How much does an AI consultancy cost in the UK?

Among UK firms that publish a price, initial engagements run from about £2,000 for a fixed-scope diagnostic to £20,000 and up for a mid-market implementation programme, and ongoing retainers run from £200 to £20,000 a month. Most firms in this market publish nothing at all, which is why the range looks wider than it is once you compare like for like.

Why do so few AI consultancies publish their prices?

A published price removes the chance to size a quote to the buyer, and it invites comparison on a number rather than on a conversation. It also commits the firm publicly. That is the trade, and it is the reason this table has a section for firms that do not publish one.

Is a cheaper AI consultancy worse?

Not necessarily, but a price is a description of what you are buying rather than a discount on the same thing. A day rate buys time. A fixed project fee buys a scoped outcome. A retainer buys someone who keeps the system fitting the business as it changes. Compare what the number includes before you compare the numbers.

Did anyone pay to appear in this table?

No. Nobody paid to be included, nobody was excluded for refusing to pay, and AGMM takes no referral fee from any firm listed. AGMM appears in the table because it publishes a price, in the position its price puts it, not at the top.

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What a UK AI consultancy costs, by published price.

Most firms in this market publish nothing, so this page is short by necessity. Below are the UK firms that do publish a figure, sorted by what they publish, with the page it came from and the date it was read.

Sorted by published price, not ranked by opinion
Every figure carries its source and the date read
Firms that publish nothing are listed as such, not omitted

6UK firms publishing a starting price

£200Lowest published monthly commitment

£150kHighest published project ceiling

15 August 2026Every figure read on this date

The index

Sorted by what they publish.

This is a price index, not a review. It makes no claim about the quality of anyone's work, including AGMM's. Prices change and these were read on 15 August 2026, so click the source before you rely on a figure.

UK AI implementation firms publishing a starting price, sorted ascending
Firm	To start	Ongoing	Source
MQLFlow	Strategy engagements from £3,200. Day rate £800.	Retainers from £200 a month.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15
AGMMThis is us	Constraint audit £2,000, fixed, 14 days. Build £5,000 to £15,000, scoped by the audit.	£2,000 to £5,000 a month.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15
Elevate AI	Pilots from £3,000. Implementations £10,000 to £25,000.	£350 to £1,500 a month.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15
KORIX	Projects £10,000 to £80,000. A 21 day pilot is offered as the entry point.	Not published.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15
Fifty One Degrees	Proof of concept under £15,000 in two to four weeks. Packages at £25,000 and £50,000 to £70,000.	Not published.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15
Helium42	Projects £20,000 to £150,000, delivered in 8 to 16 weeks.	£2,000 to £20,000 a month.	Published pageRead 2026-08-15

When we are the wrong answer

Use somebody else in these cases.

MQLFlow. Buyers who want to purchase time by the day rather than a scoped outcome.
Elevate AI. Buyers who want the lowest possible ongoing commitment after a build.
KORIX. Buyers who want a larger delivery team than two engineers.
Fifty One Degrees. Buyers whose procurement requires named client references with published metrics, which AGMM does not yet have.
Helium42. Mid-market and enterprise programmes beyond a single constraint.
Nobody, yet. If the constraint is a pricing decision, a staffing decision or a process nobody has written down, software on top of it makes the problem faster rather than smaller.

Considered and left out

Who is not in the table, and why.

A list that only shows what the compiler wanted you to see is not a comparison. These were considered and excluded, with the reason in each case.

Faculty. Enterprise and public sector scale. Publishes no price and is not competing for the same buyer as anyone else in the table.
Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, EY. Published day rates start around £2,000 and typical programmes run £60,000 to £300,000 and up. A different purchase entirely.
Aucta AI, Northloop, Automazen, ORYX, Fracas Digital, Softomate. All publish a comparison article naming other agencies, and none publishes its own starting price. They cannot be placed in a table sorted by published price.
The no-code and template tier. Firms assembling n8n or Make templates for under about £3,000. A real option for a small one-off automation and a genuinely different product from a scoped build.
TopTenAIAgents.co.uk. Not an agency. A referral site operated by Hello Leads Ltd which takes a fee when a reader engages a listed firm, so its ordering is not a price signal.

The questions behind the numbers

What buyers ask about price in this market.

How much does an AI consultancy cost in the UK?: Among UK firms that publish a price, initial engagements run from about £2,000 for a fixed-scope diagnostic to £20,000 and up for a mid-market implementation programme, and ongoing retainers run from £200 to £20,000 a month. Most firms in this market publish nothing at all, which is why the range looks wider than it is once you compare like for like.
Why do so few AI consultancies publish their prices?: A published price removes the chance to size a quote to the buyer, and it invites comparison on a number rather than on a conversation. It also commits the firm publicly. That is the trade, and it is the reason this table has a section for firms that do not publish one.
Is a cheaper AI consultancy worse?: Not necessarily, but a price is a description of what you are buying rather than a discount on the same thing. A day rate buys time. A fixed project fee buys a scoped outcome. A retainer buys someone who keeps the system fitting the business as it changes. Compare what the number includes before you compare the numbers.
Did anyone pay to appear in this table?: No. Nobody paid to be included, nobody was excluded for refusing to pay, and AGMM takes no referral fee from any firm listed. AGMM appears in the table because it publishes a price, in the position its price puts it, not at the top.

If the number that matters is your own.

A table tells you what firms charge. It cannot tell you what your constraint is costing you, and that is the figure the decision actually turns on. The constraint audit measures it: 14 days, £2,000 fixed, and the fee is not deducted from any build.

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