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AI Audit Pricing Calculator
Price your next AI discovery in 60 seconds. Built for boutique AI consulting firms standardizing how their team quotes engagements.
How AI consulting firms set discovery pricing
Most boutique AI consulting firms underprice their first paid discovery engagement. They pull a number out of thin air, hedge it, then defend it on the call. The AI Audit Pricing Calculator removes the guesswork by mapping seven engagement factors to a tier, an hour estimate, and a price range built from real discovery work.
What the calculator scores
The tool weights seven variables that historically drive discovery scope and selling price: company size, current automation maturity, decision-making complexity, documentation quality, timeline urgency, scope breadth, and data sensitivity. Industry is optional and only nudges the result when the vertical carries known compliance or workflow overhead (legal, healthcare, finance, regulated B2B).
Who it is built for
- Boutique AI consulting firms standardizing the way their team quotes discovery work across associates.
- Practice leads and principals who need a defensible number before the prospect call, not after.
- Multi-seat consulting teams packaging discovery as the first structured deliverable inside a longer engagement.
What you get from each calculation
Every run returns a price, a tier (Entry, Standard, Professional, Enterprise, or Complex), an hour and week estimate, the deliverables that match the tier, and a positioning script you can paste straight into your next prospect DM or proposal. If any answers create a known scope risk (regulated data without enterprise sign-off, ASAP timeline with multi-stakeholder approval), the tool flags it before you send the number.
How to use the result on a sales call
Treat the output as a defensible starting point, not a hardcoded quote. Anchor on the tier, walk the prospect through the deliverables, then adjust on the call. Most firms find the number lands 15-30% higher than what they would have proposed cold, with no extra resistance. The framework signals competence, the deliverables justify the price, and the script keeps the conversation on outcomes instead of hourly rates.
Common questions
Related reading
- Scope & Fee Estimator: price the full engagement, not just the discovery you scoped here.
- First Paid Audit Kit: the framework behind the pricing model.
- AI Project ROI Calculator: show the prospect the upside, then price the discovery.
- AI Use-Case Scorecard: prioritize which AI use-cases to scope before you quote.
- Diagnostic-to-Pipeline: turn the priced discovery's findings into a client proposal.
- For boutique AI consulting teams: how the platform handles discovery once your firm closes.
- For AI consulting agencies: standardizing discovery pricing across associates.