LOJIK or an AI agency?
Short answer
A good AI agency is a fine choice when you need a large team, an industry specialist or client references today. Choose LOJIK when you want a written price with its reasons, the people who scope the work building it, and the system kept running after launch, at small-business prices.
- An AI agency or consultant
- LOJIK
Many AI agencies do good work, and established ones can show references, case studies and bigger teams than LOJIK. Buying help works: in MIT’s 2025 study, as Fortune reported it, purchased AI tools succeeded 67% of the time, while internal builds panned out only one-third as often. The market is also crowded: Gartner estimates only about 130 of the thousands of agentic AI vendors are real. The question is which help.12
Side by side
What you get, what you pay
Plans, prices and who does the work, row by row. Numbers link to the page they came from.
| An AI agency or consultant | LOJIK | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical price | One vendor’s guide lists small-business setup fees of $1,500 to $5,000 and retainers of $500 to $1,500 a month.3 | A Workflow Review costs USD 1,500, credited to the fix. Sprints from USD 5,000, and Operate is a monthly plan per live workflow. |
| How it is priced | Varies: hourly, per project or by retainer. | By written scope, before work starts, with the reason for each line. |
| Who you talk to | Often an account manager, then a delivery team. | The people at LOJIK who scope the work and build it. |
| References | Established agencies have client references and case studies. | No client references to share yet. You can try Intertitle, the film app LOJIK built and runs, and read how the work is checked on the trust page. |
| Capacity | Can scale to a large team on many systems at once. | Takes on a few systems at a time, so the people who scope yours also build it. |
LOJIK’s Sprint price is a starting price. Your price is set in writing for your scope before work begins, and you approve it.
Honest answer
When each one is the better choice
Each option wins somewhere. Two or more of these holding is a good sign it fits.
An AI agency or consultant
Two or more of these hold:
- You need many people working at once.
- You need an industry specialist with references from a regulated industry.
- Your procurement process requires client references before signing.
LOJIK
Two or more of these hold:
- You want to talk to the people who build it.
- You want a written price with reasons before anything starts.
- You want it kept running after launch.
- You work in English or Spanish, in writing.
Before you sign
Six questions to ask any AI agency
A good answer is specific and in writing. Here is what to look for, and how LOJIK answers.
Who will build it?
A good answer names the people before you sign. LOJIK: the people at LOJIK who scope the work also build it, and you can write to them before you pay anything.
What exactly is the price, and why?
A good answer is a written price per scope, with reasons. LOJIK: a written price with the reason for each line, approved by Diego before you pay.
What if it doesn’t do what we agreed?
A good answer is a written remedy. LOJIK: the scope and acceptance checks are written down, and you approve each version before it counts.
Who owns the code and the accounts?
A good answer is that you do. Ask for it in writing, from anyone, before you sign.
What happens after launch?
A good answer is a clear monthly option and an exit. LOJIK: Operate, a monthly plan per live workflow, cancelled any month.
Who answers, and how?
A good answer is a person who answers in writing. LOJIK: a founder replies, in writing.
Questions
Asked and answered.
Tell us about the job. We will say plainly whether a tool is enough.
Talk it throughWhat does an AI consultant for a small business cost?
One vendor’s guide lists small-business AI setup fees of $1,500 to $5,000 and monthly retainers of $500 to $1,500. LOJIK’s Workflow Review costs USD 1,500 and is credited in full to the fix if you go ahead within 30 days.3
How is LOJIK different from an AI automation agency?
The people at LOJIK who scope your system also build and run it. The price is written with its reasons before work starts, and Operate keeps the system running as a monthly plan per live workflow.
What should I ask an AI agency before hiring?
Ask who will build it, what the price is and why, what happens if it misses what you agreed, who owns the code and accounts, what happens after launch, and how fast they reply.
Sources
Every figure, dated
Each number on this page links here. Prices change, so every source shows when we last read it.
- Fortune on MIT's GenAI divide study checked Oct 18, 2026
- Outlook Business on Gartner's agentic AI forecast checked Oct 18, 2026
- Taskip AI agency pricing guide checked Oct 18, 2026
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