Pricing
No hourly rates. No surprise invoices. Every engagement is fixed-price, fixed-scope.
We anchor pricing against a single comparison — the fully-loaded cost of hiring someone to do what the system does. Market data for a Procurement Operations Coordinator or Construction Operations Coordinator in the professional services and construction sector puts base salary between $62,000 and $103,000 annually. Add benefits, payroll taxes, workers' compensation, paid leave, and first-year recruiting costs and the fully-loaded number reaches $99,000 to $105,000 in year one — and $99,000 to $101,000 every year after that. The Growth Retainer is $36,000 per year. The math is not close.
Engagement Tiers
One-Time Engagements
Discovery Engagement
$1,500 one-time flat fee
- Operational Gap Report
- Workflow mapping and documentation
- Prioritized automation roadmap
- Build proposal with locked scope
- $1,500 credited toward build if you proceed within 30 days
Build Engagement
$3,500 – $12,000 fixed-price, scope defined after Discovery
- 1–3 automations / single system: $3,500 – $5,000
- 4–7 automations / multi-system: $5,000 – $8,500
- 8+ automations / full backbone: $8,500 – $12,000
- Includes workflow design, build, testing, error handling, documentation
- Statement of Work required before work begins
Monthly Retainers
Starter Retainer
$2,000 per month — 3-month minimum
- Unlimited monitoring and maintenance of existing automations
- Add-on builds available on request
Growth Retainer
$3,000 per month — 3-month minimum
- Everything in Starter
- 2 new automation builds per month included
- $36,000 per year — vs. $99,000–$105,000 fully-loaded cost of an operations hire
Partner Retainer
$4,500 per month — 6-month minimum
- Everything in Growth
- 4 new builds per month
- 24-hour response time
All retainers convert to month-to-month with 30 days written notice after the minimum commitment period.
Calculate Your Manual Labor Cost
Estimate what your team currently spends on work a system should handle.
Weekly manual labor cost: $1,200
Annual manual labor cost: $62,400
Estimated AutoDrive first-year cost (Discovery + Build + Growth Retainer): $49,500
Estimated first-year net savings: —
Estimated payback period: —
Estimated year 2+ annual savings: —
Estimated 3-year total savings: —
These estimates use market salary data for professional services and construction operations roles. Fully-loaded employer costs include base salary, FICA, health insurance, workers' compensation, paid leave, and first-year recruiting overhead. The Discovery Engagement produces your firm's actual numbers — specific to your tool stack, your workflows, and your team.
Book a Discovery CallFrequently Asked Questions
What if the Discovery Engagement shows we do not need a build?
Then we tell you that. The Operational Gap Report is yours regardless. If your current workflows are solid and the manual labor cost does not justify a build, we will say so. The Discovery Engagement exists to produce an honest assessment â not to generate a sales pipeline.
Do we need to change our current tools?
No. We build the infrastructure around the tools you already use â your CRM, your project management platform, your billing software. We connect them. We do not replace them.
What happens if an automation breaks?
Every system we build includes error handling and alerting. If something fails, the system logs it, notifies us (if you are on a retainer), and prevents bad data from propagating downstream. Retainer clients get monitoring and maintenance included â we catch failures before your team does.
How long does a typical Build Engagement take?
Two to six weeks depending on scope. A single-system integration with a few automations is closer to two weeks. A full operational backbone connecting multiple platforms with complex edge cases is closer to six. The timeline is defined during Discovery and locked before work begins.
Can we start with one automation instead of a full backbone?
Yes. The Discovery Engagement will identify all the manual work in your operation and prioritize it. If the right move is to start with a single high-impact automation rather than a full build, the Operational Gap Report will say so â and the Build Engagement will be scoped and priced accordingly.
What does the Operational Retainer actually include?
Unlimited monitoring and maintenance of every automation we have built for your firm. That means uptime checks, error resolution, and updates when your tools change their APIs or workflows. Growth and Partner tiers also include new automation builds each month â two for Growth, four for Partner.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if the Discovery Engagement shows we do not need a build?
Then we tell you that. The Operational Gap Report is yours regardless. If your current setup is working and the manual labor cost does not justify a build, we will say so. The Discovery Engagement is designed to produce clarity, not to generate a sales pitch.
Do we need to change our current tools?
No. We build the infrastructure around the tools you already use. If your firm runs on Notion, Airtable, Slack, Google Workspace, or any combination of CRM, project management, and billing tools, we connect them. We do not require you to adopt new software.
What happens if an automation breaks?
If you are on an Operational Retainer, we catch it before your team does. Every system we build includes monitoring and alerting. Retainer clients get unlimited maintenance of all existing automations. If something breaks, we fix it — you do not need to diagnose it yourself.
How long does a typical Build Engagement take?
Two to six weeks depending on scope. A single-system build with one to three automations typically takes two to three weeks. A full operational backbone with eight or more automations takes four to six weeks. The timeline is defined in your Statement of Work before any building begins.
Can we start with one automation instead of a full backbone?
Yes. The Discovery Engagement will identify where your highest-impact opportunities are. If the right move is to start with a single automation and expand later, we will scope the Build Engagement accordingly. Every engagement starts at the scale that makes sense for your firm.
What does the Operational Retainer actually include?
At every tier, the retainer includes unlimited monitoring and maintenance of all existing automations. That means if something we built needs attention, it is covered. Growth and Partner tiers also include new automation builds each month — two for Growth, four for Partner. The retainer keeps your infrastructure current as your firm evolves.
Ready to see what this looks like for your firm?
The Discovery Engagement produces a written Operational Gap Report — and the $1,500 fee is credited toward your build if you proceed within 30 days.
Book a Discovery Call $1,500 flat fee. No retainer required to start.