Compare your options
Four ways to get AI
into your operations.
Hire someone, brief an agency, buy a tool, or work with us. Each one suits a different firm. Here is how they compare, plainly, including where we are not the right choice.
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| Compared on | Inneraktive | Hire in-house | An agency | Off-the-shelf AI tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to the first live workflow | Weeks, starting from one mapped process | Months: hiring and onboarding come first | Weeks to months, depending on their backlog | Days to set up, for what the tool already does |
| Who designs the process | We map it with your team in Discovery | Your hire, if they have done it before | Usually you, in a brief | You, inside the tool’s limits |
| Works inside your systems | Yes: your CRM, accounting, inbox and case tools | Yes, if they have the skills | Often a new app or portal | Only through the integrations it ships with |
| A person approves what matters | Built in, with a named approver per step | If they build it | Rarely by default | Sometimes, as a setting |
| English and Arabic | Drafted in both, in your tone | Depends on the hire | Depends on the agency | Varies, and checking it is on you |
| After launch | Run: monitoring, fixes and improvements | One person, so cover is the risk | The project ends at handover | Vendor updates; your workflow is yours to fix |
| When something breaks | Fixed within agreed response times | Your hire, when they are available | Usually a new quote | A support ticket |
| Who owns it | You: code, prompts, documents and logs | You | Check the contract | The vendor; you rent access |
| How the cost works | Fixed-scope Discovery and build, then a monthly Run plan | A salary, plus tools and time to hire | Project fees, then change requests | Per-seat subscriptions |
Fair notes
When we’re not
the right choice.
Hire in-houseIf the work fills a full-time role
If you have enough automation work to keep an operations engineer busy all year, hire one. We will still help with the first process map and hand over cleanly.
Off-the-shelfIf one tool already does the whole job
If a single product covers the process end to end, use it. We’ll tell you that in the Walk-through, and it won’t cost you anything.