Compliance research agent
Browses the web for a data-protection assessment and flags gaps. A lawyer approves every finding.
BUILD ½ CYCLE · ~$2,500 RUNS ~$19 A MONTHWhat an AI agent costs to build and run.
Most guides quote anything from $5k to $500k. These are our prices, and the agents behind them: a single-task agent is about a week and $2,500, and most of what we build costs under $200 a month to run.
THE SHORT ANSWER
Priced by the cycle.
We build in two-week cycles at $4,999 each, and a one-week half cycle at $2,500. Every cycle ends with working software in production, so you see the agent doing real work before you decide on the next one.
What sets the size is how many systems the agent has to read and write, how many of its actions need a rule check or a person's approval, and how many separate jobs it does. One job with one source is a week. A team of agents sharing an inbox, a CRM and a price list is a quarter.
TO BUILD
Single-task agent
Agent workflow with integrations
Multi-agent system
TO RUN
Model, hosting and monitoring
Fixes after launch
AGENTS WE BUILT
Real agents. Real bills.
Daily legal digest
Scrapes sources every day, removes duplicates and sorts the news into seven practice areas, delivered as a PDF.
BUILD ½ CYCLE · ~$2,500 RUNS ~$19 A MONTHReconciliation assistant
Audits every marketplace transaction for fees, overcharges and claims. In a single quarter it recovered over $1M for 100+ sellers, with 90%+ of claims approved.
BUILD 2 CYCLES · ~$10k RUNS ~$150 A MONTHZiva in ZivoHR
An HR assistant that answers from each person's own record and prepares their leave or expense request for them to confirm.
BUILD 4 CYCLES · ~$20k RUNS ~$200 A MONTHRUNNING COSTS
$19 to $200 a month to run.
Once an agent is live, the cost that grows is the model bill, and it is yours. The agent runs on your own Claude or OpenAI API key, billed by the provider at their price. We add nothing on top.
Volume is what moves it. The legal digest reads its sources once a day and costs about $19 a month. The reconciliation assistant audits every transaction for 100+ sellers and costs about $150.
WHAT OURS COST TO RUN
Compliance research agent
Daily legal digest
Reconciliation assistant
Ziva in ZivoHR
AFTER LAUNCH
First 30 days
Changes and new agents
QUESTIONS
What buyers ask about cost.
- How much does an AI agent cost to build?
- About $2,500 for a single-task agent built in a week, $10k to $15k for an agent workflow that connects to your systems, and $20k to $30k for a team of agents working together.
- How much does an AI agent cost per month?
- The agents we have built cost $19 to $200 a month to run, for the model, hosting and monitoring. The model bill is paid on your own API key.
- Can we start small?
- Yes. A one-week half cycle is $2,500 and ends with one agent doing one job in production, and you can add more from there.
- Who owns the agent?
- You do. The code, the rules and the audit trail live in your repository, and the model provider can be changed later.