PRICING

What a pilot costs. Before you ask.

Indicative prices for every service, next to what comparable offers in Germany usually cost. You receive the fixed price for your workflow in writing after the workflow check.

Initial call free of charge · all prices net plus VAT

INDICATIVE PRICES

Pilot and operation per service.

“From” means the smallest sensible scope. Effort depends on cameras, systems and data quality.

Video analytics on existing cameras ↗

1 agreed event, 1 camera view, about 4 weeks.

Pilotfrom €3,900, credited
Counting and occupancyfrom €39 per camera / month
Safety, kitchen, theftfrom €59 per camera / month

The pilot price is credited against the operating fees of the first 12 months.

Volume pricing

from 10 cameras€32 / €45 per camera
from 25 cameras€25 / €35 per camera

Included in the pilot

  • Review of released footage
  • Defining the event together
  • Setup on your existing camera
  • Alerts via messenger bot or Excel export
  • Pilot report: detected events, false alarms, missed cases

Not included: New cameras, network changes, safety-related applications (assessed separately). Connection to POS, WMS or ERP: from €900 per system.

Market rangeCloud building blocks from about €10 per camera / month (do it yourself), ready-made solutions €30–70 per camera / month, safety specialists from about €180.

Voice AI ↗

1 call flow, handover to your team, test period about 4 weeks.

Pilotfrom €1,900
Operationfrom €149 / month incl. 500 minutes

Volume pricing

1,500-minute package€349 / month
Extra minutes€0.25 per minute
Additional call flow€99 / month

Included in the pilot

  • Call flow with sample dialogues
  • Test line via test number or forwarding
  • Handover to your team as an agreed record
  • Call note straight into Propstack if you use Propstack
  • Review: captured requests and handovers

Not included: Connection to other CRM, ticketing or calendar systems: from €900 per system, fixed price after assessment.

Market rangeSelf-service from about €99 for 400–1,000 minutes; managed solutions from about €199 for 250 minutes plus setup €500–1,300; extra minutes €0.15–0.50.

Document AI ↗

1 document type, up to 300 documents, agreed export.

Pilotfrom €3,900
Operationfrom €0.25 per document, min. €99 / month

Volume pricing

from 2,000 documents / month€0.18 per document
from 10,000 documents / month€0.12 per document

Included in the pilot

  • Fields and checks for one document type
  • Reading up to 300 of your documents
  • Unclear items flagged for review
  • Export as Excel or CSV, straight into the CRM for Propstack
  • Accuracy per field in the report

Not included: Connection to accounting, ERP or archive: from €900 per system, DATEV and SAP Business One from €1,500, fixed price after interface assessment.

Market range€0.20–0.25 per document, invoice solutions with workflow up to about €1.40 per document; pilot projects €5,000–25,000.

AI Office: from enquiry to quote ↗

Your price list, your template, test with real enquiries.

Setupfrom €1,900
Operationfrom €199 / month up to 5 users

Volume pricing

Each additional user€39 / month

Included in the pilot

  • Import of your price list from Excel
  • Quote template in your layout
  • Test with up to 30 real enquiries
  • Your team approves every quote
  • Access to the B2B System included for these users

Not included: Sending to customers: your team sends the quotes. Connection to inventory or ERP system: from €900 per system.

Market rangeQuoting and CRM software: additional users €40–90 / month, onboarding up to about €1,500.

B2B System: projects, tasks, approvals ↗

One selected process, tested in daily work.

Rolloutfrom €1,500, credited
Operationfrom €15 per user / month, minimum 5 users

The rollout fee is credited against the user fees of the first year.

Volume pricing

from 20 users€12 per user
from 50 users€10 per user

Included in the pilot

  • Workspace with roles and approvals
  • Import of your projects and customers from Excel
  • One process tested on real tasks
  • Team onboarding

Not included: Custom development beyond the agreed adjustments. Connection to further systems: from €900 per system.

Market rangeProject and task software €10–25 per user / month, construction and trades software €29–45 per office user.

Tender search: find and assess tenders ↗

One company profile, agreed public sources, shortlist with reasons.

Startsetup included
Operation€79 / month incl. 2 search profiles, cancel monthly

Volume pricing

Additional search profile€29 / month

Included in the pilot

  • Search profile by services, regions and capacity
  • Agreed public sources, including TED if your profile covers EU contracts
  • Regular shortlist with reasons

Not included: Full coverage of all procurement portals; bid documents and submission stay with your team.

Market rangeTender services €39–200 / month, considerably more with support.

Robotics ↗

One workflow, assessed using videos and data from your site.

Feasibility checkfrom €1,490
Extended check for production cellsfrom €4,900
Pilotfixed price after the check

The check price is credited towards a subsequent pilot. Our assessment is manufacturer-independent.

Included in the pilot

  • Review of your videos, photos and data
  • Assessment of approach, safety and effort
  • Suitable robot types
  • Pilot proposal with scope and test criteria

Not included: Hardware and on-site visits (by arrangement, travel costs separately).

Market rangeService robots for rent €150–400 / month, mobile transport robots from about €44,000 to buy or about €1,400 leasing / month.

Camera events for municipalities ↗

1 vehicle, 1 district, 3 months.

Pilotfrom €4,900, credited
Operationfrom €199 per vehicle / month, min. €6,000 / year

The pilot price is credited against the operating fees of the first year.

Volume pricing

from 5 vehicles€179 per vehicle
from 10 vehicles€159 per vehicle

Included in the pilot

  • Event types defined with your depot
  • Analysis of the drives over three months
  • Every event checked by a person
  • Final report with figures

Not included: Camera hardware and mounting (via a local partner, quoted separately). Connection to defect reporting or specialist software: from €900 per system.

Market rangeRoad condition solutions about €9,000–24,000 per year and municipality, vehicle camera systems up to over €10,000 per device and year.

Consulting ↗

One workflow, approaches compared, recommendation for the next step.

Workshop, half day€1,190
Day rate€1,200

Volume pricing

from 5 days€1,050 per day

Included in the service

  • Review of workflow, data and technology
  • Comparison of suitable approaches
  • Recommendation: test, prepare prerequisites or not now

Not included: The implementation itself.

Market rangeHalf-day workshop €1,290–1,500, consulting €1,200–2,500 per day.

Data protection & AI compliance ↗

External data protection officer, GDPR documentation, AI training. Up to about 50 employees.

Compliance check€990, credited
Data protectionfrom €690 / month
Data protection & AIfrom €990 / month

Included in the service

  • External data protection officer
  • Record of processing activities and TOMs
  • DPA management
  • With the AI package: training under Art. 4 AI Act and usage policy

Not included: Legal advice on individual cases, contracts and terms.

Market rangeExternal DPO €100–500 per month (small business), €600–1,500 (mid-sized).

Market ranges: publicly listed prices of comparable offers in Germany, as of October 2026. Not every offer is directly comparable. Indicative prices are not a binding offer.

FREE FIRST CHECK

Check first, then decide.
Free of charge.

Before you spend any money, we look at your workflow. You get an honest assessment and a fixed price for the next step.

01

Call, 30 to 60 minutes

You show us the workflow in a video call, ideally with a short phone video or a few photos in advance.

02

Outline within two weeks

Approach, feasibility, limits and a fixed price for the next step, a check or a pilot. Plus a note on whether a funding programme could fit.

03

You decide

No obligation. “Better not to do it” is a possible result too.

FUNDING

Check for grants
before you order.

Many digitalisation and robotics projects can receive grants or development loans. We check which programme fits your project during the free first check. Three examples, as of October 2026:

Bavaria: Digitalbonus

For small companies with fewer than 50 employees and a site in Bavaria: up to 50 % of costs. Standard grant up to €7,500, Digitalbonus Plus up to €30,000 for particularly innovative projects such as AI or intelligent robotics. Runs until the end of 2027.

View the guideline ↗

NRW: MID-Digitalisierung

For SMEs based in NRW that develop their own AI-based digital product for the market: 50 % of costs, grant up to €15,000. Since 2026 not for digitalising internal processes.

View the guideline ↗

Federal: ERP-Förderkredit Digitalisierung

KfW development loan via your bank for digitalisation projects, with a grant of 3 % or 5 % of the loan depending on the tier.

Programme at KfW ↗
01

Apply before you order

Almost all programmes only fund what has not started yet. Usually a signed order already counts as the start.

02

We provide the documents

Project description, scope and fixed-price offer in the form you need for the application. You submit the application yourself.

03

The funding body decides

Whether and how much is funded is decided by the funding body alone. We tell you plainly if a programme does not fit.

Programmes and conditions change often, and other federal states have their own programmes. We check the current status for your state. No legal or tax advice.

INTEGRATION

Connecting your systems.

If your system has an interface (API), we connect it. Without an interface, a software robot transfers the data via the user interface; this has been running in a hospital information system since 2025. What already exists costs nothing extra; new connections have a fixed price.

Already available

Included in the pilot and in operation at no extra cost.

  • Propstack
  • Excel and CSV import and export
  • Notifications via messenger bot

New connection

CRM, ERP, accounting (e.g. DATEV), POS, calendar, ticketing or specialist software.

One-offfrom €900 per system
DATEV, SAP Business Onefrom €1,500 per system

Fixed price after the interface check. Ongoing maintenance with an unchanged interface is included in the monthly operation.

Our team has already connected, among others: DATEV, Sage, QuickBooks, Propstack, Bitrix24, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Make, n8n, SIP phone systems, Hikvision, Axis, Milestone, Stripe, Mollie and the EU tender database TED. With a documented interface also HubSpot, Salesforce, SAP Business One, Lexware, sevdesk, Shopify, Personio and more. All systems ↗

BUILD IT YOURSELF?

n8n, Make or DDC?

You can build simple workflows yourself with n8n, Make or Zapier, and sometimes that is the better choice. We will tell you so in the initial call.

01

Building it yourself is enough if …

the workflow has a few fixed steps, errors show up immediately and someone on your team maintains it. Example: form → spreadsheet → email.

02

Work with us if …

calls must be answered in real time, camera images analysed, documents with changing layouts read or systems without an interface connected. On top come tests on your real cases, agreed measures, a DPA and ongoing operation.

03

In n8n, too

If you want to maintain the workflow yourself later, we build it in n8n, hosted on your server or in the EU. You receive the workflows, documentation and onboarding.

FAQ

Before we start.

Is the pilot paid?

Yes. The pilot has a fixed price that is agreed in writing before the start. The initial call is free of charge.

How long does a pilot take?

Usually two to six weeks, depending on the workflow and the data. We agree on the period before the start.

Do I have to continue after the pilot?

No. After the pilot, you decide. Ongoing costs only arise once you commission operation.

What does connecting our CRM or ERP cost?

From €900 per system, from €1,500 for DATEV and SAP Business One, one-off, as a fixed price after the interface check. Propstack, Excel/CSV and messenger notifications already exist at no extra cost.

Is the pilot credited?

For video analytics and cameras on municipal vehicles we credit the pilot price against the operating fees of the first 12 months; for the B2B System, the rollout fee. The robotics feasibility check is credited towards a subsequent pilot.

Are there volume discounts?

Yes. For cameras, documents, users, vehicles and consulting days the price drops in steps, see volume pricing for each service.

Why are these “from” prices?

Effort depends on your cameras, systems and data. After the workflow check you receive a written offer with a fixed price.

How do you handle personal data?

If we process personal data on your behalf during the pilot, we sign a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR beforehand. Providers, storage location, access and deletion are agreed in writing before the start.

Who is the contracting party?

M2D GmbH, Am Turm 11, 53721 Siegburg, Local Court Siegburg HRB 16704 B. DDC is its offering for AI and automation, your contact is Heinrich Schneider.

THE NEXT STEP

What should work better in your business?

Tell us about a process that takes up your team’s time. We discuss where automation could help and what is needed to define the next step.

Useful details: the current workflow, frequency and the outcome you need.

HEINRICH SCHNEIDER / DDC

heinrich@ddc.company

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