# Pricing — consultance.ai

> Engagement model. No fixed price tiers. Every build is scoped to the workflow that actually pays back.

## Discovery Call
- Price: Free
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Outcome: Honest read on whether AI moves the needle for your workflow.

## Written Audit
- Price: Included after qualified discovery
- Turnaround: 1–3 days
- Outcome: Concrete plan in writing — what to build, projected cost, projected return. Yours to keep.

## Proof of Concept
- Price: Custom (scoped after audit)
- Turnaround: 1–2 weeks
- Outcome: Working prototype on your real data before you sign a build contract.

## Production Build
- Price: Custom (scoped after PoC)
- Turnaround: 3–6 weeks typical
- Includes: Engine, observability, team training, self-healing systems, code + IP transfer at every milestone.

## Long-Term Partnership
- Price: Custom monthly retainer (scoped to ongoing surface area)
- Includes: Unlimited servicing, model upgrades, new workflows, on-call engineers
- Term: Month-to-month, no lock-in.

## What's never charged
- Discovery call
- Subcontracting markup (we don't subcontract)
- Offshore handoff fees (we don't offshore)
- IP licensing — code transfers to you at every milestone

## Why custom only
Cookie-cutter pricing prices the average. Most workflows are not average. We scope to the specific gap so the build pays for itself inside a quarter — not so a tier looks tidy on a marketing page.

## Contact
founder@consultance.ai
Book: https://consultance.ai/book