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78%

of AI projects exceed budget

2.5x

average timeline overrun

$1.3M

average hidden costs missed

22%

of internal builds succeed

Company

Project

Readiness

Tell us about your company

This helps us calibrate cost ranges for your organization size and industry.

Company Size

SMB

Under 500 employees

Mid-Market

500 – 5,000 employees

Enterprise

5,000+ employees

Employee Count

Industry

About your AI project

We'll match your project type against real implementation data.

Project Type

Implementation Approach

Build

Internal team develops the solution

Buy

Vendor / SaaS platform solution

Hybrid

Open-source + vendor services

Vendor Quote (USD)

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Vendor Timeline (weeks)

Readiness assessment

Your data and team readiness dramatically impacts total cost and success probability.

Data Readiness

Poor

No centralized data, lots of manual processes, data in spreadsheets

Fair

Some structured data exists, but gaps and quality issues remain

Good

Centralized data warehouse, mostly clean, some pipelines in place

Excellent

Governed, pipelined, documented, and ready for ML workloads

ML Engineers on staff?

Data Engineers on staff?

Your Realistic 3-Year Total Cost

Reality Check

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Real Cost (Low)

Real Cost (High)

Success Probability

Top Risk Factors

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