How much does AI automation cost in the UK? (2026 guide)
Real starting prices published by UK AI automation agencies, plus what n8n, Make and Zapier charge, and the running costs buyers often miss.
Published · Updated · By the TrustedAIAgencies editorial team
There is no official price list for AI automation. Prices depend on how many systems are involved, how messy the data is, and whether you need a simple workflow or an AI agent that makes decisions. What we can do is show you what UK agencies actually publish.
How we built this guide: of the 152 agencies in our directory, 39 publish some kind of starting price or price range on their own website. Everything below comes from those pages as they stood on 11 October 2026. We have not negotiated these prices or confirmed what is included, so treat them as starting points, not quotes.
Audits and discovery: from £350 to £3,000
Many agencies start with a fixed-price review of your processes. This is usually the cheapest way to get a realistic plan.
| Agency | What they publish |
|---|---|
| Manchester AI Automation Agency | Workflow audit £350–£750 |
| HeyBRB | AI assessment £499 |
| Helmstone AI | Workflow audit from £750 |
| Augustova | AI audit £2,500–£6,000 |
| Magora | Discovery sprint from £3,000 |
Single automations and small builds: from £99 to £3,950
For one or a handful of workflows (for example, moving web enquiries into a CRM and sending a follow-up), published entry prices look like this:
| Agency | What they publish |
|---|---|
| BayAI | No-code integration from £99 |
| Antek Automation | Automation from £250 |
| Flowio | From £750 per workflow |
| Westcountry AI | From £750 |
| Crownbot | Foundation package from £800 |
| AImpress | From £1,500 |
| Neura North | Fixed-price builds from £1,500 |
| Independent consultant, Harrogate | Rapid builds from £2,500 |
| Canarlo | Automations from £3,000 |
| Solve Studio | Automation projects from £3,950 + VAT |
| HeyBRB | Automation £1,500–£3,000 |
AI agents and larger builds: from about £4,000
| Agency | What they publish |
|---|---|
| Augustova | AI agents £4,000–£15,000 |
| HeyBRB | AI agents £5,000–£10,000+ |
| Ayoob AI | New builds from £6,000 |
One agency publishes a single wide range covering everything from small automations to large builds: AgentCraft AI quotes £800–£25,000 depending on scope.
Monthly and managed plans: from £29 to £500 a month
Some providers sell automation as a subscription, which often bundles hosting, monitoring and small changes.
| Agency | What they publish |
|---|---|
| Octopus Business AI | Plans from £29/month, plus setup from £149 |
| ReitTech | Maintenance from £50/month |
| Antek Automation | Voice agents from £97/month |
| NotLuck | Plans from £97/month + VAT |
| Swift Solution | Plans from £297/month |
| Neuronet | Managed services from £500/month |
The running costs people forget
The build fee is rarely the whole story. Ask every agency to estimate these separately:
- Automation platform. Zapier has a free plan (100 tasks a month), with paid Professional plans starting at $19.99 a month billed annually for 750 tasks; it can bill in GBP. Make bills in credits and has a free plan with 1,000 credits a month. n8n Cloud starts at €20 a month (Starter) billed annually and charges per workflow execution, and its Community Edition can be self-hosted. Prices change, so check the providers’ pricing pages.
- AI model usage. If your automation calls a language model (OpenAI, Anthropic and others), you pay per use. Ask for an estimate based on your real volumes.
- Telephony. Voice agents usually carry per-minute call costs on top of any platform fee.
- Maintenance. APIs change and workflows break. Agree who monitors failures and what fixes cost.
How to compare quotes fairly
- Ask for the same scope in writing from each agency: which systems, which steps, what happens on errors.
- Check who owns the accounts (Zapier, Make, n8n, OpenAI) when the project ends. Ideally, they should be in your company’s name.
- Separate one-off build from monthly running costs.
- Ask whether an audit fee is credited against the build.
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