AIM Plans & Pricing
Auditable modernization snapshots and procurement-ready exports in minutes—not weeks.
Plans & Pricing
Every plan includes the full AIM scoring engine, architecture diagrams, and procurement-ready exports. Pick the one that matches your team size and modernization scope.
Pilot (Single-User)
$12,000/year
Full scoring + exports for one operator. Best for a first modernization package.
- ✓1 seat
- ✓5 assessments (creation cap)
- ✓30 snapshot credits per year
- ✓Executive summary, RFP, vendor brief, diagrams
- —Implementation not included (by design). Choose any vendor.
Org – Small
Starting at $45,000/year
Annual. Scope-dependent.
Multi-user workspace for small departments. Includes onboarding and plan configuration.
- ✓5 seats
- ✓10 assessments (creation cap)
- ✓120 snapshot credits per year
- ✓Project Pulse delivery tracking
- ✓Onboarding session included
- —Implementation not included (by design). Choose any vendor.
Org – Medium
Starting at $95,000/year
Annual. Scope-dependent.
For mid-size orgs with dedicated support. Capacity & credit packs available.
- ✓15 seats
- ✓25 assessments (creation cap)
- ✓400 snapshot credits per year
- ✓Project Pulse delivery tracking
- ✓Assessment capacity packs available
- ✓Snapshot credit packs available
- —Implementation not included (by design). Choose any vendor.
Org – Large
Custom Quote
Invoice / PO supported.
Enterprise-scale for cities, hospitals, universities, and large agencies.
- ✓50 seats
- ✓100 assessments (creation cap)
- ✓1,200 snapshot credits per year
- ✓Project Pulse delivery tracking
- ✓All capacity & credit packs available
- ✓Invoice / PO billing
- —Implementation not included (by design). Choose any vendor.
Annual billing. Invoice/PO supported on Organization plans. Final pricing depends on onboarding scope, compliance requirements, and the number of concurrent modernization tracks.
Add-ons
Need more capacity mid-cycle? Purchase add-on packs as your modernization program grows. Add-ons are optional and can be purchased anytime.
Extra Assessment Packs
Adds assessment creation capacity to your organization. Each assessment is a full modernization project with scoring, architecture diagrams, and export artifacts.
Org – Medium packs:
- +10 assessments — $12,000
- +25 assessments — $25,000
- +50 assessments — $45,000
Org – Large packs:
- +25 assessments — $20,000
- +50 assessments — $35,000
- +100 assessments — $60,000
Available for Org – Medium and Org – Large tiers only.
Extra Snapshot Credit Packs
Adds snapshot generation capacity. One credit is consumed when AIM creates a new auditable decision snapshot. Regenerating the same outputs without changing inputs is always free.
Org – Medium packs:
- +100 credits — $22,000
- +250 credits — $50,000
- +500 credits — $90,000
Org – Large packs:
- +250 credits — $45,000
- +500 credits — $80,000
- +1,000 credits — $140,000
Available for Org – Medium and Org – Large tiers only.
Why AIM
AIM delivers defensible, procurement-ready modernization analysis without the cost or timelines of traditional consulting.
Vendor-agnostic recommendations
AIM scores every technology option against your constraints using objective RAO dimensions. No preferred vendor list. No billable implementation bias.
Cryptographic auditability
Every decision snapshot is hash-linked to the inputs that produced it. Reviewers can verify that recommendations match the stated constraints—no black boxes.
Procurement-ready export pack
Executive summary, RFP template, implementation guide, vendor brief, and architecture diagrams—all generated from the same auditable snapshot.
Project Pulse visibility
After the assessment, track milestones, team capacity, and delivery health with a two-person completion workflow. Leadership sees project status in real time.
How AIM Is Different from Consulting
AIM is not an implementation contractor. We don't sell billable hours, staff augmentation, or “roll-off into a build phase.”
Instead, AIM provides architecture-level insight and procurement-ready documentation:
- ✓Vendor-agnostic options ranked transparently
- ✓Risk/compliance scoring and decision provenance
- ✓Export artifacts that stand on their own (RFP, white paper, diagrams, vendor brief)
- ✓A repeatable modernization “snapshot” you can re-run as constraints change
Implementation remains your choice. Use your internal team or any implementation partner. AIM doesn't bundle implementation services and doesn't profit from which vendor you pick.
Why That Matters (Incentives)
Traditional consulting often blends “recommendation” and “implementation,” which can bias decisions toward whatever increases billable work. AIM separates those phases so the planning stays objective and defensible.
What Does a Traditional IT Assessment Actually Cost?
Before a single line of code is written or a vendor is selected, organizations pay consultants to assess what they have, figure out what they need, and recommend a path forward. That “assessment phase” alone is where most of the money goes—and where AIM delivers the most value.
The examples below are drawn from public government records, federal labor data, and industry research. They represent real assessment-phase costs—not implementation, not licensing—just the planning and recommendation work.
A Typical Mid-Size IT Assessment
A mid-size agency or department hires a consulting firm to assess its legacy systems, evaluate vendor options, and produce a modernization roadmap. Here's what that typically looks like:
- •Team: 2–4 consultants (lead, analyst, technical SME)
- •Duration: 8–16 weeks (discovery, stakeholder interviews, analysis, report writing)
- •Hourly rates: $200–$400/hr per consultant (based on BLS data + standard billing multipliers)
- •Total hours: 400–1,200 hours billed across the team
Estimated Assessment Cost
These are assessment-only costs. Implementation, licensing, and ongoing support are additional.
AIM Pilot: $12,000/year — one operator produces the same vendor-agnostic assessment, modernization roadmap, RFP, and procurement-ready exports in days, not months. Rerun it whenever inputs change.
Baltimore City Website Redesign
Baltimore, MDBaltimore City estimated an $800,000 budget for a website redesign. By mid-2025, costs had risen to a projected $3.9 million—nearly 5× the original estimate. The city had already paid $2.2 million to a software vendor.
Worse: the system was only being upgraded to Drupal 10, even though Drupal 11 was already available—meaning the $3.9 million system would be functionally obsolete at launch. The Baltimore City Inspector General opened a formal investigation (Case No. OIG-25-0038-I) into the procurement and cost escalation.
For context: Baltimore's 2019 RobbinHood ransomware attack—partly enabled by outdated, unassessed infrastructure—cost the city at least $18.2 million in recovery.
Budget → Actual
$800K
$3.9M
4.9× overrun
An upfront AIM assessment could have identified architecture requirements, vendor options, and technology lifecycle risks before procurement— flagging the Drupal obsolescence issue and establishing scope boundaries that prevent mid-project cost explosions.The Freedom Project is based in Baltimore, MD.
Federal IT Modernization Assessments
The GAO found that federal agencies spend $100+ billion annually on IT, with 80% locked into maintaining legacy systems. Before any modernization begins, agencies commission assessment engagements to evaluate alternatives.
The OMB Federal IT Dashboard shows that even modest technology selection and procurement support engagements cost $200,000–$2 million+ in the assessment phase alone. Large-scale ERP or infrastructure modernization assessments regularly exceed $5 million before a single vendor is selected.
Assessment-Phase Costs (Pre-Implementation)
Source: OMB IT Dashboard and GAO audit data. Amounts reflect assessment/planning phases only.
The Hidden Multiplier: Scope Creep & Re-Work
Even when assessments are completed on time and on budget, the quality of the assessment determines whether the downstream project succeeds. PMI's Pulse of the Profession research finds that organizations waste an average of $122 million for every $1 billion invested in projects due to poor initial planning.
12%
Average waste on IT projects due to poor planning
3–6 mo
Typical duration of a traditional assessment engagement
$0
Amount of traditional assessment work you can re-run for free when inputs change
AIM snapshots are re-runnable and auditable. When constraints change, budgets shift, or stakeholders request a new scenario, you don't pay for another 12-week engagement—you update your inputs and generate a new snapshot in minutes.
Traditional Assessment vs. AIM
Traditional Consulting
- × $80,000–$500,000+ for a single assessment
- × 3–6 months of stakeholder interviews and report writing
- × Static deliverable—outdated the moment inputs change
- × Vendor recommendations may be biased by implementation revenue
- × Re-assessment means re-engagement (and re-paying)
AIM Platform
- ✓ $12,000/year (Pilot) — flat, predictable pricing
- ✓ Assessment outputs in days, not months
- ✓ Living snapshots—re-run when constraints or budgets change
- ✓ Vendor-agnostic—AIM doesn't sell implementation services
- ✓ Procurement-ready exports: RFP, white paper, vendor brief, diagrams
Sources
Publicly available sources referenced above. Actual consulting costs vary by scope, compliance requirements, and procurement vehicle.
- [1] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook – Management Analysts. Median wage and employment data used to derive typical consulting billing rates. bls.gov →
- [2] Baltimore Brew, “Repeated delays and soaring prices: Documents show Baltimore website redesign is now projected to cost $3.9 million” (July 17, 2025). baltimorebrew.com →
- [3] Baltimore City Office of the Inspector General – Website Redesign Procurement Investigation (Case No. OIG-25-0038-I, 2025). baltimorecity.gov/inspector-general →
- [4] U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Information Technology: Agencies Need to Develop Modernization Plans for Critical Legacy Systems” (GAO-19-471, June 2019). gao.gov →
- [5] Office of Management and Budget, Federal IT Dashboard – agency IT investment data (updated continuously). itdashboard.gov →
- [6] Project Management Institute, Pulse of the Profession – annual research on project performance and waste (published annually). pmi.org →
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