AI consulting that tells you where to start, not what to buy
PlatformOne helps Brisbane businesses cut through the AI hype and make a plan. We assess your readiness, find the use cases worth pursuing, score each one on ROI and effort, and hand you a costed roadmap — vendor-neutral, jargon-free, and built to survive a board meeting.
What is AI consulting?
AI consulting is advisory work that helps a business decide where and how to apply AI before spending on a build. For Brisbane companies, that means assessing readiness, identifying and ranking use cases by ROI and effort, and producing a prioritised implementation roadmap — so you invest in the right thing first.
Most businesses don't have an AI problem — they have a where-to-start problem. There are a hundred things you could automate or augment with AI, dozens of tools promising to do it, and no clear way to tell which will pay off and which will quietly burn your budget. Our job is to replace that guesswork with a ranked, evidence-based plan you can actually act on.
We stay deliberately vendor-neutral. We don't resell licences, we don't have a platform to push, and we're not paid to recommend the biggest build. Sometimes the right answer is a $50/month off-the-shelf tool and a change to your process; sometimes it's a custom agent; often it's doing nothing at all in an area you assumed was ripe for AI. You get an honest read either way.
Because we're a Brisbane build shop as well as an advisor, our recommendations are grounded in what can genuinely be delivered — not slideware. We know what these systems cost to build and run, where they break, and how long they really take. When the roadmap says 'start here', it's because we could build it, not just talk about it. And if you'd rather take the plan elsewhere, it's yours to keep.
Built around your process
We design around how your business actually runs — not a generic template you have to bend to fit.
Fixed scope, quoted upfront
Outcome, timeline and price agreed before we start. No hourly surprises.
You own what we build
It's your system, your data, your IP — no per-seat lock-in, no black boxes.
It keeps improving
We stay on as an operating partner, hardening and expanding the system after launch.
Why Brisbane businesses start with a consult
Vendor-neutral, no hype
We don't resell software or push a platform. You get an honest assessment of where AI helps, where it doesn't, and where a simpler fix beats a shiny one.
Prioritised by ROI, not novelty
Every use case is scored on value, effort, risk and data-readiness, so you spend on the one that pays back fastest instead of the one that demos best.
A roadmap you actually own
You leave with a costed, sequenced plan in plain English — clear enough to brief a board, specific enough to hand to any developer, and yours to keep.
What an AI consulting engagement covers
We shape the engagement to your size and stage — from a half-day orientation for a curious owner to a full readiness assessment for a leadership team. Typical components include:
AI readiness assessment
An honest audit of your data, systems, processes and team — what's in place to support AI, what's missing, and what has to be fixed before any build makes sense.
Use-case discovery workshops
Working sessions with your team to surface the repetitive, high-volume and high-pain workflows where AI could realistically move the needle.
ROI & feasibility scoring
Each opportunity scored on expected value, build effort, risk and data availability — turning a long wish list into a ranked shortlist you can defend.
Vendor & build-vs-buy guidance
Neutral advice on whether an off-the-shelf tool, a configured platform or a custom build fits each use case — including realistic cost and running-cost ranges.
Implementation roadmap
A sequenced, costed plan: what to pilot first, what to line up next, the integrations required, and the rough timeline and budget for each phase.
Governance, risk & data guardrails
Practical guidance on privacy, data handling, human-in-the-loop controls and the policies you need so AI is adopted safely, not recklessly.
How an AI consulting engagement runs
Discover
We learn your business, goals and constraints, map how work flows today, and gather the context needed to spot real opportunities.
Assess
We evaluate data, systems and process readiness, then run use-case workshops to build a candidate list of where AI could help.
Prioritise
We score each use case on ROI, effort, risk and readiness, and rank them into a clear 'do first, do next, don't do' shortlist.
Roadmap
We deliver a costed, sequenced implementation plan and walk your team through it — ready to build, in-house or with us.
What does AI consulting cost in Brisbane?
AI consulting with PlatformOne starts around $3,000 for a focused readiness assessment and roadmap. Most Brisbane engagements land between $3,000 and $8,000 depending on the depth of discovery and number of workshops. It's a fixed fee, agreed upfront, and fully credited toward any build you go ahead with.
Prices are indicative starting points in AUD and depend on scope, workshops and depth of assessment.
Questions, answered
Get clarity before you spend a dollar on AI
Book a free discovery call and we'll pressure-test your best AI ideas, flag the ones worth pursuing, and outline what a full readiness assessment and roadmap would look like for your Brisbane business.
Brisbane, QLD · Serving businesses Australia-wide