AI services for business

An AI service puts artificial intelligence to work inside a business process. A model reads, writes or decides, and the result lands in your systems after a person checks it. Cloud vendors sell the models as AI as a service (AIaaS) through APIs. SoftDoes builds the rest: Claude and ChatGPT rollouts, AI agents, document and voice automation, and compliance testing.

Builds start at $2,500 for AI search over your documents. AI agents start at $7,000 with one or two connected systems and $13,000 with three or more. Workspace rollouts start at $5,000, and enterprise platforms run $60,000 to $150,000+. Model usage and hosting are billed at cost on your own accounts, and maintenance starts at $500 a month. Ask any AI company for a fixed price per phase in writing, plus a monthly estimate for model usage and hosting. For a full breakdown by project type, see our AI development cost guide.

Start with one workflow that costs your team hours every week. Our AI readiness assessment is $2,500 fixed, takes 2 weeks and ranks the projects worth building. The assessment fee is credited to your first AI services build. Teams that already know the use case can start with a Claude rollout or a document AI pilot, each from $5,000.

The biggest AI model providers for business are OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), Microsoft (Copilot and Azure OpenAI) and Amazon (Bedrock). SoftDoes is a Claude Partner Network member and an OpenAI Registered Partner, and we build on all five. For each task we pick the model by accuracy, cost and where your data has to stay.

Your data stays in your own cloud and model accounts, under your contracts with each vendor. We set up single sign-on, role-based permissions and an audit log of what the AI reads and changes. Anything that updates a record waits for a named person to approve it. Health data runs on HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.

You do. Clients own all the code and IP we build, including prompts, workflows, connectors and any fine-tuned models. Everything lives in your repository and your accounts from day one, so you can keep it, switch vendors or take the work in-house at any time.

Ask to see AI running in production: case studies of live systems with results, not only demos. Ask who owns the code, prompts and models, and how they will measure quality and run the system after launch. Check partner programs you can confirm with the model vendors, and reviews from verified clients. A strong AI company puts every answer in writing and sends an NDA and a certificate of insurance before the first call. SoftDoes does both.

Before the build, we agree on a written test set of your real examples and a pass mark. The AI goes live only when it meets that mark. After launch, you get documentation and a handover so your team can run it, or a support plan with a stated monthly price, from $500 a month.

Business AI services fall into five main types. They are workspace rollouts, AI features and chatbots in your software, document processing, AI agents that act across systems, and voice AI for calls. Readiness work, compliance testing and training support all five. The table of AI services by type on this page shows what each one does and its starting price.

An enterprise AI solution is AI built for company-wide use. It has single sign-on, role-based permissions, an audit log and data kept in the company's own accounts. It connects to systems of record such as the CRM, ERP or EHR. Enterprise AI platforms cost $60,000 to $150,000+. Our largest reviewing client is a government agency with 10,000+ employees.

There is no single best system. The right one depends on the task, the software your team already uses and where your data must stay. We test two or three models on your real examples and compare accuracy, cost per task and your data rules before you commit. Our Claude vs ChatGPT comparison sets two common choices side by side.

Yes, for personal use. Claude's Free plan, for example, costs $0 with limited usage. Company data belongs on a business plan the company controls. ChatGPT Business costs $20 a user a month billed annually, for 2 or more users. SoftDoes also offers three free tools: the AI readiness quiz, the AI ROI calculator and the LLM cost calculator.

AI services project timelines depend on the scope, the number of systems, the state of the data and your approvals. Our readiness assessment takes 2 weeks, and a production review of an AI-built app takes 5 business days. For builds, the scope, price and schedule are set in a written plan before work starts. Any project can start with Project Discovery: $490, credited to the build.

You need four things. First, one workflow that costs your team hours every week, and an owner who knows what a good result looks like. Then sample data, such as 50 real documents or tickets, and access to the systems involved. If those are unclear, the AI readiness quiz is a free first check, and the assessment sorts them out in 2 weeks.