Husnain Bukhari vs Hiring Accenture, Deloitte, or McKinsey
Big consultancies sell strategy decks and deliver junior consultants. We sell working code shipped by the engineer who wrote the proposal.
When Hiring Accenture, Deloitte, or McKinsey is the right choice
- You need a global SI with thousands of bodies for a $50M+ multi-year transformation
- You require auditor-grade governance documents (they're great at these)
- You have a board that demands a Big-4 logo on the proposal
When you should pick us instead
- You want the AI feature live, not deliberated
- Your budget is under $500K — Big-4 minimums are higher than most clients realize
- You don't want to teach junior consultants what your business does
- You want the engineer who'll write the code in the room when you're scoping
Side-by-side comparison
| Us | Hiring Accenture, Deloitte, or McKinsey | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $8K–$60K USD per engagement, no monthly retainer required | $200K–$2M+ for a typical AI proof-of-concept, with the senior partner who pitched only attending the kickoff and the readout |
| Speed to production | Production deploy in 4–10 weeks | 3-month assessment phase before any code is written; production deploy 9–18 months out |
| IP & ownership | Your repo, your code, your runbook. Period. | Often staged in a 'partner environment' with hand-off requiring a separate licensing fee. Be careful with the IP clauses. |
Common questions about this choice
- Don't I get more rigor with a Big-4?
- You get more documentation. Whether it translates to more rigor depends entirely on the people staffed on your engagement — and you usually don't pick them.
- What about governance and risk frameworks?
- We bring our own (eval harnesses, audit logs, model cards, cost guards, security review checklists). For board-level governance docs we'll partner with a specialist firm if your context requires it.
- Can you co-deliver with a Big-4 we already have engaged?
- Yes — we've shipped under a Big-4 prime contract before. We bring the engineering, they bring the governance and the procurement relationship.