AI governance help, priced for a firm your size.
You can't really justify a full-time Chief AI Officer on a 30-person payroll, and you don't need one. What you can do is bring in someone who does this work to write the policy your firm will actually follow, and to be the person you call when a new tool shows up or a client asks a hard question. It runs a fraction of what a full-time hire costs, and the numbers are further down this page.
The pricing, in plain numbers
Almost everyone who sells this hides their rates behind a call, and most of them start around five thousand a month, which is a big part of why small firms give up and settle for a template. Here is what Fulcral costs instead. Most firms start with the fixed-fee review, and if they keep going, that fee comes off their first couple of invoices.
AI Governance Review
Two weeks, fixed fee. We map what AI your firm is actually using and where it's actually exposed, then hand you a short readout you can take to leadership or your insurer. If you continue, the fee comes off your first invoices.
The usual starting point.
Foundations
A quarterly rhythm. We keep your policy current and stay on the other end of the line for the AI questions your staff actually run into.
For a firm that mainly needs the policy to stay honest.
Governance Lead
Monthly, and the one most firms land on. Ongoing advice, plus a review whenever your team picks up a new tool, so the policy keeps up with what people are really doing.
What people picture when they say "fractional."
Embedded
Every other week, hands on the work. We help with the actual rollout and give you reporting your partners or board can read without a translation.
For firms treating AI as a real operational shift.
Rather do it yourself? The self-serve framework builder is $150, one time. Same thinking, no person attached.
What firms actually bring us in for
Guided governance from scratch
You don't need the tool's output to work with us. We look at how your firm is using AI right now, find where the real gaps are, and build the framework alongside your team so nobody has to reverse-engineer what it means later.
Good for: firms with no existing governance, teams new to AI, leadership that wants expert input on the decisions
Framework implementation
If you've already run the generator, that's where we start instead of a blank page. We turn the output into something your team runs day to day: review checkpoints, approval flows, escalation paths, and the accountability that makes any of it stick.
Good for: firms that generated the framework but stalled on making it operational
Private AI infrastructure
For firms where the data is sensitive enough that shared cloud tools are a real liability. We handle a private-server or on-premises setup end to end, so your people get the productivity without handing client information to someone else's model.
Good for: legal, healthcare, financial, and professional services firms with client confidentiality obligations
Staff training & adoption
Role-by-role training so people actually know what they can use, and what to do when a task falls outside the rules, instead of a policy PDF sitting unread on a shared drive.
Good for: firms rolling out AI tools to staff who weren't part of the governance decisions
Ongoing advisory
Someone to call as your AI use changes, on a set check-in schedule with a clear scope rather than an open-ended retainer that bills you for email. Useful when a tool changes, or a new use case lands somewhere your current rules don't cover.
Good for: firms that want a knowledgeable outside perspective without a full-time hire
Built for firms without a dedicated technical team
Our consulting clients are typically 15 to 100 people. Professional services firms, regional practices, owner-operated businesses that have grown into the territory where AI is genuinely useful but governance is genuinely overdue.
They don't have a Chief AI Officer, or an IT department that can evaluate an on-prem deployment. What they have is real work to do and a nagging sense that AI is already in the building without any rules around it.
That's the gap we work in.
Three steps, no open-ended commitments
Start a conversation
A 30-minute call. No obligation, no pitch deck. We ask about your current situation, what you're worried about, and what you've already tried. You'll know by the end whether there's a fit.
Scoped proposal
Fixed scope wherever we can manage it. You get the timeline and the cost in writing before anything starts, and we're clear about what's out of scope too. No surprises halfway through.
Delivery
We work alongside your team rather than around them. The point is to leave you with a firm that can run its own governance, not one that has to keep us on speed dial.
Not sure what you need yet?
That's fine.
Most of our clients weren't sure either. Tell us where you are and what's worrying you. We'll figure out the rest together.