From $1,500
Automation Blueprint
Map the process, systems, risks, success measures, and implementation path before building.
Best for: Teams with a costly process but an incomplete technical scope.
Pricing
Clear starting points. Discovery confirms the final scope.
Use these owner-approved starting prices and ranges to identify a practical entry point. Every proposal defines the outcome, systems, responsibilities, timeline, and support boundary.
How to read this page
- Figures are starting prices or typical ranges, not fixed quotes. The Automated Receptionist is the exception: its price is flat.
- Final scope and investment require discovery.
- Third-party subscriptions and usage may be billed separately.
- Material scope changes may require a separate quote.
- Managed plans do not include unlimited new workflow development.
One-time
Discovery and implementation
Details
$3,000–$6,000
Extended Blueprint
Resolve a broader, cross-functional process with more systems, stakeholders, and operating dependencies.
Best for: Multi-team workflows that need deeper discovery before implementation.
$3,000–$5,500
Foundation Automation
Automate one bounded business outcome with testing, error handling, documentation, and handoff.
Best for: A focused workflow across up to three connected systems.
$7,500–$15,000
Growth Automation System
Connect related workflows across a full process with approvals, exceptions, and operational visibility.
Best for: Lead-to-CRM, onboarding, fulfillment, and recurring operations.
$7,500–$15,000
Bounded AI Agent Pilot
Prove one tightly defined AI-assisted capability with evaluation, permissions, budgets, and human fallback.
Best for: Teams that need evidence before expanding an AI use case.
$20,000–$40,000
Advanced AI & Operations
Build complex automation, governed AI capabilities, custom data flows, and operational interfaces.
Best for: Higher-complexity systems that require formal evaluation and safeguards.
From $40,000
Custom / Enterprise
Design a governed program for complex integrations, business-critical operations, or multi-phase delivery.
Best for: Custom scopes that exceed a standard implementation boundary.
$1,500–$4,000
Workflow Audit & Rescue
Diagnose brittle, failing, undocumented, expensive, or insecure existing automations.
Best for: Existing workflows that need a fact-based repair or rebuild decision.
$399 setup
Automated Receptionist
Text back callers you could not answer, guide them through a short conversation, and book the appointment on your calendar.
Best for: Local service businesses that lose jobs when the phone goes unanswered.
Monthly
Managed automation services
$750–$1,250/month
Automation Care
Monitor and maintain a small set of approved workflows with defined support capacity.
Best for: Stable automations that need dependable upkeep and incident triage.
$149/month
Automated Receptionist Care
Hosting, monitoring, wording and hours changes, and a monthly summary of calls missed and appointments booked.
Best for: Businesses running the Automated Receptionist.
$1,750–$3,000/month
Automation Growth
Combine monitoring and maintenance with planned optimization capacity and operating reviews.
Best for: Growing automation portfolios that need measured improvement.
$4,000–$7,500/month
Managed Automation Operations
Provide structured operational ownership across a broader, business-relevant automation estate.
Best for: Teams relying on multiple connected workflows and integrations.
From $8,000/month
Enterprise / Custom Managed Operations
Define custom support, governance, reporting, and recovery responsibilities for complex environments.
Best for: Business-critical automation programs with custom operational requirements.
Automated Receptionist
Why it is priced this way
We price this one openly because you should know what you are buying before we talk. When someone calls and nobody answers, they get a text within seconds, a short conversation follows, and the appointment lands on your calendar. $399 setup, then $149 a month, with a 3-month minimum.
- A flat setup fee and one monthly plan. No tiers to decode, no per-seat charges, no surprise add-ons. Hosting, monitoring, and changes to your wording and hours are in the monthly price.
- Set up for your business, not a template. We write the booking rules around how you work: your hours, your services, how long jobs take, and what a caller should be asked. You do not configure software yourself.
- A person you can reach. If something breaks or a message goes out wrong, you contact us and we fix it.
- Priced to earn your trust. Flow Forge is a new agency. We would rather keep the price low and earn your referral than charge the going rate for a service that has not yet proven itself in your business.
- Texting costs are covered up to a point. About 300 conversations a month are included. Above that, texting and number costs pass through at cost plus a small handling fee, so you never pay for volume you did not use.
It texts and books by text. It follows set rules and does not answer calls by voice. Not sure it fits? Ask us. If it will not pay for itself, we will tell you.
What changes a quote?
Authentication, API quality, data cleanup, exception volume, AI evaluation, interfaces, migration, availability, compliance, and recovery obligations all affect scope. The proposal makes those assumptions visible before work begins.