A clean, bounded build is not the same conversation as a multi-year transformation, which is not the same as a continuous measurement layer. We offer three distinct engagement models — and the Opportunity Engine tells us which one is right for you.
For organizations that have a clean, bounded scope, a known endpoint, and a budget ceiling that needs to hold. Pricing is locked. Scope is locked. Acceptance criteria are locked. Then we deliver.
3–9 months depending on scope.
Clean handover. Optional transition to Agentic AI as a Service for continuous agent deployment and measurement, or infrastructure-only support as an add-on for what we built.
For larger organizations with complex, multi-function digital transformation needs that evolve as the work uncovers what's actually true. A monthly hours-based engagement over 6–18 months. The Process Intelligence framework runs from day one.
6–18 months. Most engagements run 9–12 months.
Clients typically transition to Agentic AI as a Service — agents deployed and continuously optimized on the foundation we built, with infrastructure support included. A lighter infrastructure-only support add-on is also available, or a clean handover.
Process Intelligence is the foundation. Agentic AI as a Service is the product that runs on it. Zyos Group's core continuous offering deploys, runs, and continuously optimizes agentic AI on your operational layer — riding on the integrated, documented, instrumented foundation that the Process Intelligence framework establishes. Sold separately from implementation; it is its own product line. Also referred to as Agent As A Service or AaaS.
3-month minimum. Most clients renew annually.
Process Intelligence is the methodology — the framework, the scoring, the cadence. It is how we work, applied at the start of every engagement. Agentic AI as a Service is the product — agents deployed and continuously optimized on top of the foundation Process Intelligence builds. The framework makes AI safe and measurable; Agentic AI as a Service is what we sell.
If you complete a Fixed Price or Retainer engagement and the integrations, automations, or AI infrastructure we built need ongoing tending without the continuous-measurement layer, Zyos Group offers infrastructure-only support as an add-on. It is not a primary engagement model — it is what we offer at the end of a project when keeping the lights on is the right next step.
Already in Agentic AI as a Service? Infrastructure support for the systems we run is included — there is nothing else to add on.
Every Zyos Group engagement runs on the same operating discipline. The Process Intelligence framework measures operational maturity across five dimensions on a 1–5 scale. The framework runs lightly inside Fixed Price engagements, fully inside Retainer engagements, and continuously underneath every Agentic AI as a Service deployment. Different intensities. Same measurement. The same foundation that unleashes Agentic AI as a Service.
How well documented, consistent, and followed your core operational processes actually are. From "tribal knowledge in one person's head" to "version-controlled, AI-readable, and continuously improved."
How well your systems talk to each other. From disconnected silos with manual data movement to a fully integrated stack with monitored, observable data flow.
Whether your reporting can be trusted. From "reports disagree with each other" to "single source of truth, audit-ready, AI-grade."
How prepared your operational layer actually is to deploy automation and agentic AI. The infrastructure question, not the model question.
How exposed you are if a critical person leaves. From "severe key-person risk" to "the system runs the work; people don't hold it together."
The five dimensions aggregate into three scores: an Opportunity Index (how much improvement room exists), a Readiness Score (whether you can execute now), and an AI Horizon (when agentic AI becomes practical for you).
Used for the Opportunity Index, Readiness Score, and Optimization Score.
The Stage 1 Opportunity Engine and the Stage 2 Transformation Roadmap tell us. The shape of the work, the breadth of the scope, the budget profile, and the ongoing measurement need all signal which model fits. We propose the model in writing as part of the Stage 2 Roadmap. You're never picking blind.
Yes — most clients do. A Fixed Price implementation often transitions to Agentic AI as a Service so the foundation we built starts compounding value through deployed agents, or to an infrastructure-only support add-on if the goal is just to keep what we built running. A Retainer engagement typically transitions to Agentic AI as a Service at completion. AaaS engagements occasionally transition back into a Retainer when the measurement layer surfaces a build-shaped opportunity that needs another transformation phase. The path is designed to be flexible.
Because honest pricing depends on the actual scope your Transformation Roadmap calls for. Posting a generic "starting at" number tends to mislead in both directions — it underprices serious engagements and overprices small ones. After the Stage 1 diagnostic, we deliver a written proposal with the model, tier, and investment clearly named. Prospects always get a real number before committing.
The three models are designed to compose. A common shape: Retainer for the active build phase, then Agentic AI as a Service to deploy agents on the foundation we built and run continuous Process Intelligence underneath them. Another common shape: Fixed Price for a defined integration project, then Agentic AI as a Service to put agents on it once the foundation is in place. Or Fixed Price plus an infrastructure-only support add-on if you want the systems we built kept running without agents on top yet. We design the engagement to match the actual operational need.
No. Zyos Group is a consultancy. We do not resell software. We do not receive vendor commissions. We do not have implementation partnerships that bias which platform we recommend. When your roadmap calls for a platform change, we run a vendor-agnostic selection process based on your actual requirements. If a platform we previously implemented is no longer the right fit, we'll say so.
Take the Opportunity Engine to get a real read on which engagement model your operations are ready for. Or book a discovery call to talk it through first.