Find out where AI actually pays, before you spend anything building it.
An AI audit is two to three weeks of looking at how work really moves through your business, ending in a written document that ranks what is worth automating, what it would take, and what it would be worth. Including the things that are not worth doing.
What you get, and what it is for
You get a written document, in your inbox, that you keep. It ranks the places in your business where AI or automation would save time or make money, puts a rough cost and a rough return against each one, and says plainly which ones are not worth doing.
It exists because the expensive mistake in AI is not picking the wrong tool. It is building the right tool for the wrong problem. A fortnight of looking properly costs a fraction of a build, and it is the difference between spending money on something that pays for itself and spending money on something that quietly gets switched off six months later.
It is a decision-making document, not a sales proposal. There is no obligation to build anything with me afterwards, and the document does not need me to be useful.
What the audit covers
01
Where the time goes
The tasks that repeat every week, who does them, how long they take, and what they cost you in wages and in delay. Most businesses have never counted this, and the number is usually a surprise.
02
Where the money leaks
Quotes that go out too slowly to win. Jobs invoiced late. Stock decisions made on last month's numbers. Follow-up that never happens because everyone is busy.
03
What you already pay for
The software already on your bank statement, what it can actually do, and which pieces of it are sitting unused or not talking to anything else.
04
What is worth automating
A ranked list, with the effort to build and the expected return next to each one. Ranked by payback, not by what is most interesting to build.
05
What is not worth automating
Just as useful, and usually the shorter list to act on. Some work should stay with a person, and some should be deleted rather than automated.
06
What it would take
For the top items: the approach, the tools, roughly what it costs, roughly how long, and what could go wrong. Enough to make a decision on, or to brief someone else with.
How the fortnight actually runs
Watch the work
Conversations with the people who actually do the job, not just the owner. I follow a few tasks end to end and note every point where something waits, gets retyped, or gets chased.
Count it
Time, frequency, cost, and what the delay is worth. This is the part that turns "that job is a pain" into a number you can make a decision on.
Write it up
The ranked list, with approach, cost and return against each item, plus what to leave alone. Sent as a document, then talked through with you.
Fixed fee, quoted on application
The fee depends on the size of the business and how much of it you want looked at. A single department is a smaller job than a whole operation, and pricing it any other way would mean overcharging the small ones.
What I will commit to is this: you get the number before we start, it does not move, and it is scoped to be a small fraction of what the builds it recommends would cost. An audit that costs more than the problem is not worth commissioning, and I would rather tell you that than take the fee.
Tell me roughly how many people you have and where you think the pain is. I can give you a number quickly.
Three things people do with the document
Act on it themselves
Some of the recommendations are small enough for a capable person inside the business to do. If that is the case, the document says so rather than pretending otherwise.
Have me build it
The most common path. We take the top one or two items, I quote them fixed price, and we build in stages.
How the builds workTake it elsewhere
It is written to be handed to any competent provider. No lock-in, no proprietary framework, no pieces deliberately left out so you have to come back.
For a longer look at the deliverable itself, read what an AI audit actually looks like.
Common questions about AI audits
What is an AI audit?
A structured look at how work actually moves through your business, ending in a written document that ranks where AI or automation would pay off, what each one would take to build, and what it would be worth. It is a decision-making document, not a sales proposal. You can act on it yourself, take it to another provider, or have me build from it.
Is this the same as an AI governance or compliance audit?
No. Those check an organisation that is already running AI systems for bias, risk and regulatory compliance, and they are usually a large-enterprise concern. This is the opposite end: a small or mid-sized business working out where AI is worth using in the first place.
What does the AI audit cost?
A fixed fee, quoted up front once I know the size of the business and how many areas you want covered. It is deliberately scoped to be a small fraction of what the resulting builds would cost, because an audit that costs more than the fix it recommends is not worth commissioning.
How long does it take?
Two to three weeks in most cases. Roughly a week of conversations and watching how the work is actually done, then the analysis and writing. You need to give me a few hours of access to the people who do the work, spread across that time.
What if the audit says AI will not help us?
Then that is what the document says, and it will explain why and what to do instead. It happens. Some businesses need a process fixed, two systems connected, or one person hired, and no amount of AI substitutes for that. Knowing this before you spend on a build is the point of doing the audit.
Do I have to build anything with you afterwards?
No. The document is yours and it stands on its own. Plenty of people take it and act on it themselves. There is no obligation and no expiry on it.
Do you need access to our systems?
Usually just read access to the things we discuss, and sometimes not even that. Most of the work is conversation, watching a task get done end to end, and looking at where things stall. I will ask for the minimum I need and tell you why.
Does the audit cover our website and Google presence too?
It can, if that is where the leak is. If getting found is your actual problem rather than internal workload, I will say so and point you at website design and Google Business Profile management instead, which is cheaper than any automation build.
Worth a conversation before you commit to anything
Tell me what is taking the most time. If an audit is not the right next step for you, I will say so.
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