Competitors
Direct.Indirect.Thenus.
One table. Typical market charges against Timidlly’s published fees — and $141M we have recovered on confidential cases. Other firms’ figures are public ranges, not their quotes.
What we mean by operating system
An operating system, here, is not Windows, not a website, and not a login. It is how the business runs: the cadence, the ledger, the overnight desk, and the rules the company can execute at 2 a.m. without a named hero — so the original failure is structurally impossible. We resolve business problems. We are not limited to technology. Direct firms leave a finding. Indirect substitutes leave an artifact. We leave the system that still holds when we have gone.
Across six confidential sector cases we recovered $141M. Direct and indirect substitutes do not publish recovered millions. If they are not there, the leak still goes.
| Firm | Kind | Charge | Saved | Duration | In the room | What you get | If not there |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timidlly | Us | $50,000–$100,000 | $141M recovered | 4–16 weeks | Principal on the brief | The operating system. Permanence. | The original failure cannot structurally return. |
| McKinsey & Company | Direct | $500,000–$2M+ | The leak still goes | 8–16 weeks typical | Partners, then a bench | A finding. Slides. A program to be staffed later. | The failure waits for the next study. It is not retired. |
| PwC | Direct | $400,000–$3M+ | The leak still goes | 3–18 months | Engagement lead, then specialists you will not meet twice | A transformation workstream. Controls. Another operating committee. | The original leak resumes when the program ends. |
| Infosys | Direct | Time and materials, often $1M+ / year | The leak still goes | Ongoing staffing | A bench. Named owners rotate. | Capacity. Tickets. A system that still needs a hero. | The work pauses when the bench leaves. The failure was never isolated. |
| Deloitte | Direct | $350,000–$2.5M+ | The leak still goes | 6–24 months | Directors and a large delivery line | Implementation of a recommended stack — often the stack, not the problem. | The company owns a tool. The Tuesday hero still has a job. |
| Accenture | Direct | $500,000–$5M+ | The leak still goes | Multi-year preferred | Account team, then hundreds of hands | A platform program. Change management. A new dependency. | The operating model is the vendor. Permanence was not the brief. |
| Product and brand studios | Indirect | $20,000–$150,000 retainers | The leak still goes | Sprints and launches | Designers and producers | A site, an app, a campaign. The artifact, not the operating system. | The business failure was never named. The leak continues under new skins. |
| Boutique strategy shops | Indirect | $80,000–$400,000 | The leak still goes | 4–10 weeks | A small counsel team | A sharper deck. Rarely the install. | Counsel without construction. Six months later the same failure, better worded. |
| Staffing and body shops | Indirect | Hourly, open-ended | The leak still goes | Until the requisition closes | Contractors on someone else’s mandate | Hands. Not an owner. Not a system. | When the contractors leave, so does the memory. Loss resumes at full rate. |
| Internal transformation office | Indirect | $2M–$8M / year in loaded salary | The leak still goes | Permanent headcount | A PMO that still reports to the hero | Steering committees. Roadmaps. The original operator cannot leave. | The office becomes the bottleneck. The leak is now a department. |
| Big-tech implementation partners | Indirect | $250,000–$2M per platform | The leak still goes | License plus integrate | Vendor success plus your tired operators | A tool you now rent. The workflow still needs a name at 2 a.m. | Seat licenses keep billing. The failure was never made impossible. |
$141M is the sum of confidential cases on this site, names withheld, not a guarantee of your result. Timidlly fees on timidlly.com: Counsel $50,000, Rebuild $75,000, Permanence $100,000. welcome.timidlly.com is the 2025 door for startups under $20,000. Market ranges are typical, not quotations — see the disclaimer.