Search for “AI audit” and you will find two things: enterprise consultancies that will not print a price, and tool vendors whose audit somehow always concludes you need their tool. The category is real and useful. The content about it is mostly noise. Here is the straight version, from a company that sells one and publishes the price.
What a real AI audit contains
A workflow map. Not your org chart, your actual operating loop: how a lead becomes money, where information gets re-typed, where work waits on one person. Most of the value of an audit is that nobody inside the business has ever written this down.
A ranked opportunity list. Every workflow scored on two axes: how much it costs you today, and how feasible AI or automation is against it (is the data reachable, is the output reviewable, is the volume real). Ranked by return, not by what is fashionable. In one recent audit for a multi-state fleet company, ten opportunities came out ranked, and several of the biggest findings were process problems, not AI problems. A real audit says that out loud.
An execution roadmap. Phases sized to your team’s actual capacity, with dependencies. A list of ideas is not a plan.
Working material. The difference between a document and a tool. Ours ships a prompt library written for your business language and, where it fits, data models your team (or your own AI tooling) can execute directly.
What it should cost in 2026
The honest market ranges:
| Provider type | Typical price | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise consultancy | $15,000 to $75,000+ | 6 to 12 weeks |
| Mid-market consultancy | $1,500 to $10,000 | 2 to 6 weeks |
| Our AI Audit | $250 solo / $500 business | 1 week |
| Tool vendor “free assessment” | Free | Your patience |
The free vendor assessment costs the most: its conclusion was written before you filled out the form. And at the top end, most of what you are buying is the consultancy’s own discovery process, billed to you.
How ours works, since we publish everything
Two questionnaires and a tailored report, no calls required. You fill out a focused onboarding form (about 10 minutes). We review it and build a questionnaire written for your specific business, in your inbox within 24 hours. You answer it and pay at the end, after you have seen every question: $250 solo, $500 business, flat. Your report, slide deck, and prompt library land within 3 to 5 business days. Everything is yours to keep whether or not we ever build anything for you.
How to spot a fake audit
- No price anywhere. They are qualifying you, not scoping you.
- The conclusion is always their platform. An audit that cannot recommend “do nothing yet” is a pitch.
- No artifact you keep. A readout meeting is not a deliverable.
- It needs a discovery call before they can say anything. The point of an audit is that the diagnostic is the product.
If you want the real thing, start here. If you just want the self-serve version, our five readiness questions get you most of the first hour for free.
