— The wedge —
You've already read the articles.
The quotes were insane.
Most of our consulting clients have spent weeks researching AI and gotten quotes of $40K–$80K for a “strategy assessment” from enterprise consultancies. They walked away from the price, not the idea. The engagement they were quoted is essentially what we deliver — peer benchmark, prioritized recommendations, vendor analysis, implementation roadmap — but without the bespoke storytelling and 12-week discovery process.
Metageeks consulting engagements are fixed-scope and scoped to a deliverable: a readiness review, an architecture assessment, or a roadmap. We work from your existing context — the $497 audit findings, your current stack, your roadmap. We don't charge for getting up to speed.
— Scope options —
Three types of engagement, one operating model.
Every consulting engagement is fixed-scope — you know the deliverable and price before we start.
What's worth automating today — and what isn't.
A structured assessment of your operations, tools, and team. We identify which workflows have the highest AI leverage, which don't, and why. Output: a prioritized shortlist with ICE scores.
- Stack + workflow audit
- Peer benchmarking vs similar businesses
- Shortlist of 5–7 automatable workflows with ROI estimate
Specific vendor and stack recommendations, not vague guidance.
For teams deciding whether to buy an off-the-shelf AI tool, glue together low-code platforms, or build custom. We evaluate your specific options and give you a recommendation with reasoning.
- Vendor evaluation (2–5 tools)
- Build-vs-buy decision with reasoning
- Integration complexity + total cost of ownership
A second opinion before you scale a system you built.
For teams that have already shipped AI and want an independent review before they commit to scaling it. We audit the architecture, eval strategy, observability, and cost model.
- LLM selection + prompt architecture review
- Eval and observability assessment
- Cost projection at 10x current volume
— How it works —
Audit to roadmap. No discovery calls.
Complete a structured intake form about your stack, team, and goals. We follow up with two clarifying questions over email — no kickoff calls.
We review your workflows against the peer set, evaluate your current tools, and score every candidate recommendation. No workshops, no scope creep.
The assessment lands in your inbox. 30-page PDF with the readiness scorecard, prioritized plays, vendor shortlist, and 13-week roadmap.
A 30-minute Q&A call after delivery if you want to walk through the findings. Most clients don't need it — the document is built to stand alone.
— How it compares —
Same rigor. Different price point.
— Built for —
Right for some, not for everyone.
- $1M–$15M businesses with real digital operations
- Decision-maker reading this directly and ready to act
- Curious about AI but burned by enterprise quotes
- Comfortable acting on a written roadmap without hand-holding
- Pre-revenue or early-stage — the ROI math doesn't work yet
- Looking for ongoing management of your AI strategy
- Need a consultant to run every vendor call and meeting
- Consumer apps or regulated industries (healthcare, finance)
Start with the audit.
The $497 AI Profit Leak Audit is the fastest way to get the same deliverable. 30-page assessment, ICE-scored recommendations, vendor shortlist, 90-day roadmap — in 7 days. If you already have a clear problem and want to skip the audit, book a call directly.
— Common questions —
Quick answers.
What does an AI consultant actually do?+
An AI consultant helps you decide where AI creates real leverage in your business, what to build versus buy, and how to avoid costly mistakes. The work includes workflow analysis, vendor and stack evaluation, risk assessment, and producing a prioritized roadmap. At Metageeks, consulting engagements are always scoped to a deliverable — not an open-ended retainer.
How much does AI consulting cost?+
Our AI consulting starts with the $497 AI Profit Leak Audit — a 30-page assessment delivered in 7 days that identifies your highest-ROI AI opportunities with ICE scores and a 90-day roadmap. Larger advisory engagements (architecture reviews, implementation oversight) are fixed-scope and priced per project, typically $2,500–$12,000.
Do I need AI consulting before I start building?+
Not always, but usually. The most common mistake we see is teams that buy an AI tool or hire a developer before validating that the problem is worth solving. A short scoping engagement (like our audit) can save months of wasted build time. If you already have a clear spec and just need implementation, we can start there.
What's the difference between AI consulting and AI implementation?+
Consulting is about deciding what to build and how. Implementation is building it. In practice, they often overlap — good implementation requires strategic judgment, and good strategy requires technical depth. Metageeks does both, which means we can take an engagement from audit → roadmap → production without handoffs to another firm.
Is AI actually worth it for a $3M business?+
It depends on where your time goes. AI creates real leverage in businesses where staff spend significant hours on repetitive, high-volume tasks: answering the same support questions, manually routing leads, reviewing documents, generating reports. If that describes your operations, the ROI on a well-scoped AI system is typically 3–10x in the first year. If your bottleneck is something else (sales, pricing, product), AI won't fix it.
What industries do you specialize in?+
We work with service businesses and operators in professional services, e-commerce, logistics, and SaaS. The common thread is that they have operations-heavy teams where AI can reduce manual load. We don't take on consumer apps or regulated industries (healthcare, finance) that require specialized compliance expertise we don't carry.
— Ready to start? —
Get the strategy. Then build it.
Most consulting clients run the audit first, then engage us for the advisory layer once they have the findings in hand. If you're ready to skip that — book a call.