Find Out Where AI Will Pay Off Before You Build Anything

Six things: a ranked opportunity register scoring each use case on value, feasibility, data readiness and risk; a data readiness report; a risk register covering privacy, security and error impact; a target architecture for the recommended use cases; a 90-day roadmap; and a fixed-price proposal for the first build. Where we ran a technical spike, you also get its results and the code.

Paid discovery for AI work in Australia typically falls between about $10,000 and $25,000 (AUD, ex GST), depending on the number of use cases, business units and systems in scope and whether a technical spike is included. That is roughly 7 to 18 senior engineer-days at a $1,400 per day planning rate. We agree the scope and a fixed fee before starting, so the number does not move.

Usually three to four weeks from kick-off to readout. The most common cause of delay is waiting for access to data samples and system documentation, so we request those on day one. A narrow assessment of one or two use cases can be shorter.

No. The deliverables are yours and are written so another supplier or your own team could build from them. We include a fixed-price proposal for the first project because it is the natural next step, but there is no obligation to accept it.

A strategy workshop usually produces ideas and themes. This assessment tests specific use cases against your actual data, systems and obligations, and ends with priced, buildable work. Senior engineers do the assessment, so feasibility and cost estimates come from the people who would build it.

A sponsor who can make decisions, around an hour each from the people who run the candidate processes and the relevant systems, representative data samples provided under NDA, and a named contact in IT or security for access questions. We keep the time burden on your staff deliberately small.

It covers what affects feasibility and design: personal information involved, likely Privacy Act implications including the automated decision-making disclosure from 10 December 2026, residency constraints and human oversight needs, with a baseline against the six practices in Australia's Guidance for AI Adoption. It is not a legal review or a compliance certification. For a fuller governance programme, see our AI governance service.

We price assessments as a fixed fee rather than by the hour, based on a $1,400 per day senior engineer planning rate, so a typical assessment lands between $10,000 and $25,000 (AUD, ex GST). Rates across the Australian AI consulting market vary widely with firm size and seniority, so compare what you hold at the end, not only the day rate. A fixed fee with defined deliverables caps your exposure before any build decision.

Each candidate use case is scored on four dimensions: value, feasibility, data readiness and risk. Alongside that we baseline your organisation against the six practices in Australia's Guidance for AI Adoption and note the Privacy Act obligations that shape the design. The output is a recommendation per use case to pursue, park or drop, with the evidence behind it.

Often, yes, in its focused form: one or two use cases in one business unit over two to three weeks, typically $10k to $15k (AUD, ex GST). For a small business with a single clear idea, an initial call may be enough to establish that an off-the-shelf tool already does the job, and if so we will say that rather than sell an assessment.

A self-assessment questionnaire, such as those published by cloud vendors, is a useful way to start the conversation internally. It tells you how ready you feel in general; it cannot tell you whether your particular data supports a particular use case, what the work will cost or what could go wrong. Our assessment samples your real data under NDA and ends with priced, buildable work.