Lab

Don't take our word for it. Try it.

Claims are cheap, especially about AI. So instead of claiming, we build. Everything below runs live on this page, built by us and free to use. Each demo carries an honest note on how it works and what it took to build.

BENCH — LIVE DEMOS
NO SIGN-UP
Live demos3 — free, on this page
RunsBrowser · our server (chat)
Cut before launch1 — unmeasured, unshipped
Demo — Ask Firmground

Ask, and it answers.

The same assistant that runs on our homepage: a chat that answers questions about our services, prices and process, grounded in this site's real content. Type anything below.

The model

Anthropic's Claude, called from our own server. No key and no visitor data in the browser.

The grounding

It answers from a fixed brief of real site facts: prices, process, terms. If a question falls outside the brief, it says so instead of guessing.

What it refuses

Anything that isn't about Firmground, and any message that tries to rewrite its rules. Visitor messages are questions, never instructions.

What it costs

Capped by design: short messages, short history, per-visitor limits. We'll publish the measured monthly cost after the first full month live.

LIVE — ASK FIRMGROUND
THIS IS REAL. TYPE SOMETHING.
what would a website cost us?
Websites start at $5,000 fixed price, agreed in writing before we start. Most take 3 to 5 weeks. Want the full breakdown?Websites start at ฿165,000 fixed price, agreed in writing before we start. Most take 3 to 5 weeks. Want the full breakdown?
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Copy, design, build and setup are all included. You own everything from day one…
SYSTEM — HOW A REQUEST RUNS
SIMULATED TRACE
Request0ms
your question, encrypted in transit
Firewall · WAF2ms
inspected and filtered
API Gateway4ms
one entry point: auth, rate limits
Orchestration9ms
validated, guardrails applied, routed
Retrieval24ms
permissioned context from your knowledge base
Model640ms
answer grounded in your data
Response~0.7s
checked and streamed back, first tokens in ~0.7s
every step logged and auditable
Demo — Should this be AI?

Should this be AI? Honestly.

Answer six questions about a task in your business. You get an honest score for whether AI is a good fit, and what to use instead when it isn't.

The logic

Six answers, weighted points, four override rules. Every rule is plain enough to defend in a sentence, and the whole thing runs in your browser.

Why no model

A checklist doesn't need AI. Using AI where plain rules would do is exactly what we advise clients against, so the scorer practices what it preaches.

Why no counts

If it tells you no, that's the tool working. An honest no now beats a failed project later.

LAB — SHOULD THIS BE AI?
PLAIN RULES
01How often does the task come up?

Question 1 of 6. The verdict appears when all six are answered.

Demo — Payback calculator

What doing it by hand costs.

Enter how often a task happens, how long it takes and what the person doing it costs. You get the yearly cost of doing it by hand, next to a realistic build range and payback time, with every assumption stated.

The assumptions

250 working days and 50 working weeks a year. Savings count time only, not fewer errors. We subtract $150 a month in running costs, our care plan floor, before calculating payback.

The build range

$2,500 is our fixed starting price for a working prototype. Around $7,500 covers most tools that graduate to daily production use. Bigger scopes get a fixed quote.

What it can't know

Whether the tool will actually work on your data. That's what the two-week prototype is for.

LAB — PAYBACK CALCULATOR
NOT A QUOTE
Hours spent per year250 h
Cost of doing it by hand$6,250 / year
Typical build cost$2,500$7,500
Payback time6.5 months to 20 months
Verdictassumptions below
Reasonable case.

The math works, but not dramatically. Worth doing if the task also causes errors or delays that these numbers don't capture.

Assumptions: 250 working days, 50 weeks, 12 months a year. $150/month running cost (our care plan floor) is subtracted before payback. Savings count time only, not fewer errors. Hourly cost should include overhead, rough is fine.

Want one of these adapted to your business?

That is usually a two-week project.
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