Traditional consulting is built for depth over a defined period — not for the decision in front of you today. Here is how the two approaches compare for board-level decision validation.
Yes, AI is significantly cheaper than hiring a management consultant for a specific decision. Traditional consulting engagements for board-level decisions typically cost £5,000–£50,000 and take 2–4 weeks. Veriqo AI's Shadow Board delivers five-perspective, structured analysis in under two minutes at £18 per decision — without a proposal, scoping call, or statement of work.
Traditional consulting engagements are built for depth over a defined period — not for the decision in front of you today. When a board or executive needs a validated read on a specific choice, the standard path is a proposal, a scoping call, and a 2–4 week engagement before any output arrives.
Veriqo AI's Shadow Board runs the same categories of analysis — financial, legal, strategic, risk, and market — simultaneously, and delivers a structured board memo in under two minutes.
Consulting firms bring judgement shaped by direct sector relationships, negotiation experience, and accountability that sits with a named partner. Veriqo AI is advisory-only — output augments the board's judgement, it doesn't replace it. Firms remain the right choice for engagements requiring implementation support, ongoing relationship management, or work product beyond a single decision.
For the specific task of stress-testing a decision before it's made — an acquisition, a market entry, a term sheet — five independent AI perspectives synthesised into one memo removes the single-firm-methodology bias that comes from one advisor's house view, and does it at a fraction of the cost and time.
| Traditional Consulting | Veriqo AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per decision | £5,000–£50,000+ | £18 |
| Delivery | 2–4 weeks | Under 2 minutes |
| Perspectives | 1–3 consultants | 5 AI executives |
| Availability | Business hours | 24/7 |
Veriqo AI Shadow Board
Five independent AI executives. One structured board memo. Under two minutes.