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Pay vs Consulte

Employee Onboarding Platform: Pay a Lane or Consulte HRIS + IT

Pay vs Consulte for an employee onboarding platform: when Starter $2,500 fits one hire lane, when /contact/ is safer across HRIS/IT/IdP, and Discovery $99 maps owners — no invented time-to-productivity metrics.

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

What this page is (and is not)

This is a fit guide for one hire type (e.g. full-time corporate) from offer-accepted to first-week access. It is not a case study and it does not invent a savings percentage, SLA letter grade, or certified outcome. Published commercial prices live on /plans/. The diagnostic is Discovery $99. Human-scoped work starts at /contact/.

Related hub: AI consulting services.

The unit of work

Process

one hire type (e.g. full-time corporate) from offer-accepted to first-week access

Systems

HRIS, IdP/ITSM, and the mailbox or ticket that today carries the checklist

Operating signal

checklist completion or access-ready date on that hire type — a signal you already have

Stop rule

Do not auto-provision privileged access. PAM and IdP remain human-gated. See the PAM guide.

Pay vs Consulte

Consulte (/contact/)

Works councils, multi-country entities, or IT and HR do not share an owner. Consulte the SOW.

Start Consulte — SOW first, Pay later if the slice is clear.

If you cannot name the process, the systems, and the acceptor for “done,” do not Pay yet. Use Discovery $99 for a written map (Pay, Consulte, or stop). Deeper SKU comparison: Discovery $99 vs Starter $2,500.

What Discovery $99 writes

Discovery is not implementation. Implementation is Starter or a scoped SOW. Ongoing coverage is Growth after the model is clear.

Good after kickoff (no fake math)

If access is still pending or success was redefined to “demo,” stop and re-scope. That is Consulte, not a silent expand of Pay.

FAQs

Can I skip Discovery and Pay Starter?

Yes — if one hire type (e.g. full-time corporate) from offer-accepted to first-week access is already named, HRIS, IdP/ITSM, and the mailbox or ticket that today carries the checklist are reachable, and someone will accept “done.” If kickoff would still debate the job, map first: Discovery $99.

Is Consulte a free consultation?

No. Consulte is a human-scoped conversation via /contact/ when the SKU is unclear. Discovery is the $99 written diagnostic. There is no free consultation SKU.

Do you publish ROI or savings percentages for this work?

No. This guide uses fit patterns only. Use an operating signal you already measure. Board language without fake math starts from the Discovery map.

Where do Consulting $499 and Growth fit?

Consulting $499 sits between Discovery and Starter when you need RACI or roadmap without a pilot yet. Growth $8,000/mo is ongoing coverage after the model is clear. Ladder: /plans/.

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