouse or lakehouse where it earns its place, not by default
The dashboards on top, with documented definitions
Runbook, source in your organisation, 30-day support

not included

Cleaning historical data beyond the agreed sources
Database and cloud licences
Ongoing operations (see AI Ops or Care)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: 50% invoice, repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

MVP in 4 Weeks

A web product with auth, database, payments and up to three integrations, deployed, with a two-week fix window.

4 weeks

from $9,500

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

A web product with auth, database, payments and up to three integrations
Deployed to your cloud with a two-week fix window
Shipped in 4 weeks or the final 50% is waived
Source, docs and a recorded walkthrough

not included

A native mobile app (see Mobile App MVP or the mobile wrapper add-on)
More than three integrations (add-on $1,200 each)
Ongoing operations (see Care Plus)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: 50% invoice, repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

Copilot / RAG Pilot

A private assistant over your documents with permission-aware retrieval, an eval suite with a pass/fail report and a 25–50 user pilot.

3–4 weeks · typical USD 12,000–25,000

from $12,000

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

A private assistant over your documents with permission-aware retrieval
Eval suite with a pass/fail report before the pilot starts
A 25–50 user pilot with adoption metrics
Deployed to your cloud, you own prompts, evals and data

not included

Fine-tuning a model
Document sources beyond the ones agreed in the proposal
Company-wide rollout and governance (that is AIOS Foundation)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: 50% invoice, repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

Mobile App MVP

One codebase for iOS and Android, store-ready, with the backend it needs.

6–8 weeks

from $18,000

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you get

iOS and Android from one codebase
Auth, API, push notifications and the backend it needs
Store submission handled, including privacy manifest and data-safety forms
Handover with source and the store accounts in your name

not included

Apple and Google developer account fees
Hardware-heavy features such as AR or Bluetooth (scoped separately)
Ongoing store maintenance (see Care Plus)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: 50% invoice, repositories in your organisation, weekly demo from then on

03 / aios

Your AI operating layer, in two stages.

The Blueprint is a fixed price you can buy now or scope on a call. Foundation is the governed layer in production, and the Blueprint fee comes off it in full within 60 days. How AIOS works →

who this is for For companies of roughly 50 people and up, and regulated teams of any size, that want AI running across the business with permissions and an audit trail.

AIOS Blueprint

The architecture, build-vs-buy decision, cost model and 90-day plan for your AI operating layer. Credited in full against a Foundation build within 60 days.

2 weeks

$6,000

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you get

Architecture on the six-component model: context connectors, swappable model layer, permissions, agent runtime with approval gates, audit and observability, interfaces
Build-vs-buy decision with named options and a cost model
90-day rollout plan and a governance checklist
Readout call, recorded; fee credited in full against Foundation within 60 days

not included

Implementation (that is Foundation)
Vendor licence negotiation
More than one business unit or region (scoped on the call)

what happens after you click

hour 0: confirmation email with a booking link
day 1: kickoff call, access, interview slots
week 1: interviews, inventory of systems, data and tools
week 2: architecture, cost model, 90-day plan, readout call

AIOS Foundation

The governed layer in production: connectors, model layer, permissions, agent runtime with approval gates, audit trail, and your first three to five workflows live.

6–10 weeks · typical USD 35,000–90,000

from $35,000

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you get

The first three to five agents or workflows live on the governed layer
SSO, permissions and an append-only audit log
Eval harness, runbooks and team training
Own-cloud or VPC option, no lock-in; vetted specialists under my contract where the work exceeds one person

not included

Model and cloud usage fees (paid to the provider)
Workflows beyond the agreed first set (add per sprint)
Ongoing operations after handover (see AI Ops)

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: scope, exclusions, fixed price, dates
kickoff: 50% invoice, repositories in your organisation, weekly demo
weeks 6–10: first workflows live, handover, 30 days of support

Regulated industries add 20 to 35 percent to Foundation for the extra evidence, reviews and sign-offs, stated in the proposal before anything starts.

04 / operate and lead

Monthly plans for what you already run.

Card by Stripe, monthly, cancel any time effective at month end. All but the embedded CTO seat start today.

who this is for For teams that already run something, built by me or by anyone else, and want it kept healthy or want a senior engineer in the room each week.

Care

Updates, security scans, daily backups, uptime monitoring, one hour of changes a month, next-business-day response.

monthly, cancel any time

$350/month

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you get

Updates, security scans, daily backups and uptime monitoring
One hour of changes a month
Next-business-day response

not included

Changes beyond the included hour (see Care Plus or Dev Subscription)
Hosting, domain and licence fees
New pages or features (a build)

what happens after you click

hour 0: Stripe receipt and a welcome email
day 1: access checklist: hosting, DNS, repository
day 3: monitoring, backups and scans running
monthly: card charge; cancel any time, effective at month end

Care Plus

Everything in Care, weekly; four hours of changes; four-business-hour response; monthly report with Core Web Vitals.

monthly, cancel any time

$950/month

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you get

Everything in Care, run weekly
Four hours of changes a month
Four-business-hour response
Monthly report with Core Web Vitals tuning

not included

Changes beyond the four hours (see Dev Subscription)
Hosting, domain and licence fees
New products or major redesigns (a build)

what happens after you click

hour 0: Stripe receipt and a welcome email
day 1: access checklist: hosting, DNS, repository, analytics
day 3: monitoring, backups and scans running; report date set
monthly: report in your inbox; cancel any time, effective at month end

AI Ops

Model and prompt monitoring, cost and quality dashboards, eval re-runs, one new workflow a month, one-business-hour response, quarterly planning.

monthly, cancel any time

$2,500/month

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you get

Model, prompt and cost monitoring with a quality dashboard
Eval re-runs after every model or prompt change
One new workflow a month
One-business-hour response and quarterly planning

not included

Model and cloud usage fees (paid to the provider)
More than one new workflow a month (a sprint)
Systems I have not built or audited first

what happens after you click

hour 0: Stripe receipt and a welcome email
day 1: access checklist: model accounts, repositories, logs
week 1: dashboards live, evals baselined
monthly: one workflow shipped; cancel any time, effective at month end

Fractional CTO / AI Lead

Architecture, vendor selection, hiring and roadmap, with one accountable senior engineer in your leadership loop.

2–4 hours a week

$4,500/month

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you get

Two to four hours a week on architecture, vendor selection, hiring and roadmap
Written decision records for every call we make
One accountable senior engineer in your leadership loop

not included

Hands-on build hours (a sprint or Dev Subscription)
Attendance at your standups and vendor calls (the embedded seat)
Line management of your staff

what happens after you click

hour 0: Stripe receipt and a welcome email
day 1: a 60-minute intake call and a standing weekly slot
week 1: first decision record
monthly: card charge; cancel any time, effective at month end

Fractional CTO, embedded

The same seat, embedded: in your standups, reviews and vendor calls.

8–10 hours a week

$9,500/month

Book 20 minwritten proposal within 48 hours

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you get

Eight to ten hours a week, embedded in your standups, reviews and vendor calls
Everything in the standard seat: architecture, vendor selection, hiring, roadmap, decision records
Attendance at your leadership cadence

not included

Hands-on build hours (a sprint or Dev Subscription)
Line management of your staff
More than one company at a time under this seat

what happens after you click

hour 0: booking confirmation, or my reply inside business hours
≤ 5 days: the 20-minute call
+ 48 h: written proposal: cadence, meetings, start date
monthly: invoice; cancel any time, effective at month end

Dev Subscription

Queue as many requests as you like; each starts within two business days; pause any month.

unlimited queued requests, one at a time

$5,500/month

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you get

Queue as many requests as you like, worked one at a time
Each request starts within two business days
Pause any month and keep your place in the queue
Source in your organisation, as always

not included

Two requests in parallel (buy a second subscription)
Requests that are really a build (split them, or scope one on a call)
Hosting, licence and usage fees

what happens after you click

hour 0: Stripe receipt and a welcome email
day 1: access checklist and a shared request board
≤ 2 business days: first request started
monthly: card charge; pause or cancel, effective at month end

Monthly, cancel any time at month end. 10% off when paid quarterly, 20% off when paid annually; ask on the call or by email and I send the adjusted link.

Add-ons.

Flat prices, added to a build in the proposal. Source-code handover and a documentation pack are included in every tier at no charge and are not listed here because you never pay for them.

add-on	price	applies to
Extra integration	$1,200	One Agent, Automation Sprint, MVP in 4 Weeks, Copilot / RAG Pilot, AIOS Foundation
Admin dashboard	$2,500	Automation Sprint, Data & Database Build, MVP in 4 Weeks, AIOS Foundation
Mobile wrapper	$3,500	Website in 2 Weeks, MVP in 4 Weeks
Voice / WhatsApp channel	$2,500	One Agent, Copilot / RAG Pilot, AIOS Foundation
Eval test suite	$1,800	Automation Sprint, API / Integration Build, MVP in 4 Weeks, or any existing system that calls a model
Security review	$2,000	Any build, AIOS Foundation, or a system I did not build
Team training, half day	$1,200	Any build or AIOS tier; on site or remote
Rush delivery	+30%	Any fixed-scope build, on the build price, when the calendar allows it; stated in the proposal

Regulated industries (health, finance, public sector) add 20 to 35 percent to a build for the extra evidence and reviews. It is in the proposal before you pay anything.

Three sample scenarios.

How the offers combine for three kinds of buyer. None of these is a real client; they are worked examples of the price list.

01 / a 12-person firm automating invoice handling

One Agent plus one extra integration.

An agent reads incoming invoices, checks them against the purchase-order system and drafts the approval; a person clicks Approve. Three integrations come with the agent; the fourth, to the accounting package, is the add-on.

price: $2,500 + $1,200
time: 2 weeks
then: AI Ops at $2,500/month a month, optional

A starting point, not a quote.

02 / a marketing agency needing a new site plus care

Website in 2 Weeks, then Care.

Eight pages, dark and light, Lighthouse 90+ on a phone and WCAG 2.1 AA in writing. After launch, Care keeps it updated, backed up and monitored with an hour of changes a month.

price: $3,500 once, then $350/month a month
time: 2 weeks to launch
then: cancel Care any time, effective at month end

A starting point, not a quote.

03 / a 300-person company starting aios

AIOS Blueprint, then Foundation.

Two weeks to an architecture, a build-vs-buy decision and a 90-day plan. If the plan is approved, Foundation puts the governed layer into production with the first three to five workflows, and the Blueprint fee comes off in full.

price: $6,000, then typically USD 35,000–90,000
time: 2 weeks, then 6–10 weeks
then: AI Ops at $2,500/month a month, optional

A starting point, not a quote.

Terms in plain words.

Every first sprint is a fixed price. If the first milestone review is not what we agreed in writing, you do not pay for that sprint. Audit, session and Blueprint fees are credited in full against any build within 60 days. Anything over $5,000 is 50% on kickoff and 50% on acceptance; card via Stripe for the instant offers and monthly plans, invoices for the rest. Monthly plans cancel any time, effective at month end. Instant offers are refundable in full if the kickoff call shows the offer is wrong for you. Regulated-industry work adds 20 to 35 percent and rush work adds +30%, both stated before you pay. Read the full terms, including the dispute step →

Choose your door.

Buy something small today, talk for twenty minutes, or write one line. All three end with a written answer.

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Second-opinion Session$350
One Bit Audit$1,500
One Agent$2,500
Website in 2 Weeks$3,500
AIOS Blueprint$6,000

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