AI Readiness Audit
The AI Readiness Audit is a fixed price, two to three week review that starts from an organization's actual problems, checks whether its data and systems can support AI, and delivers a costed, ranked plan of where AI will pay off first.
- Starting at
- $2,500
- Billing
- fixed, credited toward any build
- Typical timeline
- 2 to 3 weeks
- Part of
- Run AI well
Why it matters
Only a small share of organizations start an AI project by defining the problem first. The rest buy a tool, run a pilot, and wonder why nothing changed. Lack of direction, not budget, is the top barrier named in 2026 surveys.
Best fit for: Associations, Nonprofits, Law firms, Medical practices, Commercial real estate, Small business.
What you get
Everything below is delivered in your name and stays yours.
- Interviews with leadership and front line staff
- A list of problems ranked by hours and dollars
- A data and systems readiness score
- Three to five use cases with costs and owners
- A 90 day plan you could run without us
- A risks and exclusions list
How it works
Discover
We interview the people closest to the work.
Assess
Your data, systems and tools are reviewed.
Rank
Use cases are scored by value and effort.
Plan
You get a costed 90 day plan in writing.
Built on open standards and tools you control
- Your existing systems
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
- Your CRM or AMS
Price and costs. Starting at $2,500 fixed, credited toward any build. No software purchase is assumed. The plan prefers tools you already pay for. Your exact number is fixed in writing before work starts.
Questions about AI Readiness Audit
Is this a sales pitch in disguise?
The plan is written so you could carry it out without Orca. If the honest answer is that you do not need AI yet, it will say so.
What does the score measure?
Whether your data is organized, whether your systems connect, and whether your team has the time and rules to adopt something new.
Why is the fee credited?
So the audit is never a cost you regret if you decide to build with us.
Often paired with
AI Governance Sprint
A board ready AI policy, approved tools list and staff training in two weeks.
From $3,500Fractional AI Lead
A named senior person who owns your AI plan every month, without a full time hire.
From $2,000Shared AI Workflow Library
Your team's best AI workflows, written down and shared so learning compounds.
From $2,500Start with AI Readiness Audit
Describe what is not working. A senior member of the Orca team replies within one business day with an honest read, a timeline and a fixed number.
- You talk to the people who do the work.
- Fixed scope and fixed price before anything starts.
- You own every file, login and record.
- Straight answers, including when you do not need us.