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Rate Card · 2026 · Print-ready
Every price, on one page.
No discovery-call-to-see-pricing games. Every published rate, every payment option, and how an independent engineer compares to the alternatives — on one printable page.
The three services
| Service | Price | Timeline | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔍 Needs Assessment | $2,500 KES 200K · 50% credited toward any build Express 1-week +$1,000 |
1–2 weeks | Current-state assessment · 5–10 ranked opportunities with ROI model · quick-win pilot plan · make-vs-buy call · risk & compliance review (Kenya DPA, GDPR) · executive readout + 12-month roadmap. Reliability mode for shipped AI: failure taxonomy, evaluation plan, fix backlog. |
| 🚀 Starter Build ★ Most popular | $12,000 KES 960K · or 3 × $4,200 instalments care $1,400/mo optional |
2–3 weeks | WhatsApp or web FAQ assistant · 1 automation workflow · knowledge base (50 docs) · analytics dashboard · English + Swahili · 2 revisions, 30-day post-launch support, full handover docs. |
| 🏗️ Big Projects | from $35,000 KES 2.8M · scales to $200K+ care from $5,000/mo (−10% quarterly) |
6–24 weeks | RAG platforms with citations · multi-agent orchestration · 2–3+ integrations (CRM/ERP/WhatsApp) · predictive analytics · vision/fine-tuning where scoped · SOC2/ISO/GDPR/Kenya-DPA review · admin console · 99.5% SLA · named engineer · quarterly business reviews. |
Other published rates
| Item | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter care plan | $1,400/mo · KES 112K | Hosting, monitoring, prompt & model tweaks, dependency/security updates, usage analytics. Cancel anytime. |
| Big Project care plan | from $5,000/mo | Everything in Starter care + monthly feature releases, SLA-backed response, quarterly business reviews. 10% less billed quarterly. |
| Half-day AI workshop | $5,000 corporate flat | On-site or remote, up to 15 people. See training page for early-bird and team pricing. |
| 1-day corporate workshop | from $9,000 | Early-bird pricing applies when booked 4+ weeks out. |
| RAG in One Day cohort | $400 · KES 16,000 | Public cohort seat, full-day, code repo + certificate included. |
| Equity-for-services | case by case | Available for early-stage startups on Starter and Big Project tiers — cash + equity mixes welcome. |
The alternatives, honestly
| Option | Typical cost | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Big agency | $50,000–$150,000+ | Sales-led scoping, juniors deliver, you pay for the logo. 3–6 month sales cycle before kickoff. |
| In-house hire | $70,000–$150,000+/yr loaded | One person, one perspective, 2–3 months to hire, hard to vet AI skills before day 90. |
| Freelance marketplace | $3,000–$20,000 | Quality lottery — no evaluation suites, no SLA, gone after delivery. Cheap to start, expensive to fix. |
| Independent engineer (me) | $12,000–$35,000+ | You get the senior who scopes and builds — evaluation suites, observability, docs, and a care plan with a 99.5% SLA. One throat to choke, no account-manager relay. |
Market ranges from published 2026 sources: agency and in-house costs from 2026 consulting-rate surveys (US/global); marketplace ranges from platform-typical project pricing. Your mileage varies — that's fine, the free assessment prices your scope in writing.
Payment terms at a glance
Deposits 50% to book, 50% on delivery (Starter) · milestone 30/40/30 (Big Projects) · 100% upfront (Assessment).
Instalments Starter in 3 × $4,200 — no fees, first before kickoff.
Currency USD invoiced; KES at the published local convention (~KES 80/USD) for Kenyan clients.
Methods Card, bank transfer, M-Pesa Paybill 4071186 — payment plans in the client portal.
Care plans Monthly, cancel anytime. Big Project care −10% billed quarterly.
Assessment credit 50% of the $2,500 credited toward any build that follows.
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Rates valid through Dec 2026 · all quotes confirmed in writing before any build.