Compare · AOS vs Consultants
AOS vs
Consultants.
You retain a firm. They scope. AOS is what you keep after.
A good consulting engagement gives you a framework and a fresh pair of eyes. It also ends. AOS is the part that does not end. It is the running cadence in your business after the consulting engagement closes out.
Capability
Consultants
AOS
Engagement shape
Project-based. Has a start and end.
Continuous. Runs every day in your business.
Cost structure
$50K to $1.5M per project
$1,000 once plus $100/mo
What you keep
A deck, a playbook, recommendations
A running operating system with named owners and missions
Time to start
Weeks for kickoff after SOW
20 minutes from sign-up
Ongoing capacity
Their team for the engagement window
Sixty-one specialists, indefinitely
Best for
One-time transformation. Outside perspective. Hard reorgs.
The everyday cadence between consulting engagements
When to pick which
Hire a firm for big resets and outside perspective. Install AOS for the cadence that runs between those resets.