Pricing

The first question answered before the first call.

Two fixed-price ways to start, project ranges that match what the assessment usually finds, and monthly plans for the work that never ends. Every hour on a project or retainer is approved by you in the client portal before it is billed.

Start

Fixed price. You keep the report.

Front door · 2 weeks

Operations Systems Assessment

$4,500

Order-to-cash walk-through, systems map, hand-offs, quick wins and a costed 12-month roadmap.

  • On site within a day of Madison, or remote
  • Vendor-neutral report
  • Credited toward a project we build
Book the assessmentWhat is included
Front door · 1 week

SQL Server Health Check

$2,500

Backups restored to prove they work, slow query plans read, security and support status checked, fixes ranked.

  • One instance, any version since 2008
  • Written fix list with hours
  • Credited toward the fixes
Book the health checkWhat is included
Free

Thirty-minute call

$030 minutes

Bring the spreadsheet that runs your warehouse. We say whether we can help and what the first step costs.

  • No obligation
  • Reply within one business day
Book a free call

Build

Projects, quoted after the assessment.

Ranges reflect what we usually find. The quote is fixed once the scope is, and you accept it in the portal.

ProjectTypical rangeTimelineUsually follows
ERP, WMS, shipping & accounting integration$15,000 – $60,0004 – 12 weeks eachAssessment
Custom ERP module or line-of-business appfrom $25,0008 – 20 weeksAssessment
Reporting & dashboards (SSRS / Power BI)$8,000 – $25,0003 – 8 weeksHealth check or assessment
Back-office automation (OCR + AI, human approval)$10,000 – $40,0004 – 10 weeksAssessment
Customer, dealer or B2B ordering portal$15,000 – $50,0006 – 14 weeksAssessment
SQL Server upgrade, migration or tuning$3,000 – $20,0001 – 6 weeksHealth check

Run

Monthly, cancel with 30 days' notice.

Care plan

5 hours a month

$750/ mo

Small changes, monitoring, and someone to call. Hours roll over for one month.

  • Next-business-day response
  • Ticket desk and portal
  • SQL Server kept patched
Start a care planWhat is included
Care plan

10 hours a month

$1,400/ mo

For a business with two or three integrations and a reporting backlog.

  • Same-business-day response
  • Quarterly roadmap review
  • Backup restore test every quarter
Start a care planWhat is included
Fractional CTO

From 4 hours a week

$2,500/ mo and up

A technical lead for ERP selection, vendor oversight and the Dynamics GP decision.

  • Weekly standing call
  • Sits in your vendor meetings
  • Includes care-plan response
Talk about a retainerWhat is included

Suggested figures for review. Final prices are set before this page is published.

Common questions

About paying us.

How is time approved?

Every work order shows in your client portal as it happens. Before an invoice is sent you approve the hours or ask a question on any line. Nothing is billed without that step.

How do we pay?

Card or US bank transfer in the portal, with optional autopay. Net-30 terms are available after the first project.

Is the assessment really credited?

Yes. If you go ahead with a project we quoted in the report within 90 days, the assessment fee comes off the first invoice.

What does a project actually cost?

The ranges above are honest ones from the work we see. The quote is fixed once the scope is, and the assessment exists so the scope is known before anyone commits.

Not sure which to start with?

Thirty minutes on a call usually settles it.