JVLabs AI
Pricing

Real numbers, published openly.

Every project is fixed-scope with a written proposal after a free discovery call. No surprise billing, no per-conversation fees, no lock-in — you own the code and the infrastructure.

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Custom chatbot development for businesses across the USA and UK · Response within one business day

AI Readiness Audit

$1,500 – $3,000
About 1 week

You know AI should help, but not where to start.

  • Review of your questions, documents, and systems
  • Architecture recommendation with model and retrieval choices
  • Honest assessment of what shouldn't be automated
  • Written roadmap with scoped options and costs
  • Fee credited against a build if you proceed
Most requested

Chatbot MVP

$8,000 – $15,000
4 – 6 weeks

One clear use case you want working in production.

  • One channel — website widget, WhatsApp, Slack, or Teams
  • RAG over one knowledge source with source citations
  • Confidence thresholds and human handoff
  • Basic CRM or helpdesk integration
  • Evaluation suite with accuracy measured before launch
  • Deployed to your cloud, with runbooks

Production Build

$15,000 – $40,000
8 – 12 weeks

A system that several teams and customers depend on.

  • Multi-channel deployment
  • RAG across multiple sources with hybrid search and reranking
  • Agent actions with confirmations, permissions, and audit logs
  • Deep CRM, helpdesk, and internal API integrations
  • Full evaluation suite plus production tracing and monitoring
  • Security review against our pre-launch checklist
  • Team handover and documentation

Ongoing retainer

From $3,000/month. Tuning based on real conversations, knowledge-base updates, monitoring, accuracy regression runs, and new features. Optional — many clients take the handover and run the system in-house.

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What drives the number

Why two chatbots can differ by $30,000.

Pushes cost up

  • Multiple integrations, especially bespoke internal APIs
  • Agent actions that write to systems (permissions, confirmations, audit)
  • Messy or scattered source documents needing preparation
  • Strict data residency or self-hosted model requirements
  • Multi-tenant access control across a customer base

Keeps cost down

  • One channel and one knowledge source to start
  • Well-maintained existing documentation
  • Read-only first, with actions added later
  • Standard integrations with off-the-shelf connectors
  • A clearly defined job rather than 'do AI for us'

For a deeper breakdown of what moves the number, read how much custom AI chatbot development costs or work through the ten questions we ask before quoting.

FAQ

Straight answers on money.

Two reasons. We're a two-person team with no sales layer or account managers, so you're paying engineers rather than overhead. And we're at founding-client stage — early clients get discounted pricing in exchange for the chance to publish a case study once results are in. That second discount won't last.

Tell us the job, and we'll quote it properly.

Free 30-minute consultation, written proposal within a week, response within one business day. If a cheaper option would serve you better, we'll tell you.

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