Automation Audit

Find the first workflow worth automating

A structured audit that maps how your business actually works, finds where time is lost, and hands you a fixed-price plan for your first automation.
Request an Automation Audit $500 credited in full toward your first build · delivered in 5 business days
Prefer to talk it through first? Book a 15-minute fit call

The business problem

The guesswork is the expensive part

Most owners know automation could save them hours but cannot say which process to start with, what it would cost, or whether it is even worth it. Point automation at a step nobody mapped and you get a faster version of a process that was already costing you time, at the speed and scale of software.

The audit removes that guesswork. By the end you can answer the questions that decide whether automation pays off at all.

The product

What you get

The audit is the product: a senior analyst's read on your operation, written down and costed, so you can act on it.
Automation Audit

A costed plan for the workflow worth automating first

$500Credited in full toward your first build

The document is yours. Use it with FutureWave, take it elsewhere, or keep it until the timing is right.

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Your written audit includes

  • 01A written map of how your process runs today
  • 02The points where time and money leak out
  • 03A prioritized list of what could be automated
  • 04The one workflow to automate first, and why
  • 05A recommended approach for building it
  • 06A fixed-price proposal when a build makes sense
  • 07A straight answer on what to leave manual

From first message to a costed plan

How it works

Four defined steps, with no open-ended discovery phase.
  1. 01

    Send us the process

    Tell us what keeps repeating and which tools it runs through. We reply within one business day.

  2. 02

    Pay and pick your slot

    If it is a fit, the $500 payment link arrives by email. Pay, then choose your working-call time on the booking page that follows checkout; the fee is credited in full toward your first build.

  3. 03

    Map it together

    A 90-minute working call where we walk through the real process, step by step, and find where the time goes.

  4. 04

    Get your audit

    A written report within 5 business days and, when a build makes sense, a fixed-price proposal for the first workflow, walked through with you on a 30-minute call.

The audit fee$500

Credited in full toward your first build.

Why the audit pays for itself

You are paying for the analysis that decides what to build

The $500 buys a proper read on your operation and a plan a developer could build against. Because it is credited in full toward your first build, proceeding makes the audit net to nothing. The fee is there to filter out people who were never going to build, so the people who do book get real attention.

The bigger number is the one the audit protects. You commit most of the cost of a bad automation before anyone writes code, in the choice of what to automate. Get that choice wrong and you have paid to make a broken process faster. The audit makes that choice from a written map of the process.

Who this is for

A useful audit starts with a real process

Good fitThere is real work to map
  • A growing business of any size
  • Repetitive work running through spreadsheets, email, forms, or a CRM
  • You can give access to how the work really happens
  • You want a plan you can act on, not a strategy deck
Not a good fitThe workflow does not exist yet
  • You want someone to run open-ended AI experiments by the hour
  • There is no real process yet to map
  • You want a vague AI strategy with no specific workflow behind it

See what a finished build looks like

One workflow we built, with the numbers it produced

For one content operation, we automated the repetitive parts around a blog and video. A person still approves every result before it goes out.Read the full case study

Results from the live workflow

2h → 15mA day on incoming questions
3h → 15mTo draft one article and its video script
~90%Of incoming questions drafted from the maintained FAQ

Who runs your audit

The analyst who scopes your problem leads the build

The lead analyst runs every audit, working from regulated, business-critical systems where complex rules become clear, buildable requirements. No junior and no sales rep sits between you and the read on your operation, and you get told plainly when a step should stay manual.

How we work
01What exactly do I get?

A written audit: a map of your current process, the pain points, a prioritized list of automation opportunities, the first workflow worth building, a recommended approach, and, when a build makes sense, a fixed-price proposal for it. Plus an honest note on what should stay manual.

02Is the $500 really credited?

Yes, in full toward your first build. If you proceed, the audit nets to nothing. The fee only filters out people who were never going to build.

03What if the audit says automation is not worth it?

Then it says so, with reasons. A recommendation not to build is still a result, and it saves you from spending on a workflow that would have needed constant babysitting.

04Do I have to build with you afterward?

No. The audit and its proposal are yours. Build it with us, take the plan elsewhere, or sit on it. The document holds its value either way.

05What do you need from me?

Access to how the work actually happens: a walk-through of the process and a look at the tools and steps involved. No preparation deck required.

06How long does it take?

It runs on a short timeline: you pick your working-call slot on the booking page right after checkout, and your written audit, with a fixed-price proposal when a build makes sense, follows within 5 business days of that call. If the report is waiting on something you agreed to send, the clock pauses until it arrives.

07Who does the audit?

The lead analyst runs it, and leads the build that follows. The person who reads your operation stays with it through delivery.

Where to start

Start by describing the process

Tell us the process. You get an honest read within one business day, including when automation is not the answer, and the audit is the next step when it is.
1

Start here

Send the request

Two minutes, costs nothing. What keeps repeating, the tools you already use, and what you wish happened automatically.

2

The free read

We read it, free

We read it personally and reply within one business day. If the audit will not pay off for you, we say so instead of sending a payment link.

3

If it is a fit

Pay, then pick your slot

The payment link and booking arrive by email, usually the same business day. Want to talk it through first? Book a 15-minute fit call.

The route · every build starts here

Automation Audit

$500Credited in full toward your first build

We map the process and hand you a costed plan for the first workflow worth building.

If the audit finds nothing worth building, it says so and shows the reasoning.

Already mapped it yourself?

You still start with the audit

Quicker, not skipped

Documentation you already have shortens the session: fewer questions, less time on your side. The build quote comes out of the audit's map, so skipping it would mean quoting your build blind.

Bring what you have. Process notes, a flowchart, or the spreadsheet everyone actually uses.

Every build starts with the audit. Clear deliverables, one price agreed before we start, and the audit fee credited in full.

Ready to find your first automation?

Start with the process

Book the audit and get a costed plan for the workflow worth automating first. The $500 is credited in full toward the build.

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Prefer to look at it yourself first? The free checklist scores your three most repetitive processes and points at the one worth automating, in about ten minutes.

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