Pricing8 engagement models · Every dollar visible

Every quote is a quote,
not an estimate.

You pay what we say. We tell you up front. The eight engagement models below are the entire menu — pick the shape that fits, see the number before you talk to us. We'll size your need on the Discovery Call and quote you within 48 hours.

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Quote turnaround
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02 / The Deal-Shape Toolkit

Eight shapes.
One menu.

Every engagement we run is one of these eight shapes — or a hybrid of two of them. Click any row to see what's in, what's out, and how to start. No "Custom Enterprise" tier. No "Contact us for pricing."

Engagement
When to use
Price
→ Every engagement starts here

Discovery Call

First conversation. Always.
Free
30 min · Zoom or phone
→ The most common honest first step

Foundations

No documented process. Scattered data. Off-the-shelf might be the right answer.
$2K – $15K
1–4 weeks · process, systems, tool selection
Track A — Make It Real

MVP Sprint

You know what you want. Ship in days.
$0 – $5K
5–14 days · Fixed bid · Range based on scope + strategic fit
Included
  • Working tool deployed to your stack
  • Source code + documentation
  • 1 round of revisions
  • $0 reserved for strategic accounts · 1–2 per quarter · case-study potential
Not included
  • No ongoing maintenance (that's AaaS)
  • No scope creep
  • You don't get to pick the $0 tier — we do
Get started
Start a sprint
Track B — Burn the Snake Oil

Paid Assessment

You need AI but don't know where.
$5K – $25K
2 – 3 weeks · Fixed bid
→ For shapes too big for an MVP Sprint

Fixed-Price Project

Defined scope, defined outcome.
$10K – $80K
3 – 12 weeks · Fixed bid
→ Requires an active AaaS subscription. Use sparingly.

T&M Hourly

Consulting, advisement, or genuinely unknown scope.
$200 – $350 / hr
Pre-purchased via an AaaS subscription
→ Doubles as a maintenance plan AND a consulting retainer

AaaS Subscription

Post-launch maintenance, ongoing consulting, or both.
$500 – $5K / mo
Lite · Standard · Pro tiers · Hard cap: $5K/mo per client
→ Lives on its own page · the full menu

Education Programs

Train your team — workshops, briefings, a 4-week Champion Cohort.
$0 – $25K
Per program · Free 5-day bootcamp → flagship cohort
/// Outside this range? Tell us on the Discovery Call. We'll either fit you in — or refer you out.
Education · lives on its own page

Want to train your team instead of (or alongside) building?

Five education programs, from a free 5-day email bootcamp to a flagship 4-week AI Champion Cohort. No coding required. Tailored to your departments. Anthropic-first.

See the Education page
03 / AaaS — Automation-as-a-Service

Three tiers.
Flexible terms.

AaaS is the post-launch package. Use the hours for maintenance, for ongoing consulting, for T&M work — or any mix. We hard-cap ourselves at 24 hours per month per client (that's 6 clients inside a 40-hour week, deliberately). Ideally we train your team off this within 6–12 months. Pragmatically, some teams need us longer — that's fine too. Month-to-month, flexible terms.

Lite
$500/month

Light-touch maintenance or pay-as-you-go advisement.

  • Hours included2 / month
  • Use them forMaintenance · advisement
  • Response timeSame day
  • MonitoringUptime + error alerts
  • Roadmap inputAsync only
Start Lite
Month-to-month · 30-day cancel · No long-term contract
Standardmost engagements
$1,500/month

Maintenance, consulting, or both. Most engagements end up here.

  • Hours included8 / month
  • Use them forMaintenance · consulting · T&M
  • Response timeSame day
  • MonitoringFull instrumentation
  • Roadmap inputMonthly 30-min review
Start Standard
Month-to-month · 30-day cancel · No long-term contract
Pro
$5,000/month

Maximum we'll commit per client. Direct line, hard cap on roster.

  • Hours included24 / month · hard cap
  • Use them forAnything — maintenance, T&M, advisory
  • Response timeSame day · Slack channel
  • MonitoringFull + custom dashboards
  • Roadmap inputCo-owned · weekly sync
12 of 15 slots takenRoster capped by design. When we hit 15, we close.
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Month-to-month · 30-day cancel · No long-term contract
04 / Guarantees

We don't promise outcomes
we can't control.

But the things we can control — what we deliver, when we deliver it, and what success looks like — those we guarantee in writing. Every engagement.

01

We guarantee deliverables

Working artifacts, on time, in your hands. If we said you'd have a deployed quote engine by Friday, you have a deployed quote engine by Friday — or you don't pay for that sprint.

Working code, not decks
02

We guarantee timelines

Weekly check-ins are non-negotiable. The COS shows you exactly where we are. No 'we'll surface in a month' — if we slip a week, we tell you the day we know.

Weekly check-ins
03

We share outcomes

We define success metrics with you at kickoff, track them together inside the COS, and report transparently. If the metric doesn't move, we don't pretend it did.

Co-owned KPIs
05 / FAQ

The questions
buyers actually ask.

Plain English. No legalese. If you have a question that isn't here, the Discovery Call exists for exactly that — bring it.

Hourly billing rewards us for being slow. We'd rather quote you a fixed number for a fixed outcome and figure out how to ship it faster. T&M hourly exists for genuinely unknown scope — but we'll usually talk you out of it.
06 / Next step

Book a free
30-minute call.
We'll size your need —
quote you in 48 hours.

No deck. No drip sequence. We listen, we quote, we tell you straight whether Sling fits — or whether AI fits at all.

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The quote arrives in writing

Within 48 hours of the call. Fixed number, fixed scope, fixed timeline. You decide whether to sign.

SMB-focused, by design

We build for small and mid-size businesses — that's our entire focus. No enterprise procurement maze. No "Contact us for pricing." Every dollar visible on this page.

Pro tier capacity

12 of 15 Pro retainer slots taken. We won't sell what we can't deliver.