How much does implementing AI cost in an SMB?

Distrust the generic ranges ("5,000 to 50,000 euros") that dominate search results: without saying which task, what volume and how many review hours, they are noise. The honest account structure, with an interactive calculator on published Claude and OpenAI prices, is in the content operation blueprint, and the mechanics apply to any task, not just content.

The right order to keep costs from exploding is to start by choosing the task well: the inventory, matrix and dated-decision pilot method is in the use cases blueprint. And if the project demands external judgment without a full salary, there is the fractional format.