Services
Six ways to work with us.
We work with small businesses and owner-operators across the greater Portland metro area and Southwest Washington. From Happy Valley to Vancouver to Camas, anywhere within about an hour's drive. People who run real businesses without an IT team across industries from law to real estate to healthcare. You've seen the Super Bowl ads from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. You know AI is going to change how your business runs. You want someone local you can trust to tell you what's worth doing and what's hype.
That's the job we do, sized to what you actually need.
Tier 1
Free 30-minute consult
First-time prospects. No pitch. Just a call.
Free
Tier 2
Paid audit
A clear written read on where AI fits in your business before you commit to anything bigger.
$375 one-time
Tier 3
Project engagement
Implementation work. Often a string of small projects scoped one at a time.
T&M, not to exceed
Tier 4
Ongoing advisory
Someone on call as tools change, questions come up, and small fixes need to happen.
Monthly minimum, 3-month commit
Tier 5
AI training and education
Customized one-hour Google Meet sessions, recorded for your team to keep.
T&M, not to exceed
Tier 6
Private AI setup
Open-weight models on hardware you own, so sensitive files never leave the building.
T&M, not to exceed
Tier 1
Free 30-minute consult
- Who it's for
- First-time prospects who want to know if AI Handyman is the right fit before committing to anything.
- What's included
- A 30-minute video or phone call. We talk about your business and one or two things that are eating your time. We tell you whether AI is the right answer or not, and what working together could look like. No pitch.
- How long
- 30 minutes.
- What it costs
- Free.
- Next step
- Book directly via Google Calendar.
Tier 2
Paid audit
- Who it's for
- Business owners who want a clear, written read on where AI fits in their operation (and where it doesn't) before committing to a larger engagement.
- What's included
- A short pre-call questionnaire so we come prepared. A 60-minute working session where we review your tools, processes, and the work that's eating time. Within five business days, a written report covering what we saw, three specific opportunities ranked by impact and effort, and a clear recommendation for what to tackle first. The report is yours. Implement it yourself, hire us, or hire someone else.
- How long
- 60-minute session, plus a written report delivered within 5 business days.
- What it costs
- $375, paid up front. One-time.
- Next step
- Submit a request and we'll send a payment link. Once paid, you'll get a booking link for the 60-minute session.
Tier 3
Project engagement
- Who it's for
- Businesses ready to implement something specific. Often this works as a string of small, sequential projects rather than one big engagement: we assess your business, surface four to seven concrete projects we could tackle, and we knock them off one at a time. You see the value from each one before deciding on the next.
- What's included
- A scoped, written quote with a not-to-exceed cap before any work starts. We do the implementation ourselves, train your team, or sit with you while you do it. Configuration, integrations, documentation, and training so the tool actually gets used after we leave.
- How long
- Variable per project. Most projects fit into one to a few weeks. Larger projects scoped separately.
- What it costs
- Time and materials with a not-to-exceed cap per project, quoted in writing before work starts. No retainer, no long-term contract, no minimum project size. Most projects land in the $500 to $1,000 range.
- Next step
- Talk first. Submit a request and we'll be in touch within one business day to set up a call.
Tier 4
Ongoing advisory
- Who it's for
- Business owners who want someone on call as tools change, new questions come up, or opportunities surface. You don't want to handle this alone, and you don't want to hire a full-time person.
- What's included
- We're available for questions, quick reviews of new tools, periodic check-ins, and small fixes as they come up. You pay only for the time we spend on your business, with a monthly minimum and a 3-month commitment so we have enough runway to actually be useful to each other.
- How long
- 3-month minimum commitment. Continues month to month after that. Cancel any time after the initial three months.
- What it costs
- Time and materials with a monthly minimum, quoted in writing. 4-hour monthly minimum. 3-month minimum commitment.
- Next step
- Talk first. Submit a request and we'll be in touch within one business day.
Tier 5
AI training and education
- Who it's for
- Teams that have AI tools (or are about to get them) but aren't using them effectively. Or teams that want to build real AI skills without sending people to a generic course.
- What's included
- A series of one-hour customized training sessions delivered live over Google Meet, recorded so your team can rewatch or onboard new hires with the same material. Each session is hands-on practice with your actual tools and your actual data, not generic slides. You keep the recordings.
- How long
- Customized to your team. Usually multiple one-hour sessions spaced over a few weeks. Number of sessions scoped in advance based on what your team needs.
- What it costs
- Time and materials with a not-to-exceed cap, quoted in advance. Covers prep, delivery, and the recordings you keep.
- Next step
- Talk first. Submit a request and we'll be in touch within one business day to scope the series.
Tier 6
Private AI setup
- Who it's for
- Businesses that handle information they cannot send to someone else's server. Law firms with privileged files, clinics with patient records, real estate offices with signed contracts, accountants with tax returns. You want the productivity, and you also have an obligation to protect what your clients hand you.
- What's included
- We start by sorting your work into two piles: the tasks that genuinely need a frontier model like Claude or ChatGPT, and the tasks a smaller model running on hardware you already own can handle just as well. Then we install and configure open-weight models on the machines in your office, connect them to your document library so you can search and summarize your own files without anything leaving the building, and write a one-page policy your team can actually follow about what data goes where. Training included so it gets used after we leave.
- How long
- Most setups run one to two weeks, depending on how many machines and how much of your document library we connect.
- What it costs
- Time and materials with a not-to-exceed cap, quoted in writing before work starts. Most setups land in the $600 to $1,500 range. If you need hardware, you buy it directly. We do not mark it up.
- Next step
- Talk first. Submit a request and we'll be in touch within one business day to see whether this is the right fit for your data.
FAQ
Common questions about working with us.
Pricing, scope, and how engagements actually run.
- What's the difference between the free consult and the paid audit?
- The free 30-minute consult is a conversation to figure out if we're a fit and whether AI is even the right answer for what you're trying to do. The $375 paid audit is structured work: a 60-minute deep-dive session plus a written report within five business days, with three ranked opportunities and a recommended starting point. The report is yours to keep regardless of who implements it.
- How does time-and-materials with a not-to-exceed cap work?
- We quote every project in writing before any work begins, with an hourly rate shared in the quote and a cap on total hours we'll bill. If the work takes less time than estimated, you pay less. If it takes more, we eat the overage. You never get surprised by an invoice, and we keep our incentive on finishing efficiently.
- What does a typical AI implementation project cost?
- Most projects land in the $500 to $1,000 range. That's three to seven hours of work for a focused implementation: setting up an AI tool, integrating it with something you already use, documenting how it works, and training the people who'll use it. Larger projects are scoped separately and quoted in advance.
- Do you require a long-term contract or retainer?
- No. The free consult, paid audit, and project engagements have no ongoing commitment. Ongoing advisory is the only tier with a minimum commitment, and that's three months at a 4-hour monthly floor, after which it's month to month and cancellable any time. Most clients start with a single project and add more as they see results.
- Can you work remotely or do you have to be on-site?
- Both. Most work is remote: Google Meet for sessions, screen sharing for implementation, async messaging between meetings. We're also local and happy to meet on-site, especially for the first conversation or for businesses where seeing the operation in person makes the diagnosis better. There's no extra charge for on-site visits in our service area.
- Do you implement the AI yourselves or train my team to do it?
- Both, and you choose. Some clients want the implementation done for them and a simple handoff. Others want their team to learn by doing, with us sitting alongside. AI training and education is a separate tier specifically for teams that already have tools and need to use them effectively. We'll recommend the right mix during scoping.
- What AI tools do you work with?
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and the major business platforms that have AI features built in: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, HubSpot, Notion, Zapier, and others. We also work with industry-specific tools where they fit. We're tool-agnostic and recommend based on your specific workflow, not on what we happen to know best.
- How is this different from hiring a freelancer on Upwork?
- We're local, you can meet us in person, and there's no platform between you and the work. We carry insurance, we use written quotes, and we're accountable through standing relationships rather than a single transaction. We also turn down work we're not the right fit for, which platform marketplaces rarely do because they're optimized for booking jobs, not for outcomes.
- Do I have to send my data to OpenAI or Anthropic to use AI?
- No. Open-weight models now run well on hardware most offices already have. For everyday work like drafting, summarizing, classifying, and searching your own documents, a local model is often good enough and costs almost nothing to run. The frontier models are worth paying for when you need their reasoning. The trick is knowing which work is which, and that is what we sort out with you.
Not sure which tier fits? Start with the free 30-minute consult and we'll figure it out together.