What it costs

What it costs to have a consultant build an AI document workflow.

For a 100-person company, Evata Consulting Group builds an AI workflow that reviews and drafts documents for a fixed project fee of $5,000 to $150,000, agreed before work starts. Led by Jared Clark, we price from what actually moves the cost: how many document types are involved, which systems the workflow connects to, and whether it has to be validated for a regulator. The first step is a free assessment, which ends with a scope you can price.

What moves the price

Six things that raise or lower the cost.

Ask any consultant how each of these changes their quote.

Number of document types

One consistent form is simpler than dozens of layouts from different senders.

Quality of the source documents

Clean digital files cost less to handle than poor scans and handwriting.

Systems to connect

Writing to a tracker with a good interface is simpler than connecting to an older system without one.

Validation

If a regulator will look at the system, the testing and documentation are part of the work.

Accuracy and review design

The cost of a mistake decides how much checking you need to build.

Where it runs

A system on your own server takes more work to stand up than one running in the cloud.

The whole cost

Budget for more than the build.

These are the lines to ask about in any proposal.

Build fee

Fixed before work starts: $5,000 to $150,000.

Roadmap, if you want one first

Quoted in the proposal. The first assessment is free.

Ongoing support

Optional, and quoted with the build.

Model usage

You pay the model provider for what the system uses. It depends on document volume and length, and we estimate it with your documents during scoping.

Your team's time

Someone who knows the process has to answer questions and test the system.

Is it worth it?

Compare it with the people you were about to hire.

Add up the full annual cost of the hires you would otherwise make, and the cost of the errors the process produces today. Then compare that with the build fee, support and model usage. If the numbers do not work, we will tell you in the assessment.

Who builds it

A builder who comes from the audit room.

Evata is led by Jared Clark, JD, MBA, PMP. He has spent twelve years leading quality and FDA regulatory programs, and he holds computer system validation and computer software assurance certifications, which cover how software is tested and documented for FDA-regulated use. Evata Consulting Group is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. We build on Claude and on OpenAI's models.

Common questions

What buyers ask us.

How much does it cost to have a consultant build an AI workflow that reviews and drafts documents for a 100-person company?

Evata Consulting Group builds these for a fixed project fee of $5,000 to $150,000. The cost depends on how many document types are involved, which systems the workflow connects to, and whether it has to be validated for a regulator.

Why a fixed fee?

You know the cost before work starts. If your scope changes, we agree the change first.

What does the free assessment include?

We look at your processes, rank them by value, and describe what a first build looks like, so you have a scope you can price.

What will it cost to run after launch?

Two things: model usage, which depends on your volume, and support, if you want us to maintain it. We estimate both during scoping.

Can we start smaller?

Yes. One document type and one workflow is the usual place to start.

Tell us which work is eating your team's week.

The assessment is free. You leave with your processes ranked by value and a clear picture of what a first build looks like.