AI Budget Calculator
Get a realistic AI investment benchmark based on your company size, maturity, and goals. Built from real project data and actual engagement pricing.
Why AI budgets are hard to get right
AI project budgets are notoriously hard to estimate. Vendors quote ranges that differ by 10x. Internal teams often undercount the cost of data preparation, integration work, and ongoing maintenance. The result is that many companies either overspend on a bloated pilot or underfund a project that never reaches production.
This calculator produces a realistic investment benchmark based on your company size, AI maturity level, and primary goal. It draws from actual project data across different engagement types. A small process automation project for a mid-market company might run $50K to $150K. A custom ML model for a large enterprise could be $500K to $2M when you include data engineering, model development, deployment, and the first year of maintenance.
The tool generates a budget range, a breakdown of where that money typically goes (infrastructure, talent, vendor costs, change management), and a rough ROI timeline. Use it to set expectations with leadership, pressure-test a vendor quote, or scope the next budget cycle.