Audit your stack
30 minute call plus a tools and process review. We surface the busywork worth automating and rule out the shiny ideas that will not pay off.
AI services
Real AI that earns its keep, not another demo
Custom agents, workflow automation and AI-powered systems built for your business. We design, build, host and look after every model so you get the time back, not another tab to babysit.
From £1,495 +VAT. Fixed build price, optional monthly support, no day-rate surprises.
What you get
Practical AI, built for your business
Six things we build over and over for UK businesses. Pick one to start, layer in the rest as you see the hours come back.
Custom AI agents
- Lead triage and routing
- Customer support agents
- Internal knowledge lookups
- Trained on your data
Workflow automation
- CRM to inbox sync
- Form to Slack alerts
- Sales call summaries
- Hours of busywork removed
Chatbots and assistants
- On-site chat widgets
- WhatsApp and SMS bots
- Internal Slack assistants
- Trained on your knowledge base
Content and copy systems
- Social posts and ad variants
- Product descriptions at scale
- SEO articles in your tone
- Human-reviewed before going live
Data and insights
- Pull data from any source
- Surface the numbers that matter
- Anomaly alerts and digests
- Board-ready dashboards
Voice and transcription
- Auto-transcribed meetings
- Sales call summaries
- Action items extracted
- Pushed straight to your CRM
How it works
From first call to live system
in four to six weeks
Four clean steps. Honest timelines. Nothing hidden behind an API or released without a human in the loop.
Map the workflow
We draft the flow end to end: inputs, models, fallbacks, escalations. You sign off the blueprint before we build a single integration.
Build and integrate
We pick the right model, write the prompts, wire in your tools and push to a staging environment for you to test before anything goes live.
Train and launch
Real-world testing on your data, prompt tuning, guardrails and a phased rollout. Then ongoing care: monitoring, retraining and improvements every month.
Real results
The maths behind real AI work
A mid-level UK AI engineer costs £104k loaded once you stack on NI, tooling and ramp-up time. Our fixed-price products start at £1,495 +VAT, go live in two to six weeks and only cost what we agree at discovery.
Option A
In-house AI hire
£104,100Year-one cost, one engineer
- AI engineer salary£75,000
- Employer NI + pension£11,500
- Tools, APIs, compute£9,600
- Recruitment + ramp-up£8,000
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Option B
Helmflux fixed price
£2,035Year-one cost: £1,495 build + £45/mo support
Save£100k+year one
- Strategy, build and integration covered
- Every API, model and tool already paid for
- No NI, no recruitment, no ramp-up time
- Pause or switch focus the moment goals shift
412h
Saved per month, average
Real client average across our first six months. Hours that were going on copy paste, follow-ups and report stitching.
4-6w
From audit to live system
Most workflows go live inside six weeks. Harder ones with deeper integrations land before week ten.
11x
Average payback in year one
Hours saved priced at a conservative £35 an hour against the fixed build fee. Most clients are profitable by month two.
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Models you have to manage
We pick, host, monitor, retrain and swap models when better ones land. You get the output, not the operations work.
Inside your account
A clean home for
every agent
Your portal is built for fast iteration. Brief, build, launch, monitor, improve. The same loop every working week, with everything your team needs in one tidy place.
Every workflow in one place
Submit ideas, track builds, monitor live agents and review approvals from one tidy account.
Live metrics on every agent
Token usage, hours saved, success rate, escalations and cost per query. Real numbers, updated every minute.
Human in the loop, always
Set guardrails, approval flows and review queues. Agents draft, suggest or send, exactly how you want.
Prompt and version history
Every prompt, edit and rollout is tracked. Roll back, compare or branch any change in one click.
Add the whole team
Invite teammates, agencies or clients. Comment on prompts, approve releases, no per-seat fees.
Pause or pivot any time
Goals shift? Pause or cancel monthly support any time. The build is yours to keep, no contracts and no awkward chats.
Recent work
A taste of what we deliver monthly
From single-task agents to multi-step automations. If it can be automated sensibly, we have probably built it.
Customer support agent
Sales call summariser
Insights dashboards
Internal Slack assistant
Lead triage automation
Knowledge base bot
Content drafting system
Email drafting agent
Meeting transcription
Document Q and A
Recruitment screening
Operations copilot
Our toolkit
Every model and tool worth using, picked for the job
OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Hugging Face, LangChain, Zapier, Perplexity, Python, Notion, Slack and more. We pick the right model for each job and swap it out the moment a better one lands.
No model lock-in, no vendor preference. If a better engine appears next month we move you over, no rebuild required.
helmflux / ai-stack
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Gemini
Hugging Face
LangChain
Zapier
Perplexity
Vercel AI
Python
Notion
Slack
Airtable
Why it makes sense
How Helmflux stacks up against the rest
DIY tools look free until they break. Off-the-shelf SaaS looks easy until you outgrow it. In-house hires look ideal until the budget meeting. Here is the honest comparison, no spin.
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HelmfluxAI, fully managedBest fit | In-house AI hireFull-time engineer | Generic agencyProject by project | DIY toolsMake, n8n, GPT | Off-the-shelf SaaSOne-size-fits-all | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to start | From £1,495 one-off | £65k to £90k salary | £10k to £40k per project | £100 to £500 a month | £40 to £200 a month per seat |
| Ongoing cost | Optional £45 to £95/mo | £8,500+ a month loaded | £800 to £1,500 a day | £100 to £500 a month | £100 to £600 per tool |
| Custom to your business | ? | ||||
| Time to first system | 4 to 6 weeks | 60+ days to hire | 8 to 16 weeks | Days, but brittle | Hours, but rigid |
| Model agnostic | Sometimes | ||||
| Ongoing optimisation | Included | If they stay | Hourly retainer | DIY | Vendor pace |
| Human in the loop | Sometimes | DIY | |||
| Hours saved per month | 300 to 600 | Variable | Project-based | 20 to 80 | 10 to 40 |
| Ramp-up overhead | Minimal | High | Medium | High | Low |
| Own the workflow |
Loaded in-house cost includes salary, employer NI, pension, tooling, compute and recruitment.
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