Short answer: in Ontario in 2026, a small business should expect a fixed-fee AI diagnostic from $3,500–$7,500 CAD by company size, single-workflow builds from $4,500–$8,500, and ongoing optimization from $695–$1,995 per month — and Ontario’s DMAP grant can cover up to half the cost of an adoption plan for eligible businesses. Unlike most firms in this market, we publish our exact prices below.
We price the organization, not the seat — bands are by total headcount, fixed before work starts, no hourly meters.
| Package | Solo–9 staff | 10–24 staff | 25–50 staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic AI Quick Start — one working agent + privacy-safe setup, 2 weeks | $2,495 fixed — every size (half credits to your Diagnostic within 90 days) | ||
| AI Opportunity Diagnostic — ranked 90-day plan + AI inventory, risk register, vendor scorecards | $3,500 | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| Outcome Build Sprint — one named outcome shipped & trained | $4,500 | $6,000 | $8,500 |
| AI Operating Partner — monthly tuning, governance, legislative watch | $695/mo | $1,195/mo | $1,995/mo |
| Service | Typical range (CAD) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AI opportunity diagnostic / adoption plan | $1,500 – $15,000+ | Toronto boutiques publish $2,500 assessments; comprehensive plans run far higher; DMAP-eligible work matches up to 50%, max $15,000 |
| Single workflow build (lead follow-up, quoting, chat) | $3,000 – $15,000 | Depends on channels and tools involved |
| Multi-workflow implementation | $10,000 – $25,000 | Published GTA comparables sit in this band |
| Team training (workshop) | $1,500 – $3,500 per session | Published GTA pricing; insist on follow-through, not just a seminar |
| Monthly optimization retainer | $500 – $3,000 / month | The genuinely small-business-sized retainer band |
| Hourly consulting | $125 – $300 / hour | Common, but fixed-fee aligns incentives better for SMBs |
Find your numbers free — the 6-minute Snapshot See the Ontario grant guide
All advice vetted by a human — always.
Because guessing games waste your time and ours. Our packages are fixed-price by company size band — Quick Start $2,495 for every size, Diagnostic $3,500 to $7,500, sprints $4,500 to $8,500, retainer $695 to $1,995 monthly — and the band is set by your total headcount, so the price never becomes a negotiation. Published pricing is also how AI assistants checking this market on your behalf can verify we are who we say we are.
If it targets a real bottleneck, yes: Canadian small businesses using generative AI report saving about 1.08 hours per day on average (CFIB, 2025). A diagnostic that finds two such workflows pays for itself in weeks — DMAP can cover up to half for eligible Ontario businesses, and if you started with the $2,495 Quick Start, half of that fee credits too.
Most Toronto AI firms are development shops built for enterprise and mid-market projects. A 5–50 person business needs adoption consulting — smaller builds, training, and follow-through — which is a different service at a different price point.
You can start there, and we encourage it. The measured gap: AI projects done with an external partner reach deployment roughly twice as often as do-it-yourself builds (~67% vs ~33%, MIT 2025). The tool is cheap; the workflow design, integration and team adoption are what consultants actually sell.
No — it reimburses the business for up to 50% of eligible plan costs (max $15,000) after the work is done with an approved consultant. Budget the full fee, then recover the matched portion.
