Short answer: in Ontario in 2026, expect a fixed-fee AI diagnostic from $3,500, single-workflow builds from $4,500, and ongoing optimization from $695/month. Unlike most firms, we publish our starting prices.
| Package | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Agentic AI Quick Start — one working agent + privacy-safe setup, 2 weeks | $2,495 fixed — every size |
| AI Opportunity Diagnostic — ranked 90-day plan + inventory, risks, scorecards | from $3,500 |
| Outcome Build Sprint — one named outcome shipped & trained | from $4,500 |
| AI Operating Partner — monthly tuning, governance, legislative watch | from $695/mo |
| Service | Typical range (CAD) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AI diagnostic / adoption plan | $1,500 – $15,000+ | Toronto boutiques publish $2,500 assessments; full plans run higher |
| Single workflow build | $3,000 – $15,000 | Depends on channels and tools |
| Multi-workflow implementation | $10,000 – $25,000 | Published GTA comparables |
| Team training (workshop) | $1,500 – $3,500 / session | Insist on follow-through, not just a seminar |
| Monthly optimization retainer | $500 – $3,000 / mo | The small-business-sized band |
| Hourly consulting | $125 – $300 / hr | Common, but fixed-fee aligns incentives better |
Because guessing games waste your time and ours. Packages are fixed-price by company size — Quick Start $2,495, Diagnostic from $3,500, sprints from $4,500, retainer from $695/mo — and the exact fee is set by headcount, so price never becomes a negotiation.
If it targets a real bottleneck, yes: Canadian small businesses using generative AI save about 1.08 hours/day (CFIB, 2025). A diagnostic that finds two such workflows pays for itself in weeks.
Most are development shops built for enterprise. A 5–50 person business needs adoption consulting — smaller builds, training, follow-through — a different service at a different price.
You can start there. The measured gap: projects done with a partner reach deployment about twice as often (~67% vs 33%, MIT 2025). The tool is cheap; workflow design, integration and adoption are what consultants sell.
BDC financing can fund your whole project so you spread the cost. Ontario's DMAP reimburses up to 50% (max $15,000) for a plan by an OCI-rostered consultant; we're not on that roster by choice, so we build, not just plan.
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