How We Price AI Work
We scope every engagement individually rather than publishing a rate card, because cost is driven by your process complexity — not by a headcount or a day rate. Here is exactly what moves the number.
Book Free ConsultationThree Ways to Work With Us
Most clients start with the first and move to the second once the opportunity is clear.
AI Readiness Audit
A fixed-scope assessment of your data quality, workflow documentation, governance maturity and infrastructure. You get a prioritised list of use cases, the gaps that would derail implementation, and the grants you qualify for. Most clients find it pays for itself through better scoping of the first project alone.
Fixed-Scope Build
One defined workflow or system, scoped to a fixed price before work begins. Deliverables, success metrics and governance controls are agreed up front, so there is no open-ended billing. This is how the large majority of first projects run.
Ongoing Retainer
A monthly arrangement for organisations running several AI systems that need continuous monitoring, model retraining, governance review and iterative expansion. This makes sense after the first two or three systems are live, not before.
The Five Factors That Move the Number
When we scope an engagement, these are what we are actually assessing.
Process complexity
How many decision points, exceptions and approval steps the workflow contains. A linear process with clear rules costs materially less than one with many conditional branches.
Integration surface
How many existing systems the AI has to read from and write to, and whether they expose usable APIs. Integrating with a modern cloud ERP is straightforward; extracting data from a legacy system without an API is not.
Data readiness
Whether the operational data already exists in a structured, accessible form. Where it does not, the preparation work becomes part of the project — which is one reason the readiness audit usually pays for itself.
Governance requirements
A workflow in a regulated function — financial reporting, clinical decisions, credit, personal data at scale — carries documentation, audit and oversight obligations that a low-stakes internal process does not.
Scale and rollout
One team in one location versus a multi-site or multi-entity rollout, and whether staff training and change management sit inside the scope.
How Long Engagements Run
What Grants Do to the Net Figure
For Singapore-registered companies, government co-funding usually changes the number that actually leaves your account far more than any negotiation would. The Enterprise Development Grant covers up to 70% of qualifying project costs for eligible SMEs; the Enterprise Innovation Scheme provides tax deductions and cash payouts for qualifying innovation activity; and the Productivity Solutions Grant covers pre-approved digital solutions.
We assess eligibility before scoping anything, and we design projects to meet grant authority requirements from the start — defined outcomes, measurable baselines and audit-ready documentation. That materially improves approval rates, and it is the same evidence good governance produces anyway.
How a Quote Actually Gets Made
Free 30-minute consultation
We discuss your operations and identify three priority use cases. No cost, no obligation, and you leave with a clear first step whether or not you continue.
Scoping conversation
We map the specific workflow, its integration points, data availability and governance requirements — the five factors above, applied to your actual process.
Written proposal with fixed price
Deliverables, success metrics, timeline, governance controls and the grant position, priced before any work starts. You approve a number, not an estimate.