AI Vendor & Model Selection

What Does AI Vendor & Model Selection Actually Cover?

Every AI vendor's pitch sounds like the obvious choice. We compare the real options against what your business actually needs — cost, data handling, integration, genuine capability — and hand you a recommendation you can act on or defend to a partner.

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The reason this stays useful is the same reason it stays narrow: we don't take a commission from any vendor we compare, and the recommendation doesn't need to point toward something we happen to sell. If the right answer is a tool we'd never build for you, that's what it says.

Every AI vendor's pitch says it's easy, powerful, and secure — all three, always. We check the parts that actually differ between options: what data leaves your business, what it costs at your real usage, what breaks when you try to connect it to what you already run. That's where two "AI-powered" tools that look identical on a landing page actually stop being the same.

The agent harnesses we deploy through AI Orchestration don't get their model picked by default. We run the same cost-and-capability comparison for our own client builds — weighing a commercial API against a local, self-hosted model — before committing either way, the same discipline this service runs as a standalone engagement.

A gut-feel answer doesn't hold up when someone asks "why this one" in a partner meeting or a board update. Every recommendation comes with the reasoning attached — what we compared, what mattered most for your case, what we ruled out and why — so it's something you can stand behind, not just something you were told.

This engagement ends with a recommendation, not a pitch for the next project. If the right next step is a Digital Transformation roadmap, a Process Automation build, or nothing yet, that's what we'll say. The evaluation is the whole deliverable, whether or not anything gets built after it.

The Numbers Don't Lie

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60x
Cost Swing Between Model Choices
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Model choice alone can swing a monthly AI bill sixtyfold at identical usage — the exact stakes this evaluation exists to catch before a business commits.

38%
Typical Savings From the Right Config
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Getting a model's caching and configuration right, not just its name, is worth roughly 38% off a frontier-model bill by itself — found through Handybots' own AI Orchestration work.

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Vendor Commissions Taken
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Every recommendation is evaluated against your requirements, not a referral fee — we don't take a cut from any vendor we compare.

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Services This Can Lead Into
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A recommendation can become the starting brief for Digital Transformation, Process Automation, AI Coworkers, or AI Orchestration — or stand on its own.

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We'd love to hear about your current challenges and goals.

One-Time Workshop

Custom pricing

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Focus: One specific AI tool or vendor choice, evaluated against your actual requirements.

Key Features:

  • Comparison of up to three vendor or tool options against your stated requirements
  • Data-handling and compliance fit-check for each option
  • A written recommendation with the reasoning behind it

Ideal For: A business facing one concrete AI purchase decision that wants a neutral second opinion before signing anything.

*The scope is different for every project

* Pay a flat fee or per attendant. 0% Financing available through Affirm

Full Day Training Workshop

Custom pricing

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Focus: A deeper comparison that includes the model or engine underneath the tool, not just which app to buy.

Key Features:

  • Everything in Single Decision, plus model-level comparison (commercial API vs. local/self-hosted, cost modeled at your actual expected usage)
  • Integration fit-check against your existing tool stack
  • A follow-up call to walk through the recommendation together

Ideal For: Businesses where the real question isn't just "which app" but "which model or engine actually holds up" for their specific case.

*The scope is different for every project

* Pay a flat fee or per attendant. 0% Financing available through Affirm

Custom Onsite or Virtual Series

Custom pricing

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Focus: Evaluating a set of related AI decisions together, instead of one at a time.

Key Features:

  • Comparison across multiple related decisions in a single engagement
  • A prioritized recommendation — what to decide first, and why
  • A handoff-ready summary that feeds directly into a build engagement if you move forward

Ideal For: Businesses planning broader AI adoption who want the decision layer settled before committing to an implementation partner — us or anyone else.

*The scope is different for every project

* Pay a flat fee or per attendant. 0% Financing available through Affirm

HOW WE GET YOU THERE
1
Determine Business Outcomes
2
On-Site Workflow Assessments
3
Solution Alignment
4
Implementation
5
On-Going Maintenance
Step 05

On-Going Maintenance

As your business evolves, your systems should too. We offer continued support, optimization, and updates to keep everything running smoothly and aligned with your growth.

Step 04

Implementation

Our team can either guide your team through the implementation process or take on the heavy lifting of handling setup, automation builds, deployment, and system integrations; making the transition as smooth as possible. We listen closely to your team's feedback to ensure everything functions as intended.

Step 03

Solution Alignment

We present a tailored plan based on your priorities, then refine it together to ensure every solution aligns with your goals, tools, and team. This collaborative step ensures clarity, confidence, and buy-in before implementation begins.

Step 02

On-Site Workflow Assessments

We visit your business (virtually or in person) to observe how work gets done, identify bottlenecks, and map out opportunities for automation. This hands-on insight allows us to design automation solutions that actually fit your team's rhythm and needs.

Step 01

Determine Business Outcomes

We begin by understanding what matters most to your business—whether it's saving time, improving customer experience, or boosting revenue. Clear goals help us design the right digital solutions from day one.

WHerE IS YOUR TEAM ON THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY?

We'd love to hear about your current challenges and goals.

Reduced pricing

Non-Profit Organizations

We offer reduced pricing for mission-driven organizations facing an AI purchase decision on a tight budget — a single evaluation, sized to the decision actually in front of you.

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Custom pricing

Enterprise Solutions

Focus: Ongoing access to a neutral evaluation every time a new AI vendor decision comes up, not just a one-time engagement.

Key Features:

  • A set number of evaluations per quarter, on call as decisions arise
  • Priority turnaround compared to a one-off engagement
  • A running record of past recommendations and their reasoning, so decisions stay consistent over time

Ideal For: Businesses that expect to keep fielding new AI vendor pitches and want a standing second opinion instead of re-litigating trust every time.

Ready to talk specifics?
Schedule a Consultation

Custom pricing

Sophisticated & Looking to Scale

Focus: Evaluating a set of related AI decisions together, instead of one at a time.

Key Features:

  • Comparison across multiple related decisions in a single engagement
  • A prioritized recommendation — what to decide first, and why
  • A handoff-ready summary that feeds directly into a build engagement if you move forward

Ideal For: Businesses planning broader AI adoption who want the decision layer settled before committing to an implementation partner — us or anyone else.

Ready to get started?
Get Started

Custom pricing

Tech Savvy but Still Learning

Focus: A deeper comparison that includes the model or engine underneath the tool, not just which app to buy.

Key Features:

  • Everything in Single Decision, plus model-level comparison (commercial API vs. local/self-hosted, cost modeled at your actual expected usage)
  • Integration fit-check against your existing tool stack
  • A follow-up call to walk through the recommendation together

Ideal For: Businesses where the real question isn't just "which app" but "which model or engine actually holds up" for their specific case.

Ready to get started?
Get Started

Custom pricing

Discovering New Tools

Focus: One specific AI tool or vendor choice, evaluated against your actual requirements.

Key Features:

  • Comparison of up to three vendor or tool options against your stated requirements
  • Data-handling and compliance fit-check for each option
  • A written recommendation with the reasoning behind it

Ideal For: A business facing one concrete AI purchase decision that wants a neutral second opinion before signing anything.

Ready to get started?
Get started

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