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Engagement models and pricing

Every engagement has a defined scope and a transparent starting investment in Saudi riyals. Start with a conversation, then assess, build and scale at the pace your organisation needs.

At a glance

Billing currency
Saudi riyal (SAR), stated on every price
Price basis
Fixed fees for consultations; starting investments for larger engagements
Final scope and fee
Set in a written proposal before work begins
Hourly rates
None: engagements are priced by scope and deliverables

Four ways to engage, mapped to one six-stage lifecycle

Every engagement model maps onto the NLAI engagement lifecycle. Start where your organisation is today and move to the next stage once the value is clear.

How the engagement lifecycle works

Engagements and prices at a glance

EngagementStagePrice typePrice
Executive AI ConsultationStart the conversation · Fixed fee · 60 minutesStart the conversationFixed fee · 60 minutesSAR 1,950
AI Opportunity SessionStart the conversation · Fixed fee · 90 minutesStart the conversationFixed fee · 90 minutesSAR 4,900
AI Readiness AssessmentAssess & plan · FromAssess & planFromSAR 24,500
Executive AI WorkshopAssess & plan · FromAssess & planFromSAR 12,500
AI Strategy & Transformation RoadmapAssess & plan · FromAssess & planFromSAR 49,500
AI Pilot SprintBuild & prove · FromBuild & proveFromSAR 75,000
Digital Platform / Product BuildBuild & prove · FromBuild & proveFromSAR 95,000
Enterprise AI SystemBuild & prove · FromBuild & proveFromSAR 120,000
Enterprise AI TrainingScale & operate · FromScale & operateFromSAR 24,500
Managed AI PartnershipScale & operate · From, per monthScale & operateFrom, per monthSAR 15,000
Enterprise and complex programmesCustom programmes · Custom scopeCustom programmesCustom scope

Start the conversation

Fixed-fee sessions with a set duration: a low-commitment way to test an idea, a plan or a vendor proposal with NLAI before anything larger is scoped.

Lifecycle stages

  • Entry point

PracticeAdvisory & Assessment

Executive AI Consultation

Fixed fee

SAR 1,950

Duration
60 minutes
Billing
One-time fee, invoiced in SAR
Book this consultation, Executive AI Consultation

A focused one-hour working session to test an AI idea, a vendor proposal or a transformation plan against your business priorities. You leave with an independent view of what is worth pursuing and what to do next.

Suited to executives who want an informed second opinion before committing budget.

What is included
  • 60-minute online session
  • Review of your objective, constraints and options
  • Recommended next steps agreed at the end of the session
  • Fixed fee, confirmed before the session

PracticeAdvisory & Assessment

AI Opportunity Session

Fixed fee

SAR 4,900

Duration
90 minutes
Billing
One-time fee, invoiced in SAR
Book this consultation, AI Opportunity Session

A structured 90-minute working session that maps where AI can create value in one business area, followed by a written summary of the prioritised opportunities, their dependencies and a recommended next step.

Suited to leadership teams that want a documented starting point to share internally before scoping a larger engagement.

What is included
  • 90-minute structured working session
  • Opportunity mapping for one business area
  • Written summary of prioritised opportunities
  • Recommended next step with an indicative scope

Assess & plan

Establish where you stand and decide where to invest. These engagements produce the baseline, priorities and roadmap that every later stage builds on.

Lifecycle stages

  • Assess
  • Advise

Want a first indication before you talk to us?

Take the indicative online assessment

PracticeAdvisory & Assessment

AI Readiness Assessment

From

SAR 24,500

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, AI Readiness Assessment

A structured assessment of your organisation across six dimensions: strategy and leadership, processes and use cases, people and adoption, data, technology, and governance and risk. It sets an honest baseline and a prioritised plan for closing the gaps that matter most.

Suited to organisations that want a fact-based starting point before investing in AI programmes.

What is included
  • Stakeholder interviews and document review
  • Assessment across the six readiness dimensions
  • Data and systems readiness review
  • Prioritised gap analysis and recommendations
  • Executive read-out

PracticeAdvisory & Assessment

Executive AI Workshop

From

SAR 12,500

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, Executive AI Workshop

An interactive workshop that gives a leadership team a shared, realistic understanding of what AI can and cannot do for the organisation, and turns it into agreed priorities. Examples and exercises are tailored to your sector.

Suited to boards and executive committees preparing an AI agenda or a transformation decision.

What is included
  • Preparatory conversations with key stakeholders
  • Workshop tailored to your sector and priorities
  • Delivered in Arabic or English
  • Agreed list of priority opportunities
  • Written workshop summary

PracticeAdvisory & Assessment

AI Strategy & Transformation Roadmap

From

SAR 49,500

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, AI Strategy & Transformation Roadmap

A strategy and roadmap that link AI and digital initiatives to business objectives: prioritised use cases, target architecture, governance, capability needs and a phased investment plan that leadership can approve and track.

Suited to organisations moving from isolated pilots to a coordinated transformation programme.

What is included
  • Use-case portfolio with business-case assumptions
  • Target architecture and data foundations
  • Governance and risk framework
  • Capability and operating-model recommendations
  • Phased roadmap with investment estimates

Build & prove

Turn a prioritised use case into a working system: first as a pilot with agreed success criteria, then as a production system integrated into your operations.

Lifecycle stages

  • Build

PracticeIntelligent Systems & Automation

AI Pilot Sprint

From

SAR 75,000

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, AI Pilot Sprint

A time-boxed pilot that takes one prioritised use case from idea to a working solution on your own data, with success criteria agreed up front. It shows what the solution does in practice and what it would take to run it in production.

Suited to organisations with a clear use case that want evidence before committing to a full build.

What is included
  • Use-case definition and success criteria
  • Working pilot on your data
  • Evaluation against the agreed criteria
  • Production-readiness review with a cost estimate
  • Technical documentation and handover

PracticeDigital Platforms & Products

Digital Platform / Product Build

From

SAR 95,000

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, Digital Platform / Product Build

Design and engineering of a digital platform or product, such as a customer portal, an internal operations system or a data platform, delivered in reviewable increments with security, performance and maintainability built in.

Suited to organisations that need a dependable system built around their processes and integrated with the tools they already use.

What is included
  • Discovery and solution design
  • User experience and interface design
  • Iterative engineering with regular reviews
  • Integration with existing systems
  • Testing, deployment and documentation

PracticeIntelligent Systems & Automation

Enterprise AI System

From

SAR 120,000

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, Enterprise AI System

A production-grade AI system integrated into core operations, such as document intelligence, forecasting, computer vision or a knowledge assistant, engineered with monitoring, access control and governance from the start.

Suited to organisations ready to move a proven use case into daily operations.

What is included
  • Architecture and data pipeline design
  • Model development and evaluation
  • Integration with core systems and workflows
  • Monitoring, access control and audit trail
  • Operating documentation and team enablement

Scale & operate

Prepare your people to own what has been built, keep systems performing after go-live and extend what works to new processes and units.

Lifecycle stages

  • Enable
  • Operate
  • Scale

PracticeTraining & Capability Building

Enterprise AI Training

From

SAR 24,500

Billing
Final fee set in the proposal, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, Enterprise AI Training

Role-based AI training designed around your tools, data and use cases rather than generic examples. Programmes combine practical sessions with applied exercises, so participants can use what they learn in their daily work.

Suited to organisations that want teams, from leadership to specialists, to adopt AI safely and productively.

What is included
  • Training needs analysis per role
  • Programme designed around your use cases
  • Practical sessions in Arabic or English
  • Applied exercises on realistic scenarios
  • Participant materials

PracticeOperate & Scale

Managed AI Partnership

From

SAR 15,000per month

Billing
Monthly, invoiced in SAR
Request a proposal, Managed AI Partnership

Ongoing operation and improvement of your AI and data systems after go-live: monitoring performance, data quality, cost and model behaviour, handling changes and planning the next improvements with your team.

Suited to organisations that want their systems to keep delivering value without first building a full in-house operations team.

What is included
  • Monitoring of performance, data quality and cost
  • Model and pipeline maintenance
  • Change requests within an agreed monthly scope
  • Monthly reporting and improvement reviews

Beyond the standard engagements

Enterprise and complex programmes

Multi-phase transformation programmes, multi-site rollouts and engagements with specific security, hosting or procurement requirements are scoped individually. We agree the structure, milestones and commercial model with you in a written proposal.

Suited to large organisations and public-sector entities with complex requirements.

What is included
  • Dedicated scoping phase
  • Milestone-based commercial structure
  • Governance and reporting agreed with your stakeholders

Custom scope

Billing
Quoted in SAR in a written proposal
Request a proposal, Enterprise and complex programmes

Reading the prices

How pricing works

The prices on this page are positioning values in Saudi riyals. They show where an engagement typically starts; the written proposal fixes the final scope and fee.

Fixed fee
A set fee for a defined format with a fixed duration, such as a consultation. The fee is confirmed before you book.
From
The starting investment for a well-bounded scope. The final fee depends on the factors below and is fixed in a written proposal.
From, per month
A recurring fee for ongoing services. The monthly scope, and any change to it, is defined in the proposal.
Custom scope
Complex or multi-phase programmes are priced individually, with a commercial structure agreed in the proposal.

What shapes the final fee

  1. The number of use cases, processes or business units in scope
  2. The availability, quality and accessibility of your data
  3. Integrations with the systems you already run
  4. The users, sites and languages to support
  5. Security, hosting and data-residency requirements
  6. The timeline and how closely your team is involved

For procurement and finance

Proposals, contracts and invoicing

What your procurement and finance teams can expect when working with NLAI.

Written proposal
Every engagement beyond a fixed-fee session starts with a written proposal covering scope, deliverables, timeline, assumptions and fee.
Statement of work
Build and operate engagements are governed by a statement of work with milestones and acceptance criteria.
Currency and invoicing
Fees are quoted and invoiced in Saudi riyals (SAR).
Payment terms
Payment terms and milestone payments are agreed in the proposal before work begins.
Taxes
Prices are in Saudi riyals (SAR). Applicable taxes, including VAT, are confirmed in the proposal or invoice.

Questions

Questions about pricing and engagements

Why are prices shown in Saudi riyals?

Our engagements are priced and invoiced in Saudi riyals (SAR), the billing currency for the region we focus on. When current reference rates have been confirmed, we also show approximate amounts in euros and UAE dirhams. These are for orientation only; the proposal and the invoice are always in SAR.

What does a “from” price mean?

A “from” price is the starting investment for a well-defined scope. The final fee depends on factors such as the number of use cases, the state of your data, the integrations required, the users and languages to support, and security or hosting requirements. It is set in a written proposal before any work begins, so there are no open-ended costs.

How are the final scope and fee agreed?

After an initial conversation we prepare a written proposal that sets out the scope, deliverables, timeline, assumptions, the fee in SAR and the payment terms. For build and operate engagements, a statement of work adds milestones and acceptance criteria. Work starts only once you have accepted the proposal.

Can we start with a smaller step?

Yes. The Executive AI Consultation, the AI Opportunity Session and the AI Readiness Assessment are designed as first steps. Each ends with a clear recommendation, so you can decide on a larger engagement with better information.

Do you work on an hourly basis?

No. Consultations have a fixed fee, and larger engagements are priced by scope and deliverables in a written proposal. You know the investment before work begins.

How is enterprise training priced?

Training is priced per programme. The fee depends on the number of participants and groups, the number of sessions, the delivery language and format, and how far the content is tailored to your use cases. The final fee is set in the proposal.

Do the prices include VAT?

The prices shown are positioning values for the engagement itself. Applicable taxes, including VAT, depend on the contracting details and are confirmed in the proposal or on the invoice.

How is a paid consultation invoiced?

When you request a paid consultation, we confirm the details and send an invoice in SAR. The session is confirmed according to the invoice terms we share with you.

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