A short, structured assessment that gives you a personalised picture of how AI could realistically help your business. You complete an 8-minute assessment and get your readiness score instantly. We then talk through it together on a free 30-minute call and deliver a written report within 24 to 48 hours.

How much does the AI audit cost?

Nothing. The assessment, the call, and the written report are all free. No payment details, no trial, no fine print.

There isn't one. Some of the businesses we audit ask us to implement what the report finds, and that paid work is how we keep the audit free. If you take your report and act on it yourself, that outcome works for both of us.

Am I obligated to hire you afterward?

No. There's no pitch built into the call, and we hold nothing back in the report. Some owners run with the report themselves, some ask us to help implement it. Both are normal.

Who is the AI audit for?

Small and mid-sized service businesses, typically two to fifty people. Any industry. You don't need any technical background.

How long does the whole process take?

Under a week in most cases. The assessment takes about 8 minutes. The discovery call is 30 minutes. The written report lands within 24 to 48 hours of the call.

Do I need any technical knowledge?

No. The process reads like a conversation with a knowledgeable friend, in plain English throughout.

What happens during the discovery call?

We walk through your business, workflows, bottlenecks and customer journey in detail. The assessment gives us the starting point.

What will my report include?

A written document covering the specific opportunities we identified, tools that fit your stack, an implementation path, and next steps. You're free to take it anywhere.

Is my business information kept confidential?

Yes. We don't share or resell your responses, and the report is yours alone.

What if I'm already using AI in my business?

That's common. The audit maps where you are against where you could be, and surfaces gaps that experienced users miss.

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What is an AI audit? (And what it should cost you)

Daksham BugrejaJuly 5, 20267 min read

An AI audit is a structured review of a business's workflows, tools, and time sinks that identifies where AI and automation would save the most time or money. A good one ends in a written report: the specific gaps, the tools that fit, and a prioritized implementation plan.

If you run a small business, people keep telling you to use AI. The advice stops before anyone names a workflow or a tool. An AI audit answers the questions that matter for your specific business: which tasks to hand off, to what software, in what order.

The audit cycle for a small business: an 8-minute assessment, an instant readiness score, a 30-minute call, and a written report inside 48 hours.

What a good AI audit includes

Consultants use the word "audit" loosely. Before you treat one as real, check for five things:

A workflow review. The auditor maps how work moves through your business: intake, scheduling, quoting, invoicing, follow-up, support. If the findings could describe any business in your industry, you received a template.
A quantified list of gaps. The repetitive tasks that consume hours each week, named and measured. A real finding reads like this: "your team spends six hours a week re-entering form data into the CRM."
Tool recommendations matched to your stack. The specific tools that fit your team size, industry, and existing software, plus the order to adopt them.
A prioritized plan. The first fix, the fixes that can wait, and a rough return for each in hours or dollars.
A written deliverable. You should hold a document you can act on after the auditor leaves the room.

Three things sold under the same name

A software demo. If the audit's conclusion is the auditor's own product, you sat through a pitch.
A generic checklist. A PDF that recommends ChatGPT and email automation without referencing your business was written for someone else.
A discovery call with no deliverable. A useful conversation ends when the call ends. An audit produces a document.

What an AI audit should cost

Market prices run from free to five figures. As of 2026, most consultancies price a standalone small-business AI audit between $250 and $2,500, and the large firms charge tens of thousands for enterprise readiness assessments. We broke down the wider pricing picture in how much does an AI consultant cost.

One structural fact should shape how you shop: consultancies that earn their money on implementation can afford to give the diagnosis away, and more of them now do. Opesera works this way. The Opesera AI audit is free, written report included, because some audited businesses hire us to build what we find. Before you pay for an audit, ask what the paid version includes that a good free one leaves out.

How long does an AI audit take?

For a small business, the full cycle should finish inside a week. Ours runs in three steps: an 8-minute online AI readiness assessment that scores your business on the spot, a 30-minute call about your workflows, and a written report within 24 to 48 hours. A quote measured in months means you are buying enterprise consulting at small-business scale.

Do you need one?

A rough self-test. Two or more of these true means an audit is worth your time:

You or your team spend 10+ hours a week on repetitive, predictable tasks.
You use ChatGPT some weeks, but no workflow runs end to end without you.
Leads or customer emails wait more than a few hours for a response.
You tried an AI tool, dropped it, and wrote AI off as not ready.
You want to do more with AI and cannot name the first step.

Our 20-point AI audit checklist turns that self-test into a scored exercise. The free readiness assessment does the same in about 8 minutes and grades you as you go.

Frequently asked questions

Is an AI audit worth it for a very small business?

Yes, and the case is stronger than for a large one. A solo operator has no slack to absorb wasted hours, so five recovered hours a week changes what the owner can take on.

Do I need technical knowledge to get value from one?

No. A good audit reads in plain English, and you, a freelancer, or the auditor can implement its recommendations.

What is the difference between an AI audit and an AI readiness assessment?

The assessment is the first step of the audit: a questionnaire that produces a readiness score. The audit is the full engagement, from assessment through the written report.