Original data · Published 2026-09-14 · Updated 2026-09-30
The published prices of 13 consultants and agencies serving the Portland metro, taken from their own websites and laid side by side. One of the 13 is me. The data is free to reuse with a link.
The lowest paid step each firm publishes, from an audit to an advisory engagement. Where a firm publishes a range, the bar shows the low end and the label carries a plus sign.
| Firm | Based | First paid step | One project | Ongoing, monthly | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearworks AIAudit raised from $375 (Sep 12). A $149 website review is not counted as a consulting step. | Clackamas, Portland metro | Written audit, $600 | Typical project, $500 to $1,000 | Ongoing advisory, three month minimum, from $600 | $150 | source |
| AutomateNexus | Seattle, Portland page | Pilot, $500 | One-time build, from $7,500 | Not published (AI usage $30 to $150 a month quoted separately) | Not published | source |
| Brittany FiloriHer Portland article lists market ranges for the metro, not her own prices; her AI engagements start with an unpriced discovery. Corrected Sep 30. | Seattle, Portland page | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
| Portland AI Works (this site) | Beaverton, Portland metro | Opportunity Map, includes a prototype, $2,500 | Build Sprint, $5,000 to $15,000 | On-call operations, $1,500 to $2,500 | Not published | source |
| Fountain CityOwn prices from its services pages; builds typically $1,000 to $3,000. Its Portland article's ranges describe the mid-size market, recorded as its prices on Sep 12 in error. Corrected Sep 30. | Portland | Not published | Agent build, per agent, $0 to $5,000 | Management fee for managed agents, AI usage extra, $100 to $2,000 | Not published | source |
| fAIcelessPricing page undated, not found on Sep 12. Workshops at $500 to $2,000 a session are not counted as a first step. | Portland, per its site | AI Readiness Audit, $2,500 to $5,000 | AI Implementation, $10,000 to $50,000 | AI Growth Retainer, three month minimum, $2,000 to $8,000 | Not published | source |
| HummingAgentIts own engagement ranges, in a guide updated Sep 8 that I missed on Sep 12. | Colorado, Portland page | Discovery and solution design, from $2,500 | Focused automation build, $7,500 to $20,000 | Ongoing support and improvement, from $1,500 | Not published | source |
| PDX Intelligence | Portland | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
| Opinosis Analytics | National firm, Portland page | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
| Northwest AI ConsultingQuotes a price on the first call. Says it is for companies from $25 million in revenue. | Portland | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
| SynaptiqIts only published prices are in a 2021 post, shown here and not counted. | Portland | Proof of concept, from $50,000 | Strategy and proof of concept, from $75,000 | Not published | Not published | source |
| Resource DataEnterprise and public-sector IT and AI consultancy. | Anchorage, with a Portland office | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
| International Institute for AnalyticsResearch and advisory for large enterprises; builds nothing itself. | Portland | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | source |
Download the table as CSV: portland-ai-consultant-prices-2026.csv. Each row links to the page the numbers were taken from.
Fewer than half of the firms selling AI help in Portland will tell you a current price before a call: 6 of 13. Among those that publish a first paid step, it has settled at $2,500: 3 of the 5 charge that for a mapping or discovery engagement that ends in a plan. Below them sit two cheap entry points, a $500 pilot and a $600 audit, which lead into a fixed build or small hourly projects. The 5-fold spread is a difference in what is being bought, not in who is expensive.
For one built project, the 4 firms that say they serve small businesses start between $500 and $10,000 and top out between $1,000 and $50,000, with a median starting price of $6,250. HummingAgent and Fountain City publish build prices too but do not say what size of business they serve, so they are left out of that median. Fountain City prices managed agents per agent: a build from $0 to $5,000, typically $1,000 to $3,000, and a management fee from $100 a month.
The firms added in this update are mostly larger and publish nothing. Northwest AI Consulting quotes on the first call and says the math only works from $25 million in revenue. Resource Data and the International Institute for Analytics sell to enterprises and public agencies. Hourly rates are rare: Spearworks AI is the only firm of the 13 that publishes one, at $150.
On 2026-09-12, and again on 2026-09-30, I read the public pricing, services and Portland pages of every firm I could find serving the Portland metro under "AI consultant" or "AI automation," including my own, and copied the prices as written. Where a firm publishes a range, both ends are recorded. Where it publishes nothing, the row says so; a tool subscription price is not counted as a consulting price. "Based in" is what each firm says about itself. The first paid step is the engagement a firm names as the way to start; workshops and unrelated products are left out. A price published as a floor is shown as "from". A price on a page more than a year old is shown and not counted. Medians are computed on the low end of each published range. I did not contact any firm, and I have not adjusted any number. If a price on this page is out of date, tell me and I will correct it and note the change here.
Varga, P. (2026). What AI consultants in Portland charge, 2026. Portland AI Works. https://portlandaiworks.com/what-ai-consultants-charge-in-portland
Licensed CC BY 4.0: reuse the table, the chart or the CSV with a link back. Disclosure: I run Portland AI Works, one of the 13 firms listed. See also how to choose an AI consultant in Portland and what AI automation costs a small business.
I'll tell you honestly whether AI helps with it. If it does, you'll leave knowing what the first step costs and how long it takes.