Commercials
How we price
Every engagement has a fixed fee, a fixed duration, and a named list of deliverables. We publish the shape of each one so you can judge fit before you spend an hour on a call.
- Billing model
- Fixed fee. No hourly billing, no time-and-materials creep
- Ownership
- You own the output from day one, in exportable form
The ladder
Engagements, in the order most clients take them
You can enter at any rung. Most clients start with a diagnostic because a build without a baseline cannot be judged.
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The NATIVE Audit
- Duration
- 15 minutes, self-serve
- Fee
- Free. No discovery tax, no call required.
- NATIVE stages
- Notice, Assess · Pre-Proof
What is delivered
- An interactive scored assessment across the four readiness pillars
- A one-page summary you can circulate
- The weakest-pillar diagnosis with the question to take into your next leadership meeting
Right for you if
- You want a baseline before you involve anyone else.
- You are preparing for a board conversation.
- You want to test whether our method is worth your time.
Not right if
- You need a facilitated scoring session with your executive team. Start at the Diagnostic.
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AI Readiness Diagnostic
- Duration
- 3 to 4 weeks
- Fee
- Fixed fee. Comparable enterprise AI assessments from large consultancies are commonly quoted in the $50,000 to $150,000 range.
- NATIVE stages
- Notice, Assess, Target · Pre-Proof
What is delivered
- Pilot and shadow-AI inventory
- Two named structural market signals
- Four-pillar readiness score with named owners
- Triaged use-case shortlist
- One completed value map
- A ninety-day plan
Right for you if
- Your board has asked what the AI plan is and the honest answer is a list of pilots.
- You need a baseline you can defend, not a vendor maturity score.
- You are willing to have the weakest pillar named out loud.
Not right if
- You already have a scored readiness baseline, a named owner per pillar, and a triaged shortlist. In that case start at the Prototype Sprint.
- You want a document rather than a decision.
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Prototype Sprint
- Duration
- 2 to 3 weeks
- Fee
- Fixed fee, published.
- NATIVE stages
- Target, Integrate · Proof
What is delivered
- A working prototype on your workflow
- A before-and-after workflow map
- A build-or-stop recommendation with a named decision owner
Right for you if
- You already know the workflow.
- A decision is blocked because nobody has seen it work.
- You can name the person who will act on the outcome.
Not right if
- There is no named decision attached to the prototype.
- You need production software now. Start at the First Workflow Build.
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First Workflow Build
- Duration
- 6 to 12 weeks
- Fee
- From a published figure. Three variables move it: integrated systems, regulatory review, and whether an eval harness is required.
- NATIVE stages
- Integrate, Validate · Product
What is delivered
- One production application
- An integrated redesigned workflow with named approve, override, and escalate roles
- A pilot charter with a pre-written pass line and kill switch
- A fully loaded cost comparison
- An operational handover
Right for you if
- A value map exists.
- Operations will engage before hardening, not after.
- You want the workflow changed, not a tool added on top of it.
Not right if
- The workflow has never been mapped.
- No one is willing to be named as operational owner.
04
The 90-Day AI-Native Programme
- Duration
- 90 days
- Fee
- From a published figure.
- NATIVE stages
- Notice through Expand · Proof into Product
What is delivered
- One complete governed pass through the loop on one real business problem
- Three thirty-day phases: audit, design, execution
- A board-ready ninety-day scorecard
- A documented pass-or-stop decision
Right for you if
- You want one thing done properly rather than six things started.
- The leadership team will meet on a fixed cadence for a quarter.
- You are prepared for the answer to be stop.
Not right if
- You need six functions moving simultaneously in the first quarter.
- The sponsor cannot commit to the day 30, 60, and 90 sessions.
05
AI Platform Programme
- Duration
- 2 to 4 quarters, in sequenced waves
- Fee
- Not published. Scoped after a diagnostic. Priced per wave, never per seat.
- NATIVE stages
- Expand, looping to Notice · Platform
What is delivered
- Governance model and decision-rights matrix
- Platform standards and publishing controls
- Enablement curriculum
- Build-request intake
- Adoption instrumentation and a quarterly review cadence
Right for you if
- One workflow is already live in routine operations.
- You have a crossover point calculated for it.
Not right if
- Nothing has shipped yet. Platform work before Product work builds governance for a capability you do not have.
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Fractional Chief AI Officer
- Duration
- Monthly, six-month minimum
- Fee
- Monthly band, published. A defined commitment in days, never hourly.
- NATIVE stages
- All stages · Any
What is delivered
- Named senior ownership of the loop
- A standing leadership cadence
- A quarterly board report
- A named internal successor plan by month four
Right for you if
- You need accountability now and a permanent hire is nine months away.
Not right if
- You want capacity rather than ownership. We do not sell seats.
Commercial policy
What will never appear on an invoice
- Fixed fee, fixed duration, named deliverables.
- No hourly billing. No time-and-materials creep. No change order for a question.
- You own everything from day one: code, prompts, evaluation sets, calibration data, and documentation, in exportable form.
- A stage that ends in a decision not to proceed is a completed engagement, not a failure.
- We do not sell seats and we do not compete on hourly rate.
FAQ
Questions about fees and scope
- Why publish prices at all?
- Because a buyer should be able to tell whether we are affordable before spending three calls finding out. Published shapes also stop scope from drifting to fill a budget.
- Do you ever discount?
- We change scope, not rate. If the fee does not fit, we remove deliverables and say which ones, rather than promising the same work for less.
- What is not included?
- Third-party licences, model inference costs, and infrastructure are yours and billed by the vendor directly. We estimate them before you commit so the fully loaded number is visible.
- Do you do retainers?
- Only in the fractional leadership engagement, where the deliverable is named senior ownership with a defined cadence and a fixed monthly fee.
Next step
Start with a baseline, not a proposal
Take the NATIVE Audit in fifteen minutes, or book a scoping call and bring the pilots you already have running.