Answers to the questions we hear most before an engagement starts: tier pricing, who each service is built for, how Applied compares to other OSINT consultants, and what the process looks like end to end.
Intelligence Audit: $4,840 starting
Applied maps your existing intelligence practices: what you're collecting, where it lives, how it reaches
decision-makers. You get a structured gap analysis with prioritized recommendations. Low commitment, high
clarity. This is the first paid engagement and the natural foundation for everything that follows.
Deliverable: findings brief + recommendations report.
Program Intelligence Brief: $3,227 starting
A structured OSINT deep-dive on one platform, program, contract vehicle, or competitor organization.
Sourced from open regulatory filings, aviation registries, government procurement databases, and Applied's
curated aerospace intelligence network. Scope and deliverable are fixed before work starts.
Deliverable: structured intelligence brief, sourced.
Collection Architecture: $6,454 starting
For teams and organizations ready to build or formalize a permanent intelligence capability. We assess your sources, tools, collection workflows, and dissemination pipeline, then deliver a practical blueprint for a sustainable, in-house OSINT function built to your operational tempo and resource constraints. Scoped at the consultation, from a single team to a full program.
Deliverable: assessment report + architecture blueprint.
Pricing scales with organizational size and engagement complexity. The rates above are calibrated for small and mid-size operators. Enterprise and prime contractor engagements are scoped individually.
Every engagement starts with a $300 research memo, and you pay only a $50 deposit to submit the question. A larger question is quoted as one of these tiers before you pay more, and the deposit credits toward the quote. A completed memo credits in full toward a later tier engagement.
Scope, deliverables, timeline, and price are agreed in writing before work starts, so there's no scope creep and no open-ended hours.
Applied doesn't sell generalist market research. The practice is built on aerospace, defense, and government domain work: open regulatory filings, aviation registries, government procurement databases, and a curated aerospace intelligence network most generalist OSINT shops don't have.
Every tier has a fixed deliverable and a fixed starting price, published up front. You're not requesting a quote into a black box. You know what you're buying before you talk to anyone.
The engagement ladder starts with a $300 research memo and runs through three fixed-scope tiers, from a targeted brief to a full in-house intelligence architecture. You start at the size that matches your actual problem, not a generic retainer.
Applied formalizes intelligence practices you likely already run informally: tracking competitors, monitoring program announcements, watching regulatory shifts, reading contract awards. The work is building the doctrine, systems, and process to make that deliberate, not starting from zero.
See full tier details on the Services page, or send a question to get started.