HOW WE PRICE
The Model Is Different. The Pricing Reflects It.
The Big Five consulting firms price the way they do for a specific reason: they're deploying teams. Analysts, consultants, senior managers, engagement directors — all on the clock, all billing. At that scale, $500K to $2M for a strategic transformation engagement is structurally defensible, if not always strategically justified.
Inflectis AI is built differently. What you're engaging is Scott Trunkett as your Strategic Transformation Lead for his strategic judgment, 30 years operational and commercial depth in A&D and industrial manufacturing, and frameworks designed specifically for the $50M–$250M manufacturer. Your subject matter experts provide the operational knowledge and the execution. Scott provides the architecture, the facilitation, and the accountability.
The result is a transformation your team actually understands, owns, and can sustain after Week 16.
The pricing reflects the model honestly. But so does the structure. Every engagement is built around phase gates — defined exit points at which you own everything produced, have no obligation beyond that, and can make an informed decision about what comes next. You are never more than one phase committed. That isn't a billing convenience. It's the architecture of a low-risk engagement with a high-value outcome.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START
The Diagnostic Exists Precisely for This Moment
Most organizations considering AI transformation are navigating real uncertainty — about where to begin, what the right scope looks like, and whether the advisor in front of them is the right fit for what comes next.
The AI Governance Diagnostic is the structured answer to all three questions. In four weeks it produces a clear picture of your current AI posture, your regulatory exposure, and a prioritized sequencing plan your leadership team can evaluate and act on. It stands alone as a complete deliverable. It feeds directly into a STEER engagement if that's where it leads. And it gives both sides a direct, low-risk read on whether this is a partnership worth building.
No commitment to follow-on work. No ambiguity about what you're getting. One defined step — with a deliverable your team owns at the end of it.
ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
Fit Determines Scope. Scope Determines Pricing.
Every engagement is fixed-fee and scoped before signature. The ranges below reflect the realistic spread across client complexity, resource availability, and integration depth. The diagnostic is the right first step for most engagements. It's a low-risk way to establish the baseline your transformation will build upon, test whether we're the right fit for each other, and establishes real forward momentum — before either side commits to a more rigorous initiative.
Entry Engagement
AI Governance Diagnostic
Four weeks. One clear picture. No obligation.
$25K – $45K
4 weeks · Fixed fee · Standalone deliverables
A focused assessment of your current AI posture — technology, data infrastructure, regulatory exposure, and organizational readiness — delivered as a prioritized risk/gap analysis, recommendation set, and proposed sequencing plan. Designed to stand alone, or to feed directly into a STEER engagement.
Included
Up to five days on-site collaboration with Client Team. Remainder of work performed off-site.
Current-state AI and data infrastructure assessment
Regulatory exposure mapping (ITAR, CMMC, DFARS)
Prioritized recommendation set with sequencing rationale
18-month opportunity and risk horizon
Final report and recommendation presentation
Strategic Foundation
STEER
Pilot to prove. Architect to scale.
$95K – $175K
16 weeks · 4 phases · Phase-based exit gates · Milestone-billed
The flagship engagement. Sixteen weeks across four phases, each producing a self-contained deliverable the client owns. STEER produces the architectural blueprint, the 18–36 month transformation roadmap, the regulatory compliance framework, and the AI adoption playbook.
Included
Phase 1: Current State Assessment (Weeks 1–3)
Phase 2: Architectural Design — 5×5 Framework instantiated (Weeks 4–8)
Phase 3: 18–36 Month Transformation Roadmap (Weeks 9–12)
Phase 4: Launch Facilitation — pilot selection and governance (Weeks 13–16)
Bi-weekly Steering Committee facilitation throughout
Full regulatory compliance architecture (ITAR, CMMC, DFARS)
Deployed Intelligence
SONAR · CHURN
From architecture to operating system.
$75K – $200K
14–20 weeks · Technology costs scoped separately
Solution-specific implementations that move from architectural blueprint to a deployed, operating AI capability. Each produces a live system, a validated operating process, and a team handoff — not a deck.
SONAR — Search Optimization for Next-gen Authority Ranking
14-week engagement. Content infrastructure, citation authority architecture, and AI-mediated discovery positioning.
$75K – $130K
CHURN — Customer Health Unified Response Node
15-week engagement. Unified customer signal architecture, health scoring framework, and intervention playbook.
$85K – $140K
Continuous Intelligence
VIGIL — AI Governance & Compliance Monitoring
The Ledger that enforces and proves compliance
$4K – $60K /mo
SaaS · Single-tenant · On-premises options
VIGIL is Inflectis AI's continuous compliance monitoring platform — a structured AI governance ledger that maintains real-time posture documentation, drift detection, and audit-ready evidence packaging across your AI deployment stack. Pricing details forthcoming.
Deployed Intelligence
STRIDE — Secure Technical RFP Intelligence & Deployment Engine
Win more. Respond faster. Compete on intelligence.
$100K – $200K
SaaS · Deployment options forthcoming
STRIDE is Inflectis AI’s proposal intelligence platform — a purpose-built system that automates RFP response infrastructure, surfaces competitive intelligence, and compresses proposal cycles for A&D manufacturers competing for complex contract awards. Pricing details forthcoming.
AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT
Fractional Chief AI Officer Support
Some organizations complete an engagement and execute independently. Others want sustained senior perspective as the transformation matures — someone who can participate in steering committee reviews, stress-test milestone decisions, provide an experienced perspective on business process optimization and use case scenarios, and call out drift before it compounds.
The fractional CAIO retainer is frequently requested by clients who have completed a STEER or solution implementation engagement. It is also an excellent entry point for new clients who are seeking strategic executive level expertise without the need or budget to hire a full-time senior executive.
$6K – $12K
per month
8–16 hours of direct senior advisory monthly
Steering committee participation
Milestone and decision-gate review
Business process & use case strategic insights
Architectural guidance for emerging decisions
Minimum engagement: 3 months
CONTEXT
What Comparable Scope Costs Elsewhere
$500K+
Big Five starting point for comparable bolierplate transformation scope
40–60%
Typical fee reduction versus Big Five for similar but less customized output
100%
Client ownership of all deliverables — no lock-in, no shelf-ware dependency
Inflectis AI pricing reflects a fundamentally different operating model. Our fees are not a discount on the Big Five rate card — they are the correct pricing for an engagement structure where your team executes and Scott brings his decades of unique strategic expertise and program leadership skills to the table. The output is superior at a more defensible cost, while the ties of dependency are cut.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN A PROPOSAL
No Surprises. No Hidden Scope.
Every Inflectis AI proposal includes: a fixed total fee, a milestone-billed payment schedule tied to phase deliverables, an explicit scope inclusion list, an explicit scope exclusion list with separate pricing where applicable, change-order pricing for additions, and the assumptions the pricing depends on. An engagement deposit applied against your first milestone invoice, due at contract signature.
If your situation changes during an engagement, the phase-gate structure gives you a defined exit without a sunk-cost commitment to the full fee. You own everything produced through the phase at which you exit.
We expect you to compare solution providers. If the comparison leads you to a better structural fit elsewhere, that's the right outcome. If it leads you to choose Inflectis AI as your solution partner, we'll have earned the engagement rather than presumed it.