VDB IS

Pricing

Published fees, before the conversation.

Advisory pricing is usually hidden because it is negotiable. Ours is not, so there is no reason to hide it. Every figure below is excluding VAT.

Introductory call

Free

Twenty minutes, no obligation

Deciding whether an assessment is warranted at all.

Included

  • A frank read on whether AI is your best next investment
  • Two or three candidate use-cases named on the call
  • A written follow-up with our honest recommendation

Not included

  • Written analysis
  • Access to your systems or data
Request a call

AI Readiness Assessment

€2,500

Fixed fee, excl. VAT

Businesses of roughly ten to two hundred people ready to choose a first initiative.

Included

  • Use-case discovery across operations, sales, finance and service
  • Interviews with owners and the people doing the daily work
  • Scored use-case register on value, effort, data readiness and risk
  • Costed twelve-month roadmap
  • Independent tooling shortlist, no reseller commission
  • Executive presentation to your leadership team

Not included

  • Implementation work
  • Software licences
  • Ongoing governance
Request an assessment

Guided Implementation

From €7,500

Scoped per initiative, excl. VAT

Taking one or two chosen use-cases into production with your own team.

Included

  • Pilot design with agreed success criteria
  • Vendor selection and contract review
  • Process redesign around the new capability
  • Hands-on team enablement and training
  • Adoption and realised-value report at close

Not included

  • Bespoke software development
  • Licence and infrastructure cost
Discuss scope

Retained Advisory

From €1,200

Per month, twelve-month term, excl. VAT

Businesses already running AI in production that need governance and continuity.

Included

  • Quarterly strategy and roadmap review
  • Maintained AI policy and risk register
  • Vendor and contract oversight
  • On-call counsel for the leadership team
  • Continuous scanning for newly relevant capability

Not included

  • Delivery capacity
  • Interim management
Discuss a retainer

How we price

  • Every fee on this page is the fee you pay. We do not quote a range and settle high.
  • We hold no reseller agreements and take no vendor commission on any tool we recommend.
  • Travel inside the Netherlands is included; elsewhere in the EU it is charged at cost.
  • Assessments are invoiced fifty per cent at kick-off and fifty per cent on delivery.
  • If the honest recommendation after four weeks is to do nothing, that is what the report says — at the same fee.

Full terms, data handling and insurance details are on the trust and governance page. Canonical: https://vdbai.dev/pricing

Common questions

Questions we are asked before signing.

How much does an AI readiness assessment cost?
€2,500 excluding VAT, fixed. Four weeks, and the fee does not move once the scope is agreed in writing.
Do you resell software?
No. We hold no reseller agreements and take no vendor commission, which is why our tooling shortlists can be trusted.
How small is too small?
Below roughly ten people the assessment is usually more rigour than the decision warrants. We will say so, and point you at a shorter introductory call instead.
Who owns the output?
You do, outright. The register, the roadmap, the governance artefacts and anything we build — code, prompts, models and data — are your intellectual property. We do not sell or licence our own platform.
Do you help with the EU AI Act?
Yes, and it is not a separate workstream. Every use-case is classified against the Act before it is costed, with transparency obligations, the AI register and a named owner in place from day one rather than retrofitted after a pilot.
Which industries do you focus on?
Three: maritime, agriculture, and managed service providers serving SMBs and small enterprises. Those are the sectors where we can be specific rather than generic.
What if we cannot afford an enterprise AI platform?
That is exactly who we build for. Instead of an enterprise licence, we develop a right-sized platform you own and can extend — which is usually cheaper over three years than renting seats.
Will you tell us not to adopt AI?
Regularly. Where the honest first step is data reconciliation or a process fix, that is what the report will recommend.
Do you work outside the Netherlands?
Yes, across the EU and the UK. Remote by default, on site for the interview weeks where distance allows.