Assessment

Adaptiv Compass

A half-day on-site assessment that finds where AI fits in your business — and what to build next.

$1,000

Book a Compass engagement
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What you get

A focused engagement with a small footprint and a clear deliverable.

  • 30-minute pre-call to understand the business
  • Half-day on-site (4 hours) with the owner and key operators
  • Written assessment deliverable within 5 business days
  • 30-minute review call to walk the deliverable and recommend next steps

The deliverable

Compass produces a written document you keep. Six standard sections, tailored to your business.

Executive summary
Forwardable, one page. Written so a board member or partner can act on it without context.
Business context and current-state snapshot
What you do, how you do it today, and where AI is likely to land hardest.
Ranked opportunity map
3–5 opportunities, each scored on Impact, Effort, Confidence, and Timeline.
Quick-win recommendations
Things you can do this week, no consultant required.
Prioritization matrix
A single visual that turns the opportunity list into a sequencing decision.
Recommended engagement path
Whether your next step is a Presence redo, a Spark deployment, an Engine build, or doing nothing for now.

Who it's for

A good fit

  • Small and lower-mid-market businesses, 5–200 employees
  • Owner-operators and leadership teams who know AI matters but don't know where it fits
  • Main Street Midwestern firms in financial services, healthcare, retail, professional services, and specialty trades

Not a fit

  • Enterprises with >200 employees and existing AI strategy teams — the ladder is sized below those needs
  • Buyers who already know exactly what to build — they want Spark or Engine directly

Recommended next steps

Compass deliverables route to one of three follow-on builds. Your $1,000 credits toward whichever you choose, within 12 months.

Foundation

Adaptiv Presence

$2,500+ $99/mo

If your existing site is the bottleneck — outdated, broken, or actively hurting the business — Compass may recommend a Presence redo as the first build.

See Presence →

Deployment

Adaptiv Spark

$2,500(stackable)

Most Compass deliverables identify one or more workflows ready for templated AI deployment. Spark turns each into a working tool in 3–4 weeks. Stackable across opportunities.

See Spark →

Build

Adaptiv Engine

From $15K

When the right answer is a custom application — a web app with database, authentication, and hosting, or a multi-agent orchestrated workflow — Engine is the build.

See Engine →

Compass questions

How is Compass different from a free consultation?
Compass is a paid engagement with a written deliverable you keep. A free consultation is a sales call. The $1,000 ensures we both take it seriously and gives you real output — a ranked opportunity map with quantified impact and effort — that's useful whether or not you ever work with us again.
Does the Compass fee apply toward what I build later?
Yes. If you engage us for a follow-on build (Presence, Spark, or Engine) within 12 months of your Compass deliverable, your $1,000 credits in full toward that engagement. The credit applies once, to your first follow-on. Compass either earns its keep on its own or pays for itself when you build.
What's the difference between Spark and Engine?
Spark is a templated Claude Project deploying one workflow. It's fast (3–4 weeks), priced per workflow, and stackable up to about three workflows. Engine is a custom build — a web application or multi-agent orchestrated workflow — scoped per client over 4–8 weeks. The line: if you can describe the work as “one workflow at a time,” you're in Spark territory. If you need orchestration across multiple workflows, custom integrations, or a system that runs the business, you're in Engine territory.