Topic guide
Agentic AI Cost by Organisation Size
Four size bands, four short-lists, one clear path per band.
Four bands
$0 to $200
Startup (under 10)
4 vendors short-listed
$200 to $2,000
SMB (10-50)
4 vendors short-listed
$2,000 to $50,000
Mid-market (50-500)
4 vendors short-listed
$50,000 to $1M+
Enterprise (500+)
6 vendors short-listed
Vendor short-list per band
Startup (under 10)
$0 to $200 / month
- Claude Code Pro
- Devin Pro
- Manus Starter
- Lindy Plus
SMB (10-50)
$200 to $2,000 / month
- Lindy Pro
- Devin Teams
- Claude Code Team
- Manus Team
Mid-market (50-500)
$2,000 to $50,000 / month
- Copilot Studio packs
- LangGraph Plus
- Artisan Employee
- LlamaCloud Pro
Enterprise (500+)
$50,000 to $1M+ / month
- Agentforce Conversations
- Sierra (quote)
- Decagon (quote)
- Harvey (quote)
- Moveworks (quote)
- Ema (quote)
Growth-planning notes
Every band roughly 10x's at the next: the agent stack a 5-person startup uses on free / Pro tiers can become a $200,000 mid-market deployment within 24 months if growth is real. Negotiate annual contracts only at the boundaries (50 and 500 employees) where the next stack becomes plausible; avoid locking in to a higher tier mid-band.