⚖️ Honest comparison
COBIZ Analyst vs. traditional consulting
Before investing in a transformation, you need a clear diagnostic. There are two paths: a productized strategic diagnostic like COBIZ Analyst, or hiring a traditional consultancy. Here is the difference, without the marketing.
How the Analyst works
You don't just fill a form. We analyze your case.
You explain your operation and your problems; we do the analytical work against our knowledge bases and hand you back a plan, not a questionnaire.
You tell us about your operation
You share how your company works: your processes, your model, and where you feel margin is slipping away.
We analyze your case
We cross your information with our knowledge bases, our methodology, and the experience we have built across more than ten sectors.
You receive your strategic document
An analytical, strategic document with your SWOT, your leaks quantified in USD, scenarios, and a concrete implementation guide for your company. Reviewed and validated by a senior consultant before delivery.
Head to head
The differences that matter
| COBIZ Analyst Recommended to start | Traditional consulting | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Fixed, from $24.99 USD | Custom project, typically thousands of dollars |
| Time to delivery | Same day (often in minutes), within 24 hours at most | Weeks to months |
| How it works | You explain your operation and we analyze your case against our knowledge bases | Extensive discovery with multiple meetings |
| What you receive | An analytical, strategic document with an implementation guide | A report or presentation tailored to the contracted scope |
| Who validates it | A senior consultant at COBIZ reviews and validates the document before delivery | Often a mix of senior and junior profiles |
| Commitment | No lock-in: the document is yours | Project contract |
| Best for | Getting strategic, actionable clarity before investing | Large, bespoke, long-term transformations |
Choose the COBIZ Analyst if...
You want strategic, actionable, low-cost clarity: a document with your leaks in USD and a 90-day roadmap the same day, without committing to a large project.
Choose traditional consulting if...
You already know you need a large, bespoke, long-term transformation with extensive support. Even then, the Analyst works as an initial diagnostic to define the scope.
What you receive
A document you use, not one you archive
It is not a generic slide deck. It is an analytical, strategic document with an implementation guide, built for your company.
SWOT analysis
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats grounded in your reality.
Leaks in USD
How much money your operation loses per year, quantified, not eyeballed.
Impact matrix
What to move first by impact and effort, so you do not scatter resources.
3 twelve-month scenarios
Where your company can go depending on the decisions you make.
90-day roadmap
Concrete, prioritized steps so you can start executing right away.
Session with a senior consultant
We walk through the document with you so you leave with clarity, not doubts.
Real results
The same judgment we apply with clients
The Analyst comes from the experience of implementing digital transformation in real companies. Here are a few cases.
Content · Spain
From 20 minutes to seconds: the whole operation in real time
A content company in Spain managed its projects, contracting, payments and support with communications that got lost across emails and messages. COBIZ was the architect and orchestrator of a custom platform, integrated in real time with its operation, that today hosts more than a thousand users and turned twenty-minute tasks into a matter of seconds.
+1,000
Users in real time on the platform
20 min to sec
Communication with providers
Real time
Information integrated across systems
Insurance · USA
From a blind operation to a model ready to scale
When COBIZ came in, the leadership team had no real visibility into how the business worked or what it sold and charged. COBIZ became the operation's connection center: CRM architecture, department-level SOPs and retention strategies, orchestrating processes to raise quality and scale the business model.
Visibility
Clarity on what is sold and charged
CRM + SOPs
Systems and processes to scale
Retention
Strategies to keep customers
Financial services · Currency exchange
Treating currencies as inventory to see real profit
A currency exchange operated without knowing exactly where its profit came from: daily currency volatility, mismatches between branches and manual close reconciliation drained its visibility. COBIZ designed and built a custom ERP that models currencies as physical inventory, connecting the counter with accounting and revealing real margin in real time.
-80%
Cash close and reconciliation time
Real time
Real cost and margin per transaction
Multi-currency
Currency inventory with full traceability
Frequently asked questions
Does the COBIZ Analyst replace a consultancy?
Why is it so affordable compared to a consultancy?
When is a traditional consultancy the better choice?
Start with the diagnostic
A strategic document with your leaks in USD and a 90-day roadmap. Validated by a senior consultant.
From $24.99 USD · delivery within 24 hours at most.