Every engagement has three fees, each tied to a different cost: the work to change a workflow, the models that run it, and the value it measurably creates. No rate card and no seat licences.
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Three fees, three cost drivers. Each one moves for its own reason, so you always know what you’re paying for and why it changed.
The work to change the workflow. Fixed before anything starts.
What the systems consume as they run, metered rather than estimated.
A share of the value created, measured against your own baseline.
The audit sets a baseline on a number your team already tracks or can verify. The upside fee is a share of the difference, at a rate agreed before the build.
| Engagement | Metric | Baseline | After | Measured gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produce and grocery brokerAbout 1,000 loads a month | Time to price a tender cycle | 40 hrs | 1 hr | −97.5% |
| Residential HVAC operatorThree branches, multi-state | Inbound calls answered | 60% | 95% | +35 pts |
Figures from client engagements. They show how the gain is measured, not what was charged. Read the case studies
Nothing about the commercial terms is decided after the work starts.
Consulting is usually billed by the hour, software by the seat. Both get paid whether or not anything changes.
| Model | Hourly consulting | Per-seat software | Ontara |
|---|---|---|---|
| You pay for | Time spent | Licences | The build, the compute and the result |
| The price grows with | Hours billed | Headcount | Usage and measured gain |
| If nothing improves | You still pay | You still pay | No upside fee |
| What you keep | Recommendations | Access, while you subscribe | The workflow map, ranked priorities and prepared sources |
A retainer bundles one-time work, running costs and results into a single number, so you can’t tell which one you’re paying for. Splitting them means each fee only moves for its own reason.
The setup fee, fixed before work starts, and the token fee as the systems run. The upside fee only starts once there’s a measured gain over the baseline.
We review adoption alongside the outcome every month and fix what gets in the way. A system nobody uses doesn’t move the metric, so it doesn’t produce an upside fee.
Yes. We start with one valuable workflow, a measurable baseline and a team that uses it. The next workflow is earned.
Tell us how the operation runs today. We’ll come back with a scoped setup fee and how the token and upside fees would apply to your firm.
A conversation first. You see the setup fee before you commit to anything.