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title: "What AI automation costs"
description: "Three fixed-price steps: a €2,200 review, builds at €4,200–8,800 per automation, operations from €750 a month. Plus what other suppliers charge."
url: https://torn.studio/en/pricing/ai-automation
locale: en
---

# What AI automation costs

> **Short answer:** AI automation at Torn Studio is priced in three steps: a €2,200 review that puts hours and money on your processes in two weeks, a build at €4,200–8,800 per automation at a fixed price, and operations from €750/mo. Every build price is set after the review, once scope is known.

Three fixed-price steps: a review that puts hours and money on your processes, a build per automation, and operations. Plus the payback arithmetic and what other suppliers charge.

## Three steps, all at fixed prices

The steps build on each other: the review produces the numbers, the build is priced from them, and operations take over once the flows run in production. Each step is bought on its own.

### Automation review — €2,200

Hours and money on every process. 2 weeks.

**Suits you if:** Teams that want the numbers before anything is built.

- Your processes mapped with hours and cost per step
- A priority list ordered by what each automation returns
- A fixed quote for the top three
- A record you keep however you proceed

### Automation build — €4,200–8,800

Per automation, priced after the review. About 4 weeks.

**Suits you if:** Processes where the review showed the arithmetic holds.

- The build and the integrations with your systems
- One bounded job and a quality check wherever AI is in the loop
- Documentation for every flow
- A handover into your own repository

### Maintenance and operations — from €750/mo

Flows monitored and extended. Ongoing.

**Suits you if:** Teams that want the flows kept running and growing over time.

- Monitoring of the flows in production
- Adjustments when the systems at the other end change
- Extension with new automations at the same price list

Applies to every step: a fixed price set before work starts, prices excluding VAT, and flows, code and documentation handed over in your own repository.

## What moves a build inside the band?

The €4,200–8,800 band is wide because automations differ in size. Four variables decide where a build lands, and the review measures all four.

- **The number of systems being connected.** Every additional integration costs build time. The market prices the same thing openly: Swedish supplier Swivrr lists 15 000–40 000 kr per additional connected system.
- **The exceptions.** A flow where every tenth case needs a judgement call costs more to build than one that always looks the same. The exceptions are measured in the review, before the price is set.
- **The checks when AI is in the loop.** A language model in a flow gets one bounded job and a quality control around it. The control is build time, and it is the reason the flow can be trusted afterwards.
- **Data quality in the source systems.** Cleaning data is build time that shows up in the price. A source system full of duplicates and free-text fields costs more to automate than one with ordered fields.

## The payback arithmetic

A process that takes twelve hours a week is about 560 hours a year at 47 working weeks. At a loaded cost of €40 an hour it costs about €22,500 a year — against a build at €4,200–8,800, once. Swedish supplier Snabba Pucks publishes 120 000–300 000 kr as the typical yearly cost of the processes its customers automate, so the arithmetic holds with the market’s numbers too.

## What other suppliers charge

Published prices from named suppliers, read on 2026-08-28 on the pages they are attributed to. Every figure is quoted in the source’s own currency, and every row can be checked through its link.

### The Swedish market

| Point | What | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single automation flow, entry price | 15 000 kr | [Satori, AI-konsult priser 2026](https://www.satoriml.se/blog/ai-konsult-priser-2026-vad-kostar-det) |
| Multi-system flow | 30 000–80 000 kr | [Satori, AI-konsult priser 2026](https://www.satoriml.se/blog/ai-konsult-priser-2026-vad-kostar-det) |
| System integration via API | 40 000–80 000 kr | [Snabba Pucks, Vad kostar automation](https://snabbapucks.se/automation/vad-kostar-automation) |
| Complex automation with AI, entry price | 80 000 kr | [Snabba Pucks, Vad kostar automation](https://snabbapucks.se/automation/vad-kostar-automation) |
| Document automation | 80 000–130 000 kr | [Swivrr, Vad kostar AI-integration](https://www.swivrr.se/priser/vad-kostar-ai-integration) |
| AI integration with business systems | 150 000–250 000 kr | [Swivrr, Vad kostar AI-integration](https://www.swivrr.se/priser/vad-kostar-ai-integration) |
| Typical yearly cost of manual processes | 120 000–300 000 kr | [Snabba Pucks, Vad kostar automation](https://snabbapucks.se/automation/vad-kostar-automation) |
| Ongoing operations, entry price | 3 000 kr/mån | [Snabba Pucks, Vad kostar automation](https://snabbapucks.se/automation/vad-kostar-automation) |

### International markets

| Point | What | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First implementation, UK | £4,000–12,000 | [Axivon, AI Automation Agency Cost UK](https://www.axivon-ai.com/blog/ai-automation-agency-cost-uk) |
| Single automation, UK | £1,000–5,000 | [Axivon, AI Automation Agency Cost UK](https://www.axivon-ai.com/blog/ai-automation-agency-cost-uk) |
| Fixed scope, 3–5 workflows, UK | £500–3,000 | [AutomationHire, Hire an AI Automation Expert UK](https://automationhire.co.uk/hire-ai-automation-expert-uk) |
| Simple automations, US | $300–1,000 | [GolmTech, Zapier Consultant Cost](https://golmtech.solutions/blog/how-much-does-a-zapier-consultant-cost/) |
| Pilot or MVP project, US | $10,000–50,000 | [Jahanzaib, AI Automation Consultant Pricing Guide](https://www.jahanzaib.ai/blog/ai-automation-consultant-pricing-guide) |
| n8n projects, France | 1 000–8 000 € | [Agence Scroll, Prix automatisation n8n](https://agence-scroll.com/blog/prix-automatisation-n8n) |
| Freelancer projects, Germany | 2 000–6 000 € | [FoxifAI, KI-Agentur Kosten](https://foxifai.com/ki-agentur-kosten) |
| Fixed packages, Denmark | 25.000–150.000 DKK | [AI Enterprise, Priser](https://aienterprise.dk/priser/) |

## When someone else is the right choice

Enterprise RPA at SAP scale is bought through formal tenders and lands, per AI-AG’s published Danish bands, at 100.000–500.000 DKK — a larger consultancy is the right choice there. And a simple flow in a single system, where every case looks the same, is something you build yourselves in Zapier or n8n in an afternoon; the platforms’ entry plans cost tens of euros a month.

## Common questions

### Can we order a build before the review?

A build price is set from the review’s numbers, so the review comes first. It costs €2,200, takes two weeks and ends in a fixed quote for the three automations that return the most — the material is yours however you proceed.

### What happens if a build turns out bigger than the quote?

A fixed price means the studio carries the overrun. If the scope turns out different from what the review measured, a new fixed price is set before anything more is built — never an hourly bill after the fact.

### Are platform and license fees included in the price?

The build price covers the work. The platforms’ own fees — such as n8n’s cloud plan from €20 a month, per n8n Hispano — you pay directly to the platform, and the review states which fees your flows are expected to draw.

### What do automations number four and five cost?

The same price list: €4,200–8,800 per automation, with the price set once scope is known. The review rarely needs redoing — its list usually carries several builds forward.

### Are operations binding, and what do they include?

Operations are bought monthly from €750 and cover monitoring, adjustments when surrounding systems change, and extension. Flows, code and documentation live in your own repository, so you can take over the running whenever you want.

### Can we keep the flows running if we end the engagement?

Yes. Everything is handed over in your own repository with documentation, and the flows run in your own accounts. An ending changes nothing in production — what goes away is the monitoring and the extension, until you arrange them yourselves or come back.