Professional services firms are adding AI agents to delivery, but most billing systems still assume work is done by humans only. Keito gives the review layer for mixed human and AI delivery.
Capture every billable delivery input
Record human time, AI-assisted work, LLM usage, software costs, and expenses under the same client engagement.
Review AI costs before recovery
Decide which AI costs are pass-through, marked up, included, or written off before invoice preparation starts.
Report the work in client language
Turn detailed source records into clean summaries grouped by outcome, milestone, project, or service area.
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Professional services AI billing
Recover AI delivery costs without weakening client trust
When professional services teams introduce AI agents, the economics change quickly. Some work becomes faster, some model and tool costs increase, and some review time becomes more important. Clients need a clear billing story, and firms need margin control. Keito provides the middle layer: detailed enough internally to track human and AI delivery cost, but structured enough externally to support clean invoices and client conversations.
Track human time, AI-assisted work, LLM usage, and expenses by engagement
Review AI costs before deciding how to recover them from clients
Create client summaries that explain delivery without exposing internal systems
Workflow fit
Delivery model
Keito keeps professional services ai agent billing connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Track human time, AI-assisted work, LLM usage, and expenses by engagement
Review AI costs before deciding how to recover them from clients
Create client summaries that explain delivery without exposing internal systems
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What Keito adds to professional services ai agent billing
Client billing record for mixed delivery
Keito combines time, expenses, AI agent costs, and project context so billing reviews reflect how professional services work is now delivered.
Human and AI source tagging
Expense and model cost records
Client and project attribution
Review rules before invoice prep
Delivery leads can decide whether AI costs are billed, marked up, passed through, or absorbed before finance creates the invoice.
Billable classification
Approval workflow
Client-ready billing summaries
Margin view for AI-enabled delivery
Understand whether AI-assisted delivery improves margins on each project or creates hidden cost that erodes services profitability.
Project cost visibility
Human plus AI margin context
Budget drift signals
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Compare the workflow
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
AreaKeitoTypical setup
Delivery model
Human time, AI agent costs, expenses, and project context together
Human timesheets separated from AI provider bills
Client trust
Reviewed summaries that explain AI-assisted delivery clearly
Unexplained AI charges or absorbed overhead
Profitability
Margin visibility by engagement before billing closes
After-the-fact analysis from finance exports
Scalability
Designed for teams adding AI work without per-agent seats
Should professional services firms bill clients separately for AI agent work?
It depends on the contract. Keito gives the cost record so teams can choose whether to include AI cost in a fixed fee, pass it through, mark it up, or write it off.
Can Keito track AI costs without showing raw provider data to clients?
Yes. Internal source metadata can be used for review while external summaries use the level of detail appropriate for the client relationship.
Does Keito work for consulting retainers?
Yes. Retainer teams can track time, AI agent work, and costs throughout the period, then review the record before client reporting or renewal conversations.
How does this support project profitability?
Keito keeps human effort and AI-related delivery costs in the same engagement record so teams can compare total delivery cost with fees, retainers, and invoices.
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Start solo.
Add people when you need them.
Solo is built for one human owner and unlimited AI agents. Pro adds human teammates. Business adds integrations, exports, and online invoice payments.
Solo
One human owner
For independent consultants, freelancers, and small studios running work with AI agents.
AI agents do not count as human seats on any plan.
API on every paid plan
Solo, Pro, and Business can use API keys for agent workflows.
Business-only payments
Stripe payments, exports, Xero, and QuickBooks are on Business.
Build a cleaner billing record for consultancies, agencies, technical services firms, and ai-enabled professional services teams that need client billing records for people and ai systems.
Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.