SparkAnglesManagement consultants charge by the hour. SparkAngles works while you sleep.
Management consulting retainers typically run $10,000 to $50,000 per month for ongoing strategic advisory. For that fee, a consulting firm monitors your industry, prepares briefings, and advises on strategic decisions. SparkAngles automates the intelligence and briefing portion of that work — scanning news daily, scoring relevance to your business, and generating structured strategic interpretations — for $49 to $149 per month. The strategic decisions are still yours. The intelligence work is automated.
| Dimension | Consulting Retainer | SparkAngles |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $10,000–$50,000/month | $49–$149/month |
| Daily monitoring | Depends on contract | Every day automatically |
| Business specificity | General industry | Your specific company |
| Thought leadership | Occasional | Every insight |
| Sales angles | Rarely | Every insight |
| Client briefings | Sometimes | Every insight |
| Speed | Days | Overnight |
What Consulting Retainers Actually Deliver
A typical management consulting retainer includes: daily or weekly market monitoring, prepared briefings for your leadership team, participation in strategy sessions, advice on key decisions, and access to senior consultant time. Much of that time is spent on research — reading news, analyzing competitors, preparing summaries. That's exactly what SparkAngles automates.
Your consultants spend 40% of their time on research and preparation that has nothing to do with consulting expertise — it's just information gathering. SparkAngles eliminates that work. Your consultants arrive at every meeting already briefed by AI-generated intelligence, ready to actually advise instead of spending billable hours on research.
The Intelligence Layer vs The Advisory Layer
Intelligence layer: News monitoring, competitive analysis, market signal interpretation, briefing generation. This is what takes time and what consultants charge for by the hour.
Advisory layer: Strategic recommendations, decision guidance, implementation support, executive coaching. This is where consultants add actual value.
SparkAngles replaces the intelligence layer. It does not replace the advisory layer. Use SparkAngles to automate research, then hire consultants only for actual advice. Cut your consulting costs in half.
Using SparkAngles to Get More From Your Consultants
- •Come to every meeting already informed — reduce prep time for consultants
- •Feed SparkAngles insights into strategy discussions — better input, better output
- •Reduce billable hours spent on research — cut retainer scope and costs
- •Keep your strategy connected to market reality between consultant visits
Questions
Can SparkAngles replace a consulting retainer?
Partially. Consulting retainers deliver intelligence gathering, content generation, and briefing preparation — plus strategic advice, executive coaching, and implementation support. SparkAngles automates the intelligence and briefing portion of that work. It does not replace strategic advice or executive support. Feed SparkAngles insights into your consulting relationship and reduce billable hours spent on research by 30-50%.
Why is SparkAngles so much cheaper than a consulting retainer?
Because you're not paying for human time. A management consultant's hourly rate is $500+. SparkAngles delivers the same intelligence function — daily news monitoring, market analysis, competitive positioning, briefing preparation — automatically. The work is the same. The labor cost is eliminated.
Can I use SparkAngles alongside my consulting retainer?
Absolutely. Come to every meeting already informed about recent market signals. Brief your consultants with the latest intelligence so they don't spend billable hours on research. Reduce retainer scope by replacing research time with SparkAngles automation. Same quality of advice, lower consulting costs.