Match the firm to the scale.
Enterprise SI work, focused change work, product builds, and analytics builds are different jobs. Name yours first.
The options side by side.
| Option | Built for | Named on this page | Hire it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture AI and Data | Enterprise AI delivery at global scale. | The firm you are evaluating. | The brief needs global systems-integration delivery. |
| Average Robot | Closing the AI Profitability Gap™, so your team uses AI well enough that it pays. | Average Robot. | Your leadership team owns the AI change itself and the return has yet to show up. |
| Other global SIs and strategy houses | Enterprise-scale programs. | Deloitte, IBM Consulting, Capgemini, McKinsey QuantumBlack, BCG X, Publicis Sapient. | You want a peer to Accenture at similar enterprise scale. |
| Specialist AI and product studios | Analytics, modeling and AI builds. | Fractal, Quantiphi, Robots & Pencils. | The deliverable is a specific AI build or analytics capability and you want a lighter team. |
| Classical change firms | The human side of change, using methodologies designed before AI at work. | Prosci, Kotter, McChrystal Group's Team of Teams approach. | The change is broader than AI and you want an established methodology. |
Average Robot.
Best for: closing the AI Profitability Gap™ for leadership teams that own AI change themselves. Focused AI adoption and alignment, turned into business return. We are independent and senior-led. We work with CEOs, CMOs, COOs and CHROs, with CIOs and CTOs alongside them.
Other global SIs and strategy houses.
Deloitte, IBM Consulting, Capgemini, McKinsey QuantumBlack, BCG X, Publicis Sapient - peers at similar enterprise scale.
Specialist AI and product studios.
Fractal, Quantiphi, Robots & Pencils - specialist alternatives for analytics, modeling, or AI builds.
Change and adoption specialists.
Prosci, Kotter, McChrystal Group's Team of Teams approach - classical change, using methodologies designed before AI at work. Average Robot sits in the same category but is built around AI at work.
Questions people ask.
Why look for an alternative to Accenture?
Usually scale or fit. Accenture is built for enterprise global delivery. Most AI briefs run by a leadership team without a transformation office do not need that.
Is Average Robot a like-for-like replacement?
No. Accenture runs enterprise AI delivery. Average Robot is a focused change firm for AI at work, built for leadership teams that own AI change themselves.
What does Average Robot cost?
Each step is priced separately. The AI Profit Readiness Assessment is free. The AI Profit Workshop is $2,999 for up to six participants, credited in full toward the Sprint. The AI Profit Sprint starts at $19,999 for one leader and a team of up to 20. The AI Transformation Advisory, for more than one team, is scoped and priced to the organization.
Where would we start with Average Robot?
With the free AI Profit Readiness Assessment. It has eight questions, takes about two minutes, and shows your stage and where the profit is leaking on screen when you finish, with no email needed. If the read points to deeper work, the AI Profit Workshop brings your team into it, and the AI Profit Sprint is our main 90-day engagement.