Build + year-1 run · low–high range by complexity
Estimate what an AI project costs to build and run in its first year — pick a complexity, add integrations and your rates, and get a low–high range.
Indicative ranges based on typical effort for each complexity band, your day rate, and running cost. A diagnostic refines this against your actual scope and data.
Simple (one clean workflow), moderate (multiple steps and integrations), or complex (multi-workflow, messy data, strict guardrails). This sets the effort range.
Each system you connect adds effort. Enter your engineering day rate (or a vendor's) and the expected monthly running cost — models, infra, and oversight.
AI build costs are a range until scope is pinned down. You get build cost, year-one running cost, and total year-one — all as low–high bands.
Cost is only half the decision. Run the same project through the ROI calculator to see whether the savings justify the build.
A free tool gives you a hypothesis. The 30-minute diagnostic is where we pressure-test it against your actual workflows — and decide whether the project is worth building, buying, or skipping.