Forward-deployed, not advisory.
Consultancies sell you a recommendation. We build the production system and operate it. Here are the published prices side by side, and the cases where a consultancy is the better call.
What the first purchase costs, and what it ends in.
The first step with a consultancy is usually a strategy or discovery sprint. Ours is a pilot. Our offers are shaded.
| Firm and offer | Published price | Duration | What you have at the end |
|---|---|---|---|
| GigabitAI Transformation Sprint | $25,000 fixed | 2 weeks | A pilot running on your own data, an ROI model and a costed build plan. The fee credits toward a Gigabit Agents build. |
| GigabitAI Quick Win Sprint | $8,000 fixed | 3 weeks | One workflow scoped, built and deployed, integrated with up to 3 tools, with 30 days of light support. |
| GeekyAntsAI Discovery Sprint | $25,000 fixed fee | 3–4 weeks | A prioritised use-case list, value case, pilot scope, execution roadmap and investment case. A plan, not software. |
| ArchitechTransformation Blueprint | From CAD $9,900 plus HST | 2 weeks | A workflow review, an outcome spec, a sequenced plan and the fixed price of the build. No fee if the outcomes aren't accepted. Builds are priced separately. |
| Large management consultanciesStrategy and readiness engagements | Not published | Set by the statement of work | Usually a strategy, an opportunity assessment or a roadmap. Priced after scoping, by team and time or by a fixed statement of work. |
Other firms’ prices and durations are as published on their own pages on 22 October 2026, in the currency shown; follow the link before relying on a figure. Gigabit figures are our published prices. More published pilot prices are on fixed-price AI pilots compared. If a row about your firm is out of date, email hello@gigabit.agency and we will correct it.
Build-and-operate vs advise-and-hand-off.
The same questions, answered both ways.
What you are really comparing
At first glance the table shows similar numbers: a $25,000 strategy sprint and a $25,000 pilot. The difference is what exists when the money is spent. A discovery sprint ends in a roadmap and an investment case, and the build that would test that case is a second purchase with a second price. Our Sprint ends with the top workflow running as a pilot on your data and a costed plan for the production build, and the fee is credited toward that build if you go ahead.
That matters because most AI money is not lost on the strategy. It is lost between the strategy and production: in the handoff to a team that wasn’t in the room, in a build nobody priced, and in a system nobody is paid to keep running. One partner across Audit, Build and Operate removes both handoffs. How the three phases work, and what each costs.
When to use both
A consultancy and a build partner are not mutually exclusive. If you already have a roadmap, it is a good input to the Sprint: it tells us which workflows to test first. If you are about to commission one, consider whether the first deliverable should be a document or a pilot. You can always buy the document later; a pilot answers questions a document can only estimate.
When a consultancy is the better call.
Organisation-wide change
Restructuring teams, retraining hundreds of people, or redesigning how a whole function works. That is change management, and large consultancies are built for it. We are not.
Board-level strategy across many functions
If the question is where AI fits across the entire company and the answer goes to a board, a strategy firm's breadth matters more than our depth in one workflow.
Vendor-neutral advice
We build things, so we are not neutral about building. If you want advice from someone with nothing to sell afterwards, hire an advisor who doesn't build.
Four questions for any AI firm, ours included.
What will be running at the end?
A pilot, a production system or a document. The same price buys very different things.
Who builds it, and when is that priced?
If the build is a second purchase, ask for its likely price now, not after the roadmap.
Who owns the code and the evals?
If the answer is the vendor's platform, you are renting the capability.
Who runs it after launch?
AI systems decay rather than crash. Someone has to be on the hook for that.
If your problem is enterprise-wide change management or board-level strategy across many functions, a large consultancy is built for that. Gigabit is the right call when you need a specific AI workflow shipped to production and kept running.
Gigabit vs consultancies, answered
How is Gigabit different from a management consultancy?
Consultancies sell advice: a strategy, a readiness assessment, a roadmap, usually ending at a recommendation your team then has to build. Gigabit embeds engineers in your stack, builds the production AI system, and operates it. You get working software and an owned outcome, at a published fixed price.
How much does an AI strategy engagement cost compared with Gigabit?
On 22 October 2026, GeekyAnts published its AI Discovery Sprint at $25,000 for 3–4 weeks, ending in a roadmap and investment case, and Architech published its Transformation Blueprint from CAD $9,900 for 2 weeks, ending in a plan and a fixed build price. Large consultancies don't publish prices. Gigabit's AI Transformation Sprint is $25,000 for 2 weeks and ends in a pilot running on your data.
Do consultancies ever make more sense?
Yes. For organisation-wide change management, board-level strategy across many functions, or vendor-neutral advice, a consultancy is built for that and we are not. Gigabit is the right call when you need a specific AI workflow shipped to production and kept running.
Is Gigabit cheaper than a consultancy?
Sometimes, but compare what the money buys. A strategy sprint at a similar price ends in a plan; ours ends in a pilot on your data, and the fee credits toward the build. Our prices are fixed and published, so you can compare before any call.
Can Gigabit work alongside our existing consultancy?
Yes. A consultancy's roadmap is a reasonable input to our Sprint: it tells us which workflows to test first, and the Sprint turns the top one into a pilot and a costed build.
What should I ask any AI firm before signing?
Four things: what will be running at the end, who builds it and when that is priced, who owns the code and the evals, and who runs the system after launch. The answers separate a plan from a working system faster than any pitch.
Want the system, not the slides?
$25,000, 2 weeks, a pilot on your data, and the fee credits toward the build. We’ll also tell you honestly if a consultancy fits better.