Yes, Working With Me is built to be affordable for a small business, because you do not have to buy the whole platform to start. The entry point is a single one-off workshop from £2,000, not a licence or a subscription, so you can try the method with your team before you ever commit to an ongoing cost.
This is written for an owner or leader who likes the idea but worries it is priced like enterprise HR software, something built for a business ten times your size. It is not. There are four ways to work with us, and most small businesses only ever need the first one.
What each part of the pricing ladder actually costs
- The Workshop, from £2,000, one-off. A full day with your team, working manuals for everyone, and a four-week trial of the platform. Nothing recurring, no subscription to cancel later.
- Working With Me Core, priced by team. A flat yearly price for your whole team to keep manuals hosted, not a per-person licence, so the cost does not climb every time you hire.
- Working With Me, the full platform (application only, price on a call). Adds live priorities and the daily work view. Right now this is a founding member offer, so pricing is discussed directly rather than published.
- The Custom Operating System, from £15,000. A bespoke rebuild for businesses with too many disconnected systems already. This is not the entry point, and most small businesses starting out do not need it.
Why the workshop is a bounded cost, not an open one
A small business weighing up spend usually wants to know the total before agreeing to anything. The workshop gives you that. It is a single fixed price for the day, agreed upfront, with the four-week platform trial included rather than billed separately. There is no seat count to negotiate and no minimum team size.
Do you have to buy Core or Full to get value
No. Many small teams stop after the workshop and its four-week trial, and that is a complete result on its own: everyone has written their own manual, and the team has agreed its priorities together. If you want the manuals to stay live and hosted after the trial ends, Core is the next step, and it is priced as one flat fee for the whole team rather than per person.
Full is a bigger step again, because it adds live priorities and the daily work view, the parts of the platform that run alongside your business day to day. Right now it is application only and priced on a call, which is covered in more detail on the Working With Me page. A small business is under no obligation to move up the ladder at all if the workshop and Core already give it what it needs.
What if the business is bigger, or the systems are already a mess
The Custom Operating System, from £15,000, is built for a different problem: a business that has outgrown its processes and is running on too many disconnected tools. That is a bespoke rebuild, not a starting point, and it is priced separately for exactly that reason. A small business just getting started should not expect to need it.
For the full breakdown of all four options side by side, see the pricing page. If you want to know what drives the price of a workshop specifically, and how to judge the return on it, read what a team workshop costs. And if you want to know what actually happens once you have booked, getting started with Working With Me walks through the whole process from the workshop day to the end of the trial.
If cost has been holding you back, the honest next step is the smallest one. Book the workshop for a fixed price with no ongoing commitment, or book a call first if you would rather talk through what fits your team and your budget before you commit to anything.
Common questions
Do we have to buy the full platform to start with Working With Me
No. Most small businesses start with just the workshop, a one-off cost from £2,000 that includes a four-week trial of the platform. Core and Full are optional next steps, not requirements.
Is the workshop a one-off cost or a subscription
It is a one-off cost, agreed upfront, from £2,000 for the full day with your team. There is nothing recurring tied to the workshop itself.
How much does Working With Me Core cost
Core is priced as a flat yearly fee for your whole team, not per person, so the cost does not increase as you hire. Ask on a call for the current figure for your team size.
Is Working With Me priced per employee
No, not at the Workshop or Core level. The Workshop is a flat one-off price and Core is a flat yearly team price. Full and the Custom Operating System are priced on application, discussed on a call rather than published as a per-seat rate.
What is the cheapest way to try Working With Me
Book the workshop. It is the entry point on the pricing ladder, a fixed one-off cost that includes a four-week trial of the platform, with no obligation to buy anything further afterwards.