---
title: Rate card
headline: What it costs
template: rate-card
order: 2
kicker: Rates
description: Ben Siverly's rate for strategy and operations work: $250 an hour, in US dollars. The first conversation is free.
deck: One rate for every kind of work. What changes is the shape.
teaser: One rate, four ways to work together. The first conversation is free.
updated: 2026-10-29
art: marigold 10 -14 140 175
art_alt: Engraving of a single marigold
rate: 250
currency: USD
unit_code: HUR
unit_text: an hour
card_no: 01
seal_value: Free
seal_label: First conversation
cta: Ask for a first conversation
small_print: US dollars.
llms: $250 an hour in US dollars, by the hour, as a block of hours each week (month to month), or around an outcome (the result written down, an estimate with a cap). The first conversation is free, up to an hour by video.
lines:
  - name: First conversation
    terms: Free
    note: Up to an hour, by video.
  - name: By the hour
    terms: $250
    note: Billed for the hours used.
  - name: A block of hours each week
    terms: $250 an hour, month to month
    note: The block can grow or shrink with the work.
  - name: Around an outcome
    terms: Result written down, hours agreed first
    note: An estimate with a cap.
---

## How the hours work

By the hour suits a decision that needs a second pair of eyes, or a plan to pressure-test before anyone builds. A weekly block suits a team with product work and nobody to own it yet. An outcome suits a result you can name.

Whichever it is, before the first paid hour we write down what good looks like and agree on it. If you can't tell which shape fits, that's what the first conversation is for.