Autonomous AI research vs consultant hours. McKinsey charges $50K–$500K+ per engagement with weeks of setup. Prisme delivers analyst-grade vendor intelligence in hours for $299/month.
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| Prisme AI-Native | McKinsey | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence delivery speed | Minutes to hours Wins | 2–8+ weeks per engagement |
| Cost per project | $299/month subscription Wins | $50,000–$500,000+ per engagement |
| Pricing transparency | ✓ Fully public pricing | ✗ "Let's discuss" custom quotes |
| On-demand research | ✓ Generate any category, anytime | ✗ Requires scoping engagement |
| Vendor evaluation scope | ✓ Built for vendor intelligence | ✗ Generalist — vendor research is a project add-on |
| Human hours required | ✓ Zero consultant hours | ✗ Teams of consultants, $500+/hour |
| Data freshness | ✓ AI-powered live research | ✗ Research conducted at project start |
| Scalability | ✓ Unlimited reports, any category | ✗ Cost scales with engagement scope |
| Self-serve access | ✓ First report in under 2 minutes | ✗ Requires sales process + contract |
| Mid-market / SMB access | ✓ Built for growing companies | ✗ Enterprise and Fortune 500 focus |
| Vendor pricing transparency | ✓ Actual tier breakdowns per vendor | ✗ Out of scope for most engagements |
| Free trial | ✓ First report free, no card | ✗ No trial — engagements start at $50K |
McKinsey was built for a world where intelligence was expensive to produce. Prisme was built for a world where AI makes analyst-grade research almost free.
McKinsey engagements require scoping, proposals, contracts, team assignment, and research cycles — typically 2–8 weeks before you see anything. Prisme generates a full vendor intelligence report in minutes, autonomously.
McKinsey engagements start at $50K and commonly reach $200K–$500K for meaningful work. Prisme is $299–$2,999/mo with no contract, no scoping calls, and no "let's circle back on the proposal."
McKinsey charges for human time — $500+/hour for junior analysts, $1,000+/hour for partners. Prisme uses autonomous AI to do the research. You get analyst-grade output without the hourly billing.
McKinsey does broad strategy and general research — vendor evaluation is a line item in a larger engagement. Prisme is purpose-built for vendor intelligence: pricing tiers, feature comparisons, recent developments, reviews, and scoring.
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Early users replacing expensive consulting engagements with Prisme reports.
We were about to spend $120K on a McKinsey engagement for vendor evaluation research. Prisme delivered the same output in 20 minutes at a fraction of the cost. We used the savings for actual implementation.
McKinsey gives you a beautiful deck weeks later. Prisme gives you the data when you need it — in the meeting, during the evaluation, right before the decision.
I used to budget $50K-$100K per year for consulting research. Now I run a Prisme report whenever I need vendor intelligence and invest the savings back into the product.
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