Pricing & Engagement Model

Start with one workflow. Priced like an engagement, not a license.

Fortelk deployments are built around your business, so they're scoped like an engagement: a one-time implementation, a monthly operating engagement, and transparent usage. No surprise line items — every deployment defines its scope and limits up front.

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How it's priced

Every engagement has three parts.

This is the whole model. Whatever level you start at, you always know what's implementation, what's monthly operation, and what's usage.

Implementation

A one-time engagement to design the workflow, connect your channels and CRM, configure scripts and handoff rules, and take the AI employee live.

Monthly operation

Ongoing tuning, conversation review, script improvements, monitoring, and reporting. An AI employee is operated, not installed and forgotten.

Transparent usage

Voice minutes, WhatsApp and SMS messages, and AI usage are metered — billed as a prepaid usage wallet or an included cap with clear overages. Never hidden in the retainer.

Engagement levels

Four levels. Start where the risk is smallest.

Final pricing depends on channels, volumes, and integrations — these are honest starting points, not teaser rates. Every level routes through the same first step: a strategy call to confirm fit.

Paid scoping

AI Workflow Blueprint

From $500implementation
One-time
No ongoing commitment

When you know opportunities are leaking but the workflow isn't clear yet.

  • Growth-leak audit of your channels and follow-up
  • One recommended AI employee + workflow design
  • Scope, usage estimate, and success metrics
  • Credited toward your deployment if you proceed
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Most common start

Starter Deployment

From $1,000implementation
From $1,500/mo+ usage
3-month starting commitment

One AI employee, one workflow, one main channel — proven before anything expands.

  • One AI employee (intake, follow-up, or reactivation)
  • One primary channel connected (WhatsApp, calls, forms, or chat)
  • Approved scripts, booking, and human handoff
  • Conversation review and monthly reporting
  • Defined usage cap with transparent overages
Start with One Workflow
Multi-step workflows

Standard Deployment

From $2,500implementation
From $2,500/mo+ usage
3–6 month commitment

Outbound calling, CRM integration, or multi-step qualification across channels.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Outbound calling or multi-channel cadences
  • CRM integration and source attribution
  • Multi-step qualification and routing rules
  • Weekly tuning during ramp-up
Scope a Standard Deployment
Multiple AI employees

Custom Workforce

From $5,000implementation
From $5,000/mo+ usage
6–12 month commitment

Several AI employees across workflows, advanced integrations, or high volumes.

  • Multiple AI employees across workflows
  • Advanced integrations and custom routing
  • High call and messaging volumes
  • Dedicated tuning and reporting cadence
Design a Custom Workforce

Ranges are anchors, adjusted to your channels, volumes, and integrations after the strategy call. Some engagements also include building missing foundation pieces — landing pages, tracking, or campaign setup — scoped separately.

Usage, in the open

Every deployment defines its limits before it goes live.

Voice, messaging, and AI usage cost real money — so we scope it explicitly instead of hiding it in the retainer. You choose a prepaid usage wallet or an included cap with clear overage rates, and the scope document lists exactly what's counted.

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The Growth Blueprint

Not ready to deploy? Start with a paid Blueprint.

The Blueprint is paid scoping work, not a sales brochure. We audit where your inquiries, follow-up, and tracking leak, design the one workflow that would recover the most, and hand you a scope you could execute with us or without us. If you proceed to a deployment, the Blueprint fee is credited toward implementation.

  • Channel + follow-up audit against the seven growth leaks
  • One recommended AI employee and workflow, mapped end to end
  • Usage estimate and success metrics you can hold us to
  • Fee credited toward implementation if you deploy
Common questions

Straight answers on the model.

If your question isn't here, ask it on the strategy call — including 'is this worth it for my volume?' We'll tell you honestly.

Why is there a monthly engagement at all?

An AI employee handles live conversations with your leads and customers. Scripts get tuned, edge cases get handled, and conversations get reviewed — that operating work is what keeps quality high, and it's what the monthly engagement pays for.

Why a 3-month starting commitment?

The first month is implementation and ramp-up; results are measured on the following months. Shorter engagements judge the workflow before it's had a fair run — that's bad for both sides.

What does usage typically cost?

It depends on channels and volume — voice minutes cost more than WhatsApp messages. Most Starter Deployments run a few hundred dollars per month in usage; your scope includes an estimate before anything goes live.

What happens after the first workflow works?

You expand deliberately: add a channel, a second AI employee, or another workflow. Nothing expands until the first deployment has proven itself against the metrics we agreed on.

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Not sure which level fits?

Book a call and describe where opportunities are being lost. We'll tell you honestly whether it's a Blueprint, a Starter Deployment, or not a fit yet.