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Three shapes. Transparent pricing.

Pick the engagement that matches what you actually need — a single project, a steady hand on the wheel, or someone embedded with your team. Not sure which fits? Help me pick → Or build your stack piece by piece →

Implementation tiers

One-time

Kickstart

$7,5002-week ship

One end-to-end automation, built for your actual operation. We map, pick (with you), build, and hand off — fully documented. You own the workflow, the credentials, and the docs. If you want monthly tuning after, that's a separate Managed engagement.

Includes:

  • 1-hour Map session
  • Workflow design + build (in your existing tools where possible)
  • Documentation a non-engineer can read
  • 2-week guarantee: if it doesn't ship, you don't pay
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Monthly · Most fits

Managed Concierge

$2,500/ month · 3-month minimum

4-8 hours of automation work each month — tuning what's running, building small new things, first-response when something breaks. Right for businesses with 2-5 workflows live who want them maintained without growing an in-house team.

Includes:

  • Monthly 30-min review of every running workflow
  • Build or tune up to 8 hours of work each month
  • First-response on what breaks (48-hr response window)
  • Direct Slack/email channel
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Monthly · Embedded · By interview

Managed Strategic

Customby interview · 6-month minimum

For operations that want us embedded — building new automations regularly, owning the workflow roadmap, reviewing strategy quarterly. Right for businesses where automation is a competitive lever, not just an ops convenience. Pricing custom to scope; we set it together after we've talked.

Includes:

  • Everything in Concierge
  • New workflow builds — typically 2-3 net-new per quarter
  • Quarterly strategy review with your leadership
  • Optional: train one of your people to maintain it
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The Promise

  • You own what we build. Workflows, credentials, docs — yours. No vendor lock-in.
  • No success fees. We charge for the work we do, not a slice of outcomes we can't audit.
  • Honest scope. If something isn't worth automating, we'll say so — before you pay for the build.
  • No guarantees we can't keep. We won't quote you a specific productivity-percentage outcome. Automation removes friction; how much it pays back depends on your operation.

FAQ

Common questions

Who runs mcdynamic?

Mike Campbell — Bakersfield-based operator who runs the same self-hosted AI stack on his own business every day. mcdynamic is the formal channel for sharing that work with other Central Valley operators.

What's included in the Managed retainer?

Three tiers. Concierge ($2,500/mo) covers monthly tuning and one new automation per month. Growth ($5,000/mo) adds capacity for two new automations plus biweekly check-ins. Strategic is by interview, custom scope — our highest-capacity configuration with weekly sessions and embedded roadmap planning. We set scope and price together in the intro conversation.

How does an mcdynamic engagement work?

Five stages: Map (inventory the work), Pick (choose what's worth automating right now), Build (with the tools you already pay for), Run (30 days live with us watching), Tune (monthly check-ins). You can learn the stages in the free monthly class, or hire us to run them on your business.

How long does it take to launch the first automation?

A Kickstart engagement ships a working starter stack in 30 days, then runs a 30-day live calibration window after that. Most Kickstart clients see Map complete in week one and Build deployed in weeks two or three. Managed retainers extend new automations on the same monthly cadence.

What does AI consulting cost in Bakersfield?

mcdynamic's pricing: free monthly class, $1,497 quarterly group workshop, $4,997 private workshop, $7,500 one-time Kickstart implementation, and Managed retainers from $2,500/mo (Strategic tier by interview). The pricing is anchored to Kern County SMB buying power rather than coastal-CA agency rates.

What AI work can you do for ag and food-logistics operations?

Productized SKUs include H-2A worker filings, FSMA traceability install, PrimusGFS / GlobalG.A.P. / USDA-AMS audit prep, dispatch coordination, and back-office workflow automation. The Method is the same regardless of vertical — these SKUs come from the recurring asks we hear from packing-house operators in Kern County.