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AI Consulting Built for Business Outcomes

A written map, an ROI order, and a commercial path you can fund — from Discovery $99 to Consulting $499, Starter $2,500, and Growth $8,000/mo. This page owns the “AI consulting services” query. The catalog hub remains /ai-services/.

Start with one process, not a 12-month program.

Start Discovery — $99 Contact

The problem

Strategy without a next action

Slide decks that never name the first process, the owner, or the kill criteria. Zion writes a path you can fund or decline.

No ROI order

Ten “AI ideas” with equal urgency is how programs stall. We rank by effort, risk, and the KPI the process already has.

Advisory that cannot build

If the right next step is an agent, a smaller automation, or waiting, we say so — then we can implement on Starter or Growth.

Spend without a baseline

Cloud and model invoices need an envelope before anyone scales tokens. Pair consulting with cloud FinOps when spend is the constraint.

What we deliver

Current-state map — the one process you named: systems, owners, and where work dies.
ROI-ordered list — what to do first, what to wait on, what not to automate.
Build / buy / wait — a recommendation, not a catalog upsell.
Architecture sketch — data boundaries, human approvals, and the smallest useful pilot.
Written commercial path — Discovery → Consulting → Starter or Growth, with live prices on /plans/ (/pricing/ is a soft noindex alias).

Board-level ROI

Boards do not fund “AI.” They fund a first process with an owner, a baseline, and a kill rule. Readiness vs ROI: if the process, owner, baseline, or kill rule is missing, you are not ready to fund a build — you are ready for Discovery $99. ROI order comes after readiness is honest. Discovery $99 is the diagnostic — not a 12-month program. Path: Discovery → Consulting $499 (roadmap) → Starter or Growth when the map says so. We will not invent a payback percentage. Longer write-up: AI consulting ROI for the board.

Questions the board actually asks

Which process? Who owns it? What is the baseline today? What does it cost to try? What do we stop if it fails? If those answers are missing, you are not ready for Starter — you are ready for Discovery.

Impact × effort

We rank by the KPI the process already has, the systems it touches, and the risk of a bad write. Ten equal “AI ideas” is how programs stall. High impact / low effort goes first. High risk / unclear owner waits.

Baseline before a story

Cycle time, queue depth, error rate, or hours on the exception list — whatever you already measure. A new dashboard is not a baseline. If you cannot name the number, Discovery writes the measurement, not a guarantee.

Cost envelope

Build cost (Consulting $499, Starter $2,500, Growth $8,000/mo) plus model and cloud lines. Unbounded tokens are a FinOps problem — pair this with FinOps consulting when spend is the constraint. The envelope is written before anyone scales a pilot.

Discovery is the cheap way to get a board-readable map: one process, an order-of-magnitude ROI sketch, and a build / wait / do-not-build call. Consulting $499 expands that into a roadmap. Neither step invents a case study or a certified savings rate.

Get a board-readable map before you fund a program.

Start Discovery — $99 Contact

Readiness checks before spend

Readiness is a checklist on this page — not a separate /ai-readiness-assessment/ SKU. If two or more items below are missing, start with Discovery $99, not a platform purchase.

Named process — one workflow with a start, a system of record, and a definition of done. “We need AI” is not a process.
Named owner — a human who can pause the work, approve a write, and take the readout to finance.
Data boundary — which systems and fields are in scope. Unsanctioned paste-into-chat is out until a control owner says otherwise.
Baseline — a number you already track, or a measurement window Discovery will write. No invented KPI.
Human gate — irreversible or high-cost actions wait for a person. If you cannot name the gate, you are not ready for an agent.
Cost envelope — what you will spend on people, tools, and model calls before the next review. Growth $8,000/mo is a managed loop, not a blank check.
Kill rule — what “stop” looks like: no owner, no baseline movement, or spend without a log.

Healthcare or PHI processes start on healthcare IT / HIPAA. Payments or banking-adjacent stacks start on fintech IT / AI. This page does not sell a certified readiness product.

Check readiness, then fund the first process — not a catalog.

Start Discovery — $99 Consulte

Path: Discovery → Consulting $499

When readiness checks pass for one named process, Consulting $499 expands the Discovery map into a roadmap and impact × effort order. When readiness fails, stay on Discovery — do not jump to Starter. Pay Discovery on /discovery/; Consulting and full menu (BRL+USD) on /plans/. Enterprise or unclear scope: Consulte.

Discovery ($99) — one process, board-readable map, kill rule sketch.
Consulting ($499) — roadmap, ROI order, build / wait / do-not-build.
Only then — Starter or Growth when the first implementation is honest. Related: agents · FinOps.

Process — Discovery to Growth

Discovery ($99) — 7-day diagnostic of one process. Hub: /discovery/.
Consulting ($499) — roadmap, ROI order, and the decision to build or wait.
Starter ($2,500) — implement the first scoped outcome.
Growth ($8,000/mo) — managed loop, change control, written SLA.

Plans

Plan	Price	Role
Discovery	$99	Map one process; board-level ROI sketch + 30-min session
Consulting	$499	Roadmap, impact × effort order, readiness gaps for that process
Starter	$2,500	First implementation after the map and kill rule are honest
Growth	$8,000/mo	Managed delivery, change control, spend envelope — menu on /plans/

Discovery $99 Consulting $499 Starter $2,500 Growth $8,000/mo Response within 24h

FAQ

Is this the same as the AI services hub?

No. /ai-services/ is the catalog hub. This page is the commercial landing for “AI consulting services” — outcomes, ROI order, and the path to a project or retainer.

When should we hire consulting vs start an agent?

If you already know the process and the KPI, autonomous agents may be the next conversation. If you do not, start here or on Discovery.

How do you treat healthcare or regulated processes?

Discovery is compliance-oriented. When the process needs healthcare-grade handling, we treat it as HIPAA-ready: named owners, data boundaries, and human approvals. That is operating language, not a product badge.

What does Discovery include?

One process, an ROI sketch, an executive report, and a 30-minute session. Pay on /discovery/ (BRL ZG09 · USD ZG0b) or start from /contact/ for invoice.

How fast do you respond?

Within 24 hours via /contact/ or kleber@ziontechgroup.com.

How do you present ROI to a board?

One process, a baseline you already measure (or a measurement window), impact × effort rank, and a cost envelope. Discovery $99 is the diagnostic. We do not invent a payback percentage or a case study. See Board-level ROI and AI consulting ROI for the board.

Do you sell a separate AI readiness assessment?

No. There is no /ai-readiness-assessment/ URL. Readiness is the checklist on this page. If the process, owner, baseline, or kill rule is missing, start with Discovery $99.

What if we are not ready to spend on a build?

That is a valid Discovery outcome. We will recommend consulting, a smaller automation, waiting, or pairing with FinOps when the bill is the constraint. Do-not-build is a deliverable, not a failed sale.

When does consulting become an agent project?

When the process, owner, data boundary, and human gate are written. Then the next conversation is autonomous AI agents — still sequenced Discovery → Starter → Growth. Governance and helpdesk deepen that page; they are not separate SKUs.

Get the map before the program.

Start Discovery — $99 Or write Zion