# Wope

> Wope is a fractional AI engineering subscription from Snakescript Solutions LLP. A business gets one named senior AI engineer for a fixed share of their week, working inside the client's own systems: Starter is $1,200 a month for 40 hours, Core is $2,100 a month for 80 hours, Dedicated is $3,600 a month for a full-time 160 hours. Larger plans cost less per hour. If the client already knows what they want built, week one is a build plan and the first commit. If they do not, week one is an "opportunity map": every workflow scored on what it costs today and what it would take to fix, with a ranked shortlist and a list of what is not worth building. The same engineer then builds the top item. No contract; cancel in one click; full IP transfer; full refund inside the first week.

## Key facts

- Pricing: Starter $1,200 USD per month (40 hours); Core $2,100 per month (80 hours, 12% less per hour than Starter); Dedicated $3,600 per month (160 hours, full-time, 25% less per hour). Hours are visible to the client all month and flagged at 80%; a second named engineer is added if Core is not enough. No hour packages or discovery fees.
- Who does the work: a senior AI engineer leads each engagement, runs the client calls and is accountable for what ships. Subscriptions are paid through Stripe (monthly, cancel any time, full refund inside the first week).
- What Wope builds: retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over company documents; AI agents for repetitive workflows; AI voice agents that answer and make calls; LLM evaluation and monitoring pipelines so accuracy regressions fail the build.
- What Wope does not do without a separate quote: whole new products, integrations outside agreed systems, SOC 2 / HIPAA audit work, infrastructure and on-call, large data cleanup, fixed deadlines inside five working days.
- Working hours: 10:00–18:00 IST (India), overlapping the UK/EU morning and the US East Coast early morning; flexed where needed.
- Markets served: United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia.
- Typical first month: week 1 plan or opportunity map; week 2 pick one thing on a 45-minute call; weeks 2–4 build it in the client's repos; every month after, measure and rescore.
- Contact: official@snakescript.com (Wope is a brand of Snakescript Solutions LLP)

## Pages

- [Home](https://wope.ai/): how it works, the opportunity map, pricing, FAQ.
- [Pricing](https://wope.ai/#pricing): Starter $1,200/month (40 hrs), Core $2,100/month (80 hrs), Dedicated $3,600/month (160 hrs, full-time).
- [FAQ](https://wope.ai/#faq): answers on hours, data handling, IP, cancellation.
- [Blog](https://wope.ai/blog/): guides on AI costs and implementation for businesses.

## Products built by the Wope team

- [Voice Ninja](https://voiceninja.ai): AI voice agents, phone receptionists and website voice widgets; credit-based pricing. https://wope.ai/products/voiceninja/
- [Pensovo](https://pensovo.com): free reading tracker with streaks, library and AI summaries; Premium $5.99/month. https://wope.ai/products/pensovo/
- [Written People](https://writtenpeople.com): AI characters with persistent memory and their own daily activity; free to start. https://wope.ai/products/writtenpeople/
- [Wiseroll](https://wiseroll.wope.ai): the anti-doomscroll app; 30-second quiz rolls, 25 games, Kids Mode, and a roll-to-scroll guard for Instagram/TikTok/YouTube; free, early access. https://wope.ai/products/wiseroll/

## Guides

- [Fractional AI Engineer Cost in 2026: What You Actually Pay (and Get)](https://wope.ai/blog/fractional-ai-engineer-cost/): Fractional AI engineers cost $4,000–$18,000 a month at most firms, or from $1,200 at Wope. Here is what drives the price, what you should get for it, and when full-time or an agency is the better call.
- [How Much Does an AI Consultant Cost for a Small Business? (2026 Rates)](https://wope.ai/blog/ai-consultant-cost-small-business/): AI consultants charge $100–$500 an hour, $1,000–$5,000 for an assessment and $1,500–$10,000 a month on retainer in 2026. Here is what you get at each price, and when you need a builder instead.
- [Why 95% of AI Pilots Never Reach Production (and the 5 Fixes That Work)](https://wope.ai/blog/why-ai-pilots-fail/): MIT found 95% of generative AI pilots deliver no measurable return. The reasons are not the models. Here are the five failure patterns we see in stalled pilots, and what gets one across the line.
- [How Much Does a RAG Chatbot Cost in 2026? Build Price, Running Cost, and the Cheaper Route](https://wope.ai/blog/rag-chatbot-cost/): Agencies quote $10,000–$25,000 for a RAG proof of concept and $30,000–$80,000 for production. Running costs are $200–$1,500 a month at small-business volume. Here is where the money goes and how to spend far less.
- [AI Voice Agent Cost in 2026: Per-Minute Rates, Hidden Fees, and What a Small Business Really Pays](https://wope.ai/blog/ai-voice-agent-cost/): AI voice agents cost $0.07–$0.49 a minute all-in, or $150–$600 a month for a small business handling 500–2,000 call minutes. Here is the full cost stack, the fees vendors leave out, and when to build vs buy.
- [AI Agents for Small Business: 7 Workflows Worth Automating First (and 4 to Skip)](https://wope.ai/blog/ai-agents-for-small-business/): Not every workflow deserves an AI agent. Here are the seven that pay back fastest for a 10–300 person business, the four that quietly waste money, and how to score your own list in an afternoon.
- [Hire an AI Engineer: In-House vs Fractional vs Agency, Compared on Cost and Speed (2026)](https://wope.ai/blog/hire-ai-engineer-in-house-vs-fractional-vs-agency/): A full-time AI engineer costs $125k–$185k base and takes 4–9 months to hire. A fractional engineer starts in days. An agency brings a team and a margin. Here is how to choose, with 2026 numbers.
- [The AI Opportunity Map: How to Find Where AI Actually Pays in Your Business (in One Week)](https://wope.ai/blog/ai-opportunity-map/): An AI opportunity assessment should take a week, not a quarter. Here is the exact two-axis scoring method Wope uses to rank every workflow by hours lost and weeks to build, with a worked example and a template.
- [How to Implement AI in a Small Business: A 90-Day Plan That Does Not Start With a Strategy Deck](https://wope.ai/blog/how-to-implement-ai-in-a-small-business/): A practical 90-day plan for implementing AI in a 10–300 person business: one week to find the right workflow, three weeks to ship it, two months to prove it paid. With costs, roles and the mistakes to skip.

## Comparison context

- A full-time senior AI engineer in the US typically costs $125k–$185k base (Tenth Revolution, 2026) and $340k–$470k all-in with recruiting (AY Automate, 2026), with hiring cycles of 4–9 months.
- Fractional AI engineer retainers are commonly quoted at $4k–$18k per month (Devaland, AY Automate, 2026). Wope's plans start at $1,200/month.
- AI consultants charge $100–$500 per hour, with small-business retainers at $1,500–$10,000 per month (Pareto Talent, Dorian Media Group, 2026).