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- [AI As A Service](https://pages.melio.ai/ai-as-service)
- [Fluid Assessment](https://pages.melio.ai/fluid-assessment)
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# Five ways to engage
Pick what fits – or talk us through your challenge and we'll point you.
Building something custom
Ship a production AI system end-to-end — scoped deliverables, deployment, and handover
## Consulting
**3-12 Months**
Ship a production AI system end-to-end — scoped deliverables, deployment, and handover
[Explore](https://pages.melio.ai/consulting?hsLang=en)
Ongoing partnership
Keep shipping features and improving models monthly — while your team builds the capability
## Retainer
**Monthly**
Keep shipping features and improving models monthly — while your team builds the capability
[Explore](https://pages.melio.ai/retainer?hsLang=en)
Start fast with a product
Get live in days on proven products — trial first, subscribe when it delivers value
## AI-as-a-Service
**7-day trial**
Get live in days on proven products — trial first, subscribe when it delivers value
[Explore](https://pages.melio.ai/ai-as-service?hsLang=en)
Architecture review first
Know your risks and get a build roadmap before committing to a major investment
## FLUID Assessment
**2–4 weeks**
Know your risks and get a build roadmap before committing to a major investment
[Explore](https://pages.melio.ai/fluid-assessment?hsLang=en)
Strategy session
Leave with prioritised use cases, indicative timelines, and ballpark costs — often in an afternoon
## Executive Workshops
**Half-day to 2 days**
Leave with prioritised use cases, indicative timelines, and ballpark costs — often in an afternoon
[Explore](https://pages.melio.ai/workshops?hsLang=en)
## Compare the three core engagement models
FLUID and workshops sit alongside these — use them to decide before you commit. Cost indicators are relative, not fixed prices.
### Consulting
Description
End-to-end custom AI system built with defined deliverables
Duration **3–12 months**
Cost ***$$$***
Project-scale Investment
Time to production
Low
Customisation
High
### Retainer
Description
Ongoing partnership — continuous improvement, knowledge transfer, and delivery alongside your team
Duration **3-month trial start — typically 6 or 12-month renewal cycles**
Cost ***$$$***
Monthly Commitment
Time to production
Medium
Customisation
Medium
### AI-as-a-Service
Description
Pre-built AI products on subscription — configured for your product and context
Duration **7-day trial, then ongoing subscription**
Cost ***$$$***
Subscription
Time to production
High
Customisation
Low
[Book an AI Readiness Call →](https://pages.melio.ai/contact?hsLang=en)
 End-to-end custom AI projects
## Consulting
Dedicated team builds a custom AI system. Multi-month to multi-year. For large, complex, high-stakes needs.
**Typical duration: 3–12 months**
### Example use cases
- Build enterprise ML platform and onboard data scientists for a bank
- Hyper-personalised recommender system for a large bank
- Design and build cloud infrastructure for mobile banking
[Explore Consulting →](https://pages.melio.ai/consulting?hsLang=en)
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 Ongoing AI partnership
## Retainer
ngoing monthly relationship with fixed capacity each month for continuous support, improvement, and knowledge transfer.
**Typical duration:** 3-month trial start — typically 6 or 12-month renewal cycles
### Example use cases
- Maintain a knowledge assistant for call centre agents
- Continuously improve recommendation or search algorithms with new data
- Develop internal AI tools while training your team to operate them
[Explore Retainer →](https://pages.melio.ai/retainer?hsLang=en)
 Subscription-based AI products
## AI-as-a-Service
Subscribe to Melio's proven AI products on Highwind — a small setup fee to configure for your context, then a monthly or annual subscription. No infrastructure to manage.
**Subscription-based** Small setup fee + monthly or annual subscription
**Typical duration:** 7-day trial, then ongoing subscription
[Explore AI-as-a-Service →](https://pages.melio.ai/ai-as-service?hsLang=en)
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 We'll benchmark your AI readiness
## FLUID Assessment
A 2–4 week diagnostic: architecture review, risk analysis, roadmap, and blueprints — delivered by two Solution Architects. Two Solution Architects deliver every assessment — objective, comprehensive, and tailored to your domain.
[Explore FLUID Assessment →](https://pages.melio.ai/fluid-assessment?hsLang=en)
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### Assessment Domains
1
#### Well-Architected Cloud Maturity
Security, reliability, performance, and cost optimisation
2
#### AI Strategy & MLOps Maturity
AI/ML integration, deployment, and reusability through MLOps
3
#### Data Strategy & DataOps Maturity
High-quality data delivery and DataOps best practices
4
#### Technology Strategy & DevOps Maturity
DevSecOps practices aligned with business goals
### What You Receive
- Executive summary with strengths, weaknesses, and improvement areas
- Traffic-light risk analysis with mitigation plan for critical areas
- Well-architected solution blueprints tailored to your team
- Implementation roadmap with work-breakdown structure
- Presentation walk-through to your business and technology teams
 Executive AI strategy sessions
## Executive Workshops
Executive ideation workshops to establish AI strategy and prioritise use cases. No ongoing commitment. Designed for forward-thinking executives — marry business value alignment with practical implementation strategies.
Up to 12 attendees · In-person at your office or our Rosebank office · Customisable by industry or technical depth
### Signature topics
- Identifying high-value AI use cases for your business
- Prioritising impactful AI solutions with limited time and budget
- Driving business value from AI with real-world success stories
- Creating a data-driven culture across business functions
- Practical adoption — failure modes and best practices
- ROI framework to turn AI models into profitable solutions
[Explore Executive Workshops →](https://pages.melio.ai/workshops?hsLang=en)
## Choose the workshop that fits
### Lite
2hrs
Introductory overview of AI's potential for leadership teams.
[Book a Workshop →](https://pages.melio.ai/contact?hsLang=en)
Most Popular
### Standard
Half-day (under 4 hours)
Interactive workshop from concepts to implementation, use case identification and prioritisation.
[Book a Workshop →](https://pages.melio.ai/contact?hsLang=en)
### Comprehensive
2 days
Full seminar, interactive workshops, implementation roadmap, and follow-up well-architected review.
[Book a Workshop →](https://pages.melio.ai/contact?hsLang=en)
## Still not sure where you fit? Let's find out.
Book a 30-minute, no-strings-attached call. We'll listen to your context and recommend the right engagement — or an honest "not yet."
[Email: hello@melio.ai](mailto:hello@melio.ai) [Phone: +27 76 908 8968](tel:+27769088968)
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