What AI automation costs a 10–50 person firm.
With Signal Over Noise AI, automating one workflow starts at $5,000, at a price fixed before work begins. Most firms start with a $1,500 one-week assessment that is credited in full to the first build, and add optional support from $750 a month. A first year with one build and support starts at $14,000.
Prices current as of October 2026.
Four offers, all priced.
| Offer | Price | What you get | Your team's time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow Review | Free | The two workflows I'd automate first, with a ballpark cost for each | 30 minutes |
| Workflow Assessment | $1,500 | A map and time baseline of your workflows, and your top three fixes with a fixed price for each | About 3 hours over one week |
| Automation Build | From $5,000 | One workflow automated inside your tools, with training, a runbook, and 30 days of fixes | A kickoff, a training session, and reviewing early drafts |
| Monthly Support | From $750 / mo | Monitoring, fixes, and a quarterly review of the hours saved | A quarterly check-in |
What each price buys you.
Workflow Review
- A 30-minute video call with me
- The two workflows I'd automate first
- A ballpark cost for each
- An honest answer if AI isn't the right fix
Workflow Assessment
- Conversations with the people who do the work
- A map of how client work moves through your firm
- A time baseline for every step
- Your top three fixes, ranked by hours saved
- A fixed price for each fix
- Where client data would flow, and which AI services would touch it
Automation Build
- One workflow automated inside the tools you already use
- A person approving anything that reaches a client
- Training for your team
- A runbook and a one-page data-flow sheet for your security plan
- 30 days of fixes after launch
- A 90-day measurement against your baseline
Monthly Support
- Monitoring of what I built
- Fixes when something breaks
- A quarterly review of the hours it saves
- Month to month: stop any time and keep everything
The guarantee: if the assessment doesn't find at least 5 staff-hours a week we can win back, you don't pay the $1,500.
What a first year actually costs.
These use the published starting prices. Your build is priced in the assessment, and the $1,500 assessment fee is credited to it.
Assessment only
You get the map, the baseline, and fixed prices for your top three fixes. If you stop there, the plan is yours to use.
One workflow automated
Assessment plus one build. The $1,500 assessment fee comes off the build price, so the total starts at $5,000.
One workflow, plus a year of support
One build at $5,000 and 12 months of support at $750 a month.
Two workflows, plus a year of support
Two builds at $5,000 each and 12 months of support. Most firms add the second build once the first has proved itself.
Work out your own payback
Put in your own numbers. Use the loaded hourly cost of the staff who do the work today: wages plus taxes and benefits.
- Time won back, per week
- $400
- Weeks to pay back
- 13
- First-year value, after the build
- $15,800
An illustration using your inputs, not a promise or a client result. The assessment measures the real hours before you commit to a build.
What moves a build price.
A build costs more when it
- Connects more systems (email, storage, practice management, accounting software)
- Handles more kinds of documents or requests
- Needs more approval steps before anything goes out
- Works with tools that have no way to connect to them automatically
Not included in the price
- New software subscriptions, if a build needs one you don't already have
- AI usage fees from the provider, itemized in your quote before you sign
- New workflows during support, which are quoted separately
Pricing Questions.
Why do you publish your prices?
Because you shouldn't need a sales call to find out whether this fits your budget. The prices on this page are the prices.
Is the assessment fee really credited to the build?
Yes. If you go ahead with a build, the full $1,500 comes off its price.
What if the assessment doesn't find enough to automate?
If it doesn't find at least 5 staff-hours a week we can win back, you don't pay the $1,500.
How is a build price set?
In the assessment. Each fix gets a fixed price based on how many systems it connects, how many kinds of documents or requests it handles, and how many approval steps it needs. The price doesn't change unless you change the scope.
Are there software or AI usage costs on top?
Sometimes. Most builds run on tools you already pay for. If a build needs a new subscription or AI usage fees, they are itemized in your fixed quote before you sign.
Can we stop Monthly Support?
Yes. It is month to month, and everything I built stays in your accounts and stays yours.
Let's Talk.
Tell me what's eating your team's week. I'll tell you honestly whether AI can fix it, and what it would cost. Happy to sign your NDA first.