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Pricing

Prices you can read before the first call.

Three steps, each with a published starting price. Fixed scope, never hourly, and everything we build is yours.

In short

SBD's Automation Audit costs $500 and is credited in full to your build. Builds start at $2,500 at a fixed price, and most land between $5,000 and $15,000. Care plans start at $1,000 a month. Nothing is billed by the hour.

The three steps

  1. 01

    Automation Audit

    $500

    one-time, credited to your build

    One to two weeks

    We sit with the people doing the work and measure where the hours go. You get findings ranked by severity, each with a fixed price to fix, and the blueprint for the first build.

    • Process and tool map
    • Hours lost per week, per finding
    • A fixed price for each fix
    • Blueprint for the first build
    Start with an audit

  2. 02Where most work happens

    Build

    From $2,500

    one-time, fixed scope

    Two to eight weeks

    Tools, agents and integrations built in your accounts, in two-week sprints with working software at every review. Most builds land between $5,000 and $15,000.

    • Fixed price agreed before work starts
    • Working software every second Friday
    • Sixty days of hypercare included
    • Code, accounts and docs in your name
    See how a build runs

  3. 03

    Care plan

    From $1,000

    a month, cancel with 30 days’ notice

    After hypercare

    Monitoring and alerts on every automation, support with a stated response time, a monthly allowance of small changes and a quarterly review.

    • Monitoring and alerts
    • Stated response times
    • Small changes each month
    • Quarterly review of the numbers
    See what care covers

Not sure where to start? Book thirty minutes. There is no charge and no pitch.

What a build costs

What each price range usually buys.

The audit replaces these ranges with one fixed figure for your build.

Start here

Know the price before you commit to it.

The audit gives every fix a fixed price and the hours it returns. If you go ahead, the $500 comes off the build.

Start with an audit
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In writing

Four commitments in every statement of work.

  1. 1You own it

    Admin access, billing, code and documentation sit in accounts in your name. If you leave, it keeps running.

  2. 2Fixed price, never hourly

    Scope and price are agreed in writing before work starts. A change is priced in writing before it is made.

  3. 3The audit has to be useful

    If the audit report is not useful to you, you do not pay for it.

  4. 4Hypercare until it sticks

    Hypercare runs sixty days and extends at no charge until the agreed adoption number is met.

Other offers

Priced on their own.

What moves the price

Five things decide where your build lands.

  • Raises
    How many systems are involved

    Each one is another API and another set of edge cases. Two systems is a different project from six.

  • Raises
    Whether your data is clean

    Duplicates, inconsistent names and missing IDs are often the real work. The audit finds them before the build does.

  • Raises
    Systems without a usable API

    Older ERPs and desktop software need a bridge rather than a direct connection. Very doable, and more work.

  • Lowers
    A process your team agrees on

    If everyone agrees how the work should run, we build it. If not, we map it first.

  • Lowers
    Starting narrow

    One workflow shipped and used beats five half-built. A narrow first build costs less and tells us both whether to go further.

How billing works

No surprises on the invoice.

Audit
Invoiced at kick-off. Credited in full against a build started within 90 days.
Build
A deposit at kick-off, then a payment at each sprint review, against acceptance criteria written before work starts.
Care plan
Monthly in advance. Cancel with 30 days’ notice and keep the system.
Platform costs
Software and model usage are billed to your own accounts, or passed through at cost and itemised.

Questions

What buyers ask about price.

Why publish prices at all?

Because you should know the order of magnitude before you spend time on a call. The figures here are starting points; the exact price for your build is fixed in writing after the audit.

Is the $500 audit fee lost if we go ahead?

No. It is credited in full against a build that starts within 90 days. If you do not go ahead, you keep the report and can take it to anyone.

Do you bill by the hour?

No. Audits and builds are fixed scope at a fixed price. The one time-based offer is Extend, where you book a named specialist in prepaid blocks that roll over.

What happens if the scope changes?

We write down the change, its price and its effect on the timeline before doing the work, and you decide. We do not absorb scope quietly and send a larger invoice at the end.

What costs are not in the price?

The software and AI usage the system runs on. Those sit in your own accounts, so you see the bills directly and keep them if we part ways. The audit estimates them for you.

Which currency do you invoice in?

US dollars by default. We can invoice in your local currency at the rate on the invoice date.

Our budget is under $2,500. Can you help?

Often the honest answer at that budget is an off-the-shelf tool, set up well. Book thirty minutes and we will tell you which one, at no charge.

How much does a care plan cost after the first year?

The same, unless the scope of what we look after grows. Any change is agreed in writing at the quarterly review.

Thirty minutes, no charge

Tell us the work. We will tell you the price range.

Bring the process that eats the most hours. You leave with a rough figure and whether an audit is worth it.

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