Pricing

Built for production, not prototypes

Ishtar AI ships deployable GenAI products—secure, observable, and ready for real users. Engagements are fixed-scope with clear success metrics and a path to ongoing platform partnership.

How We Price

Outcome + Risk Pricing

Production readiness, security review, and measurable adoption are priced in.

Product-Grade Delivery

Not notebooks—real systems with eval, monitoring, and release gates.

Founder-Level Execution

You're working directly with the engineer building the product.

GenAI Launch Sprint → Production MVP

6–8 weeks
$95k–$150k

Strategy → build → deployable MVP. Best for teams that want a real product shipped fast.

Includes:

  • KPI definition
  • Architecture
  • MVP build
  • Deployment-ready handoff
  • Exec demo
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RAG Copilot → Enterprise Knowledge Product

6–7 weeks
$85k–$135k

Enterprise search with citations, permissions, and evaluation baselines.

Includes:

  • Ingestion
  • Vector + metadata strategy
  • Permission-aware retrieval
  • Citations
  • Eval baseline
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Agent Automation Pilot → Operational AI System

7–9 weeks
$120k–$200k

Automate one workflow end-to-end with auditability and controls.

Includes:

  • Tool calling
  • HITL checkpoints
  • Retries/recovery
  • Audit logs
  • Deployment playbook
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LLMOps Foundation → AI Platform Backbone

4–6 weeks
$75k–$125k

Evaluation, monitoring, release gates, and governance—so your GenAI system stays reliable.

Includes:

  • Eval pipelines
  • Tracing
  • Prompt/model versioning
  • CI/CD gating
  • Rollback strategy
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GenAI Security Hardening → Enterprise Readiness Audit

3–4 weeks
$50k–$85k

Red-team, guardrails, leakage checks, and an exec-ready risk report.

Includes:

  • OWASP-aligned testing
  • Policy enforcement
  • Security documentation
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Synthetic Media Compliance Kit → NY/Ads-Focused Controls

3–5 weeks
$65k–$110k

Disclosure workflows, audit trails, and compliance-ready enforcement logic for AI media.

Includes:

  • Disclosure logic
  • Provenance workflow
  • Policy mapping
  • Auditability
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Ishtar AI Platform Partner

Monthly
$35k–$60k/month

Ongoing improvement, monitoring, incident response, and expansion into additional use cases.

Best for: Teams running GenAI in production who want a partner responsible for quality and uptime.

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Typical Total Investment

Most clients start with one build ($95k–$200k) and transition into a $35k–$60k/month partnership for iteration, governance, and scale.

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Let's discuss which option is right for your organization.

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