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AI consulting for small businesses, as software

Your AI consultant. $99 once.

It maps where AI can save your business time, picks the tools for your budget, lays out a 90-day plan and generates your website, in minutes. A person checks the AI drafts.

AI consultant, explained
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The work your plan tackles first

  • AI voice agent for reservations

    Capture missed bookings
  • Auto-respond to reviews

    2–4 hrs/mo
  • Daily specials content

    3–6 hrs/mo

This plan's checked stack

  • ChatGPT · $20/mo
  • Canva · $15/mo
  • Tidio · $29/mo
  • Vapi · free plan
  • ElevenLabs · $6/mo
real content from the Restaurant & Café plan · prices checked Oct 1, 2026
tool prices verified
360tool prices verified
as of Oct 1, 2026Price index
major model releases tracked
35major model releases tracked
as of Sep 30, 2026Model tracker
plans re-checked this month
22plans re-checked this month
as of Oct 1, 2026What changed

How we count

  • $99 once
  • No card kept, nothing renews on its own
  • Delivered instantly, drafts checked by a person

The one-time setup

What $99 gets you

Eight parts, ready the moment you pay and yours to keep. The numbers come from your answers and live tool prices; AI writes the words around them, and a person checks those drafts.

Your AI consultant workspace

Instant
  • Opportunity map

    Where AI saves you the most time, ranked by value against effort from your own answers, with what it can't do.

  • 90-day roadmap

    What to set up in which order, week by week, tied to your setup checklist.

  • Business case

    The stack's cost against the value of the hours it saves, with payback. Time only, never promised revenue, and labelled Estimate.

  • Budget-tiered stack

    The exact tools at four monthly budgets with live prices, plus playbooks, prompts and automations to set them up.

  • Instant AI website

    Up to 5 pages generated from your answers: live preview, a hosted address, a ZIP export and a leads inbox.

  • AI Operating Plan

    A printable document with your name and logo, a link to share with staff, and an AI usage policy for your team.

  • Ask

    A chat that answers from your own plan straight away. 3 questions a month get a reply from a person within 24–48 working hours.

  • ROI tracker

    Log the hours AI actually saves you. It tells you the day the setup has paid for itself.

  • A monthly re-assessment with live prices and the hours you logged
  • A note on each major model release and what it means for your plan
  • Alerts when a price in your stack moves

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Instead of a consultant

A consultant engagement, or $99 once

Both have a place. For most small businesses the first job is working out where AI fits, and that part now works as software.

$99 once, next to a typical AI projectLog scale
Dapols setup
$99 once
AI development projects reviewed on Clutch
$10,000–$49,999 per project

Source: Clutch AI pricing guide (checked Sep 23, 2026)

A typical consultant engagement compared with Dapols
ComparedTypical consultant engagementDapols
Cost$10,000–$49,999 per projectAI development projects reviewed on Clutch. Source: Clutch AI pricing guide, checked Sep 23, 2026$99 once, optional $29/month
Time to a first planAfter discovery calls and a proposal, on their scheduleMinutes: a free starter plan first, the full plan the moment you pay
What you getWhatever the contract listsOpportunity map, 90-day roadmap, business case, costed stack, website, operating plan, Ask and an ROI tracker
Keeping it currentA new engagement or a retainerOptional monthly re-assessment, model-release notes and price alerts
Who checks the workThe consultantA person at Dapols checks the AI drafts, and you approve every action
If it's not for youDepends on the contract7-day refund, no questions asked

Published ranges, not quotes. A human consultant still does things software can't, like running workshops inside your team.

The full comparison

How it works

From seven questions to an AI setup that stays current

  1. about 2 minutes, free

    Answer seven questions, free

    Your trade, your team, what eats your week and what you already pay for. You get an AI readiness score, your top three opportunities and a starter stack, with no card and no account.

  2. $99 once, instant

    Your consultant maps it

    Unlock the plan and the opportunity map, 90-day roadmap and business case are there straight away, worked out from your answers and live tool prices.

  3. drafts checked within 24–48 working hours

    Your website and tools go live

    Generate a website of up to 5 pages, set up the stack in the order the roadmap gives, and use the playbooks and prompts as you go. You publish; nothing goes out without you.

  4. $29/month, optional

    It stays current

    Prices move and new models ship. The optional subscription re-assesses your plan every month, explains each major model release for your business and flags price changes. Stop it and keep the plan.

Included with the $99 setup

A 5-page website, drafted by AI in minutes.

Answer about 3 minutes of questions and AI drafts up to 5 pages from what you told it. Edit in a live preview, publish to a hosted link, or download the files.

  • Written from your own answers — no invented numbers, awards or reviews
  • Home, services, about, FAQ, prices and contact: pick up to 5
  • Fast and readable on a phone, and accessible by default
  • A contact form that sends enquiries to your inbox
  • Publish instantly, or download a ZIP and host it anywhere

The questions take about 3 minutes, after you buy.

Try it

Try it on your business

Pick the closest match and the example plan rebuilds. Everything below is real content from our plan library, with live prices from the tool catalog — your own plan is written from your answers, not looked up.

The interactive example is easier to use on a larger screen. The sample plan shows the same content.

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A person is involved

Software, checked by a person.

Software watches prices, matches your answers to a plan and drafts the changes that fit it to you. Then someone at Dapols checks those drafts, so nothing is added to your plan that a person hasn't read.

Review

Drafts checked by a person

Your AI consultant's drafts are visible straight away, labelled as drafts, and a person checks them within 24–48 working hours.

Consultation

3 consultations a month, included with your plan

A consultant at Dapols answers within 24–48 working hours.

If it isn't right

7-day refund

7-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.

Money back within the refund window, no questions asked. Nothing renews on its own.

Questions

Questions, answered.

The things people ask before they buy.

Is this a real consultant?

It's software that does a consultant's first job: working out where AI fits your business, which tools to use at your budget and in what order. The numbers come from your answers and live prices, AI writes the words, and a person at Dapols checks those drafts and answers your questions within 24–48 working hours. It never logs into your systems or acts on its own; you approve every step.

What if my business isn't listed?

The questionnaire matches you to the closest plan and tells you when the fit isn't exact. Your opportunity map, roadmap and business case are worked out from your own answers rather than the industry label, so they still fit. The questionnaire is free, so you can see the match before you pay anything.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. Ask within 7 days of paying and we refund the setup, no questions asked.

How much does the AI plan cost?

The questionnaire is free and shows you which plan we'd assign. A one-time payment then unlocks your AI consultant straight away: an opportunity map, a 90-day roadmap, a business case, your plan's tools at four budgets, and an AI website builder that drafts a site of up to 5 pages for you to edit and publish. A person checks the AI drafts. It's yours to keep — nothing continues after that payment and we don't keep your card for a later charge. About a month in we'll ask whether you want an optional monthly subscription that keeps the plan current as prices and tools change; you start it, and you can stop it without losing the plan. Current prices are on the pricing page.

I'm not technical. Is this for me?

Especially for you. Dapols speaks in plain business language — save time, reduce software waste, get more leads — and recommends tools that are easy to start with. Every plan is written so a non-technical owner can follow it, and a person checks the AI drafts made for yours.

How do you recommend tools?

We score business impact, repetition, feasibility, readiness, and risk; then match the workflow against a curated catalog, your existing systems, and your total stack budget. We show assumptions, alternatives, and what not to buy yet.

How do you keep my plan current?

Keeping it current is the optional subscription, offered about a month after your setup rather than bundled into it. While it is live we track relevant pricing, model, and product changes and turn them into keep, test, switch, downgrade, or cancel recommendations. We date every evidence check and link to the source; vendors remain the final source of truth. Stop paying and you keep the plan, frozen at its last snapshot.

Do I have to set it up myself?

Yes, and the plan is written so you can: the setup steps come in order, in plain language, for a non-technical owner, and a person checks the AI drafts made for your plan. If you need hands-on work inside your systems — several workflows, unusual systems, an integration that needs a person — that is a separate custom engagement, quoted and invoiced directly rather than sold through our checkout. We never ask for credentials in a public form or promise autonomous access to sensitive systems.

Will you spam me with AI news?

No. We only surface updates that actually matter for your business, budget, and current tools.

Do I get a real person after I buy?

Yes. Every plan includes consultation: the AI consultant answers instantly from your own plan and its verified prices, and a person at Dapols reviews open questions and replies within 24–48 working hours. Raise anything there — a tool that isn't working for you, a swap you're considering, a step you're stuck on.

What are ChatGPT Site tools, and how does Dapols use them?

Site tools are ChatGPT's implementation of WebMCP, a proposed web standard (a W3C Community Group draft). In the ChatGPT desktop app's built-in browser, ChatGPT can discover a Dapols plan's budget stack, setup steps, prompts, agent recipes, connections and safety rules in the page language. Dapols exposes read-only tools, so the agent can prepare and explain work but cannot spend, publish, send or change permissions. Availability depends on the current ChatGPT app, model, workspace and rollout.

Start with the free plan. Decide after.

Seven questions, about two minutes. You see your AI readiness score, your top three opportunities and a starter stack before you pay anything.

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