Guide · AI audits
A plain-English guide to what an AI audit should actually give you, what they cost in Australia, and how to tell whether you need one with meetings or without.
In short
Published prices for small-business AI audits in Australia run from about A$300 to A$500 for a quick check or self-assessment, to about A$800 to A$2,000 for a fixed-scope remote audit, to A$2,500 to A$7,500+ for a consultant-led or on-site audit; some are quoted ex GST and many providers don't publish a price at all. A useful audit gives you a one-page short version, named tools with monthly costs, quick wins, a 90-day order of work and the arithmetic using your own numbers. Air Kick's AI Audit is an async written plan from a 10-minute form, reviewed by the Airkick team and delivered within 72 hours, with no meetings.
By the Airkick team · Updated 15 October 2026
Price
Published prices for small-business AI audits in Australia vary a lot. A look at providers that publish a price, in October 2026, shows roughly three tiers:
| Type | Typical published price | What you usually get |
|---|---|---|
| Self-assessment or quick check | About A$300–500 | A questionnaire and a scored or templated summary |
| Fixed-scope remote audit | About A$800–2,000 | Interviews or workshops, then a written report |
| Consultant-led or on-site audit | A$2,500 to A$7,500+ | Workflow mapping across the team, often with a roadmap and build quote |
Some prices are quoted including GST and some excluding it, so check which before you compare. Plenty of providers don't publish a price at all, and quote after a discovery call.
Air Kick's AI Audit is A$399 at launch. Air Kick isn't registered for GST, so that's the whole price.
Checklist
Whoever you buy from, the output should be something you can act on without hiring the person who wrote it. Look for these:
Format
A consultant-led audit is built from meetings: a discovery call or workshop, then a walkthrough. It suits larger teams, where mapping how several people work is the job.
An async audit is built from a written intake form and research. It suits owner-operators and small teams who know where their week goes and would rather spend ten minutes on a form than two hours in meetings. It's also cheaper, because there's less calendar time to pay for.
Neither is better in general. If your problem is "nobody agrees how our process works", talk to someone. If it's "I know what eats my week, I just don't know which tools fix it", a written plan is usually enough.
How ours works
You buy the audit and fill in a 10-minute intake form: your business, your tools, the three things eating your week, and your goals. AI agents research your business, your website and your tools, and check current prices. A person on the Airkick team reviews the approach and then the finished plan before it reaches you. You get it within 72 hours as a private web page and PDF, with 14 days of written follow-up questions by email.
There are no calls and nothing to install. Everything recommended goes into your own accounts.
Questions
Published prices run from a few hundred dollars for a quick check to A$2,500–7,500 or more for a consultant-led or on-site audit. Air Kick's is a fixed price shown before you pay, GST-free.
No. The intake asks about your business in plain English, and every recommendation is written for someone who has never set up software.
The intake asks about how your business works, not for access to your systems. Don't paste client, patient or customer personal details into the form. See the privacy policy.
About 10 minutes of form-filling from you. The plan arrives within 72 hours of your completed intake.
Then the plan says so, and names the non-AI fixes worth doing instead.