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Software vs consultant fees. The honest answer is both, in the right order.

A good claims consultant is worth every dirham on a claim large enough to justify them. The problem is the claims that are not, the deadlines nobody watches between engagements, and the six weeks of assembly you are paying expert rates for.

$30,000+
Illustrative benchmark for a single externally prepared formal claim; your quotes will vary
6 weeks
Illustrative assembly-to-submission cycle for an externally prepared claim
0
Consultants watching your notice deadlines between engagements
WHAT A CONSULTANT DOES THAT SOFTWARE CANNOT

Judgment, credibility, and the fight

Nothing on this page argues for removing the expert. Every DraftMyEOT draft is reviewed by one before it leaves. The point is what you are paying expert rates for.

01

Judgment on entitlement

Whether an event is an Employer risk under your amended clause, how to frame concurrency, which delay analysis method the Engineer will accept. This is the expert's job and stays so.

02

Credibility in the room

A named professional's signature on the submission changes how the Engineer reads it. That is why consultant partners put their name on DraftMyEOT output, not ours.

03

Escalation

Determinations, dispute boards, arbitration. Once a dispute is formal you need forensic delay experts and counsel. We refer those out.

THE COMPARISON

Where the money goes in each model

Consultant onlyDraftMyEOT onlyConsultant plus DraftMyEOT
Notice deadline trackingNot covered between engagementsDeadline engine live from day one, alerts at 7, 3, 1 daysEngine tracks; consultant advises on the hard cases
Evidence assemblyBilled at expert rates, often weeksLocker, OCR, WhatsApp import, gap checklist, done as records arriveAssembly done; consultant reviews gaps
Claim narrativeWritten from scratch each timeStructured draft from your inputs, gaps flaggedDraft in 48 hours; consultant edits and signs
Entitlement judgmentExpertNot offered; the draft never states legal conclusions as certaintiesExpert
Smaller claimsWritten off as not worth the feeDocumented at USD 750 to 2,500 per draftConsultant takes them on because assembly is no longer the cost
Typical cost per claimTens of thousands of dollars on larger claimsUSD 750 pilot; USD 1,500–2,500 standardConsultant review hours plus the draft fee
THE ARITHMETIC

Priced against one consultant claim, not against software

The Company Annual plan is set at roughly one-third to one-half of a single externally prepared claim per year, and includes four drafts. The consultant fee is the anchor because that is the budget being redirected, not replaced.

PlanPriceWhat is included
48-hour draft (pilot)USD 750One delayed project's records in, one structured EOT claim draft back in 48 hours. First 2–3 logos run free for a testimonial.
Per-claim standardUSD 1,500–2,500Claim narrative, notice history check, evidence gap report, one revision round
Company AnnualUSD 6,000–12,000/yrUnlimited projects and users, deadline engine, notice letters, evidence locker, 4 claim drafts included. Extra drafts USD 900 each.
Enterprise / groupFrom USD 20,000/yrMulti-entity, single-tenant hosting option, priority drafting SLA

See the full pricing breakdown →

FOR CONSULTANTS

If you are the consultant reading this

The partner plan exists so that the smaller claims you currently decline become billable, and so contractor users who want expert sign-off are routed to you.

A

Use it internally

Run assembly, chronology, and first drafts through the engine, apply your judgment on top, take on the claims your fee could not previously justify. USD 250 per month per active project workspace, unlimited team members, white-label export.

B

Take referred work

We route contractor users who want expert sign-off to partner consultants. You review and bill the client directly; DraftMyEOT receives a 15–20% referral share, agreed upfront. Partner page →

SOFTWARE VS CONSULTANT · FREQUENTLY ASKED

Asked in every first call

We already have a consultant. Why would we add software?
Because your consultant is engaged per claim and your notice clocks run every day. The engine watches deadlines and files evidence between engagements, and hands your consultant a structured draft instead of a box of records.
Will our consultant object?
The ones we work with do not. Assembly is the part of the job they like least and bill lowest. Several use the workspace themselves and put their name on the output.
Does the software ever give legal advice?
No. DraftMyEOT is not a law firm. Drafts never state legal conclusions as certainties, and the founder's rule on calls is to defer entitlement questions to the expert partner rather than improvise.
CERTIFICATIONS OF CONDUCT

Why you can put your name near it

Draft for expert review

DraftMyEOT is not a law firm and never claims to be. Every output is a draft, built to be reviewed and signed by your contracts lead or consultant.

Nothing invented, ever

No dates, events, or clause numbers appear that you did not supply. Every paragraph shows the evidence reference it was built from.

Your data, walled off

Each company's workspace is isolated, documents sit in private storage, and consultants see only the project they were invited to.

Send one project and compare the draft to the invoice

Send a contract, your delay events, and whatever records exist, tidy or not. A structured draft comes back in 48 hours. Not useful? Keep it, owe nothing.

Project
Your delayed project, any stage
Deliverable
EOT claim draft · notice status check · evidence gap list · annexure pack
Rev / Status
REV A · DRAFT FOR EXPERT REVIEW
Issued within
48 hours

Sources

  1. “Zero Disputes and Stronger Relationships,” Engineering News-Record, citing the 2025 Arcadis Global Construction Disputes Report
  2. “Arcadis: value of global construction disputes continues to rise,” Pinsent Masons Out-Law