Pricing
Priced from evidence, not a rate card.
Automated Edge prices two products in three stages: Edgerton, a fixed-fee measured Assessment (refunded if no clear ROI path is found); and EdgeKeeper, a fixed-price Build scoped from that evidence plus an Operate retainer for the proprietary software and dedicated server we run for the client, whose data stays theirs.
Edgerton
Find where the time goesAssessment
Fixed fee, quoted on the strategy call.
We install Edgerton on the computers you choose, with your team’s knowledge and consent, for ten business days. You get a report and a full proposal: what to automate, the cost, the build timeline, and when estimated savings could cover that cost. You keep both, whether or not you go ahead.
Examples to investigate: preparing quotes · assembling recurring reports · copying information between business tools.
If no clear ROI path is found, the fee is refunded, and you keep the report.
EdgeKeeper
A dedicated server, our software, and ongoing supportBuild
Fixed price, scoped from the Assessment.
If you go ahead, we set up a dedicated server running our EdgeKeeper software. We connect the tools you approve and build the automations in your proposal. You agree the scope and delivery date first. Builds typically take four to twelve weeks.
Possible builds: draft quotes using approved source material · prepare customer records for review · assemble recurring reports. Connections and approvals are defined in the proposal.
A missed date means additional build weeks on us.
Operate
Monthly service fee, scoped to what we run for you.
We manage the server, maintain the connections, and support the software and automations we build. Monitoring runs around the clock, with weekly tuning, a monthly written review, and a named lead. Support coverage and response times are set out in your service agreement.
Your team works in Switchboard: connected systems, answers, reports, dashboards and AI agents. Make as many read-only agents as you want, for any job. Just ask. Apps and automations that make changes are built with you, with an agreed scope, cost and business case.
Your data stays yours: records, memory and logs, with full export rights in the contract.
Want a number before you talk to anyone? Estimate the value of recovered time → It estimates capacity value from your inputs. Build and running costs must be included before estimating payback.
Want to see what the assessment fee buys? Open the live sample report. Or see what an assessment looks at for home service businesses, dental practices, law firms and accounting firms.
Pricing questions, answered straight
What does our team get in Switchboard?
Switchboard is the day-to-day workspace on your managed EdgeKeeper foundation. Use the systems we connect for you to get answers, reports and dashboards. Describe the jobs you need help with and create as many read-only AI agents as you want. Apps and automations that make changes are scoped and built with you, with a business case.
Why don’t you publish exact prices?
We price from evidence about your business. Every engagement is scoped from a measured assessment of your specific business: how many people, which workflows, how many hours are actually leaking. You get the exact Assessment fee on the first call, not after a sales gauntlet.
What determines the Assessment fee?
The number of computers and workflows measured, and the scope of the report. It is a fixed fee, agreed before anything is installed, and refunded if the report finds no clear ROI path.
What determines the Build price and the retainer?
The Assessment report itself. The Build is a fixed-price project scoped from the ranked opportunities the evidence pays for. The Operate retainer is sized to what we actually run for you: how many automations and connections are in our care.
Is there a long-term commitment?
What we promise is no lock-in. Your business data, knowledge and activity records are yours in the contract with full export rights, and leaving is a documented handover. The server and the EdgeKeeper software are ours. Terms are agreed on the strategy call.
How do agencies and MSPs package and price AI automation services?
Across the market you will see three shapes: per-seat subscriptions, per-project fees, and managed retainers. Ours is the third, with the structure published here: fixed-fee Assessment, fixed-price Build, Operate retainer. MSPs reselling under their own brand set their own client pricing; a pricing playbook is part of partner onboarding. MSPs selling EdgeKeeper to their clients through us keep the client relationship. See the partner program.
What does transparent AI pricing look like?
A structure you can verify: what is fixed, what varies and why, what happens if it does not work, and what you take with you at the end. Our version: the Assessment fee is quoted on the first call and refunded if no ROI path is found, the Build is fixed-price against a date, and ownership of your data with full export rights is in the contract.
What are managed AI services?
AI that a provider sets up, runs and supports for you, instead of a tool each person signs into and configures alone. Ours has three parts: the Edgerton assessment, a scoped EdgeKeeper build, and ongoing support, with your team working in Switchboard.
What managed AI services includeWhat does a private AI server cost?
It depends on what the server runs and connects to, so there is no single figure. With us, the dedicated server is part of EdgeKeeper: the build is a fixed price scoped from the assessment, and the monthly Operate fee is scoped to the server, connections and support we run for you. You see both in the proposal before you commit.
How managed AI services are pricedHow much does dental AI cost?
It depends on the task, not the industry. Insurance verification, appointment follow-ups and front desk admin each cost different amounts to automate and pay back differently. We do not publish a dental price list. A practice starts with the fixed-fee assessment, quoted on the first call, and the proposal sets out the build cost, running cost and estimated payback for the work worth changing.
What drives the cost of managed AIWhat does an AI dental receptionist cost?
We do not sell a stand-alone AI receptionist, so we do not quote one. When you compare vendors, ask for the full cost: setup, monthly fees, any per-call or per-minute charges, and what it takes to connect to your practice software. If an assessment shows front desk and phone work is worth changing, the proposal prices that work like any other build.
How to compare dental AI receptionistsStart with the assessment fee. Then decide from the proposal.
Free · 30 min · no pitch. Or read how assessment, build and support costs fit together.
Have a specific workflow or integration in mind? See what we can build with you.