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Cost guide · 2026

AI Automation Cost in Australia

Build prices start at AUD $3,500. Monthly ops starts at AUD $50/mo. The full agency stack — the same one Iverel runs on ORCA Cleaning — is AUD $25,000+ build / $1,800+/mo ops.

AUD, exclusive of GST. Updated May 2026.

PackageBuildOpsTimeline

Single workflow (Starter)

Inbound form → CRM + email + calendar; job complete → invoice + notify.

AUD $3,500AUD $50/mo1–2 weeks

AI employee + 3–5 workflows (Growth)

Email triage + draft replies; quote-build + customer follow-up; voice agent for inbound calls.

AUD $8,000AUD $300/mo4–8 weeks

Full agency stack (voice + chat + back-office)

CRM + accounting + telephony fully wired; multi-agent operations dashboard; 24/7 voice + chat.

AUD $25,000+AUD $1,800/mo8–16 weeks

Strategy & audit (no build)

Operations audit, prioritised automation roadmap with ROI estimates. Credited if you build.

AUD $1,500n/a2 weeks

What is NOT in the build price

Flagged upfront so there are no invoice surprises:

  • →LLM token costs — AUD $50–$500/mo after go-live depending on volume. Billed at cost + 10% transparency margin.
  • →Third-party SaaS — Twilio, Vapi, OpenAI/Anthropic enterprise tier, your CRM. We use your account so you keep ownership.
  • →Major scope changes — Small changes folded into ops. Structural changes get a fixed-price addendum.
Looking for the full pricing matrix with monthly ops tiers? See /pricing. For a deeper narrative on how AI automation costs are structured (build vs ops vs tokens), see the AI Automation Cost in Australia article.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing questions Australian operators ask before booking a discovery call.

What is the cheapest AI automation project Iverel will take?

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AUD $3,500 for a single Starter workflow with one integration and a 14-day go-live target. Below that, the unit economics do not work for either side — the discovery cost alone is significant. If your project is smaller, the AUD $1,500 Strategy & Audit usually scopes it correctly.

How is AI automation priced in Australia in 2026?

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Most AI automation agencies in Australia quote bespoke ranges from AUD $20,000 to $200,000 with no public price anchor, billed against scoped statements of work. Iverel publishes productised packages: AUD $3,500 build / $50/mo ops at the floor, AUD $25,000+ build / $1,800+/mo ops for full agency engagements. The published price is the price; the only variable is which package fits.

How does ongoing AI automation cost work?

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Monthly ops covers infrastructure, monitoring, prompt tuning, integration health checks, and minor change requests. Tiers are AUD $300/mo (Light, single workflow), AUD $1,800/mo (Standard, multi-workflow + AI employee), AUD $4,500/mo (Premium, full agency engagement with named engineer). LLM API tokens are passed through at cost + 10%.

Why pay for ops? Can we just take the build and run it ourselves?

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You can. Some clients do. The catch is that AI systems drift: prompts that worked at launch produce different outputs as model versions update, integrations silently break with vendor API changes, and confidence thresholds need quarterly retuning to keep accuracy steady. Without dedicated operations, the system decays and you discover failures via customer complaints. Operations exist to prevent that.

Do you charge by the hour?

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No. Every build is a fixed price agreed before work starts. Operations are fixed monthly. We will tell you mid-build if scope materially changes — then you decide whether to add a fixed-price addendum or descope.

Are these prices in AUD and inclusive of GST?

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All prices on this page are AUD and exclusive of GST. GST is added at 10% on Australian invoices. International clients pay in AUD with no GST.

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