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Analyses to decide on AI: costs, tools, compliance, projects

9 analyses by our team, dated and sourced. Three for SMEs getting started: the budget, choosing an assistant, assistant or automation. Six for management teams running several projects: the nFADP and the AI Act, governance and security, the roadmap, tool architecture, measuring value and the nine phases of a project.

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SME · BUDGET · 5 MIN

How much does AI cost a Swiss SME?

What AI really costs a Swiss SME: the four budget lines, our public prices, the right support plan for your size and the questions to ask before signing.

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09 / ANALYSES

SME · CHOOSING AN APPROACH · 5 MIN

Team assistant or automation: which should you choose?

Automation executes, AI drafts, people decide. Four questions to tell whether a task needs an assistant or an automation, and what that means for budget.

SME · TOOL CHOICE · 4 MIN

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot: which should an SME choose?

Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: the criteria that decide in a Swiss SME and a method for testing them in one week on your own tasks.

STRATEGY & PREPARATION · 13 MIN

Anatomy of an end-to-end AI project: the nine phases

Nine phases to decide on, prove and put an AI project into production, each with its deliverables, the classic trap and the criterion for moving on.

GOVERNANCE & SECURITY · 13 MIN

nFADP, the AI Act and generative AI: what a Swiss company needs to do in 2026

Frame a Swiss company's AI compliance across three areas: the nFADP, the EU AI Act and professional secrecy, with a 90-day plan and a checklist.

MEASURING VALUE · 6 MIN

How to measure the real value of an AI programme

Measure what AI actually delivers: describe the mechanism, measure before, separate gross from net value, then decide each month to expand, adjust or stop.

PLATFORMS & ENGINEERING · 7 MIN

Claude Code, Codex, Kimi Work or an open architecture: how to choose

Choosing an AI tool in a company is an architecture decision: what the system can read, retain, call and change. The method, a common test pack, four typical architectures, the cost per completed case and the exit route.

GOVERNANCE & SECURITY · 7 MIN

AI governance and security: a practical framework for Swiss companies

Turning an AI policy into rules that work: an up-to-date inventory, three levels of control, a library of reusable controls, named owners and a monthly review.

STRATEGY & PREPARATION · 7 MIN

How to build an enterprise AI roadmap in Switzerland

Turn scattered AI ideas into investment decisions: start from processes, score gain, effort and risk, order by dependencies and review the roadmap monthly.

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People · Processes · AI

Adoption happens in everyday work.

An AI assistant becomes useful when people know where to use it, how to check its answer and when to take over.

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Try it together
Practise on a familiar task with guidance.
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Check the result
Review, correct and recognise the tool’s limits.
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Build a habit
Share simple uses and a human point of contact.