What a 5-day value scan costs
The Meridian Value Report — Pilot to Payoff's 5-day value scan — costs $15,000, flat. One payment to begin work. No variable component, no hidden fees, no scoping call required to hear a number. This page exists because almost nobody in this market will publish a price. Here's the context to judge ours.
What the market charges
Published 2026 fee guides and diligence-cost surveys put the going rates in these bands:
The fee map
Commercial due diligence, mid-market deal
Strategy engagement, boutique firm
Strategy engagement, specialty mid-market firm
Strategy engagement, largest firms
Fractional strategy/growth retainer
Quality of earnings report (for comparison)
$15,000 — published, flat
Log scale. Ranges aggregated from publicly published 2026 fee guides; the largest-firm band is open-ended above $250,000.
| Engagement type | Published range |
|---|---|
| Commercial due diligence, mid-market deal | $50,000 into the low six figures |
| Strategy engagement, boutique firm | $15,000 – $50,000 |
| Strategy engagement, specialty mid-market firm | $25,000 – $75,000 |
| Strategy engagement, largest firms | $250,000 and up |
| Fractional strategy/growth retainer | $5,000 – $25,000 per month |
| Quality of earnings report (for comparison) | $30,000 – $80,000 |
Ranges aggregated from publicly published 2026 fee guides; individual quotes vary with scope, sector, and firm.
Why nobody publishes a price
Because most engagements are scoped open-ended, the honest answer to "what does it cost?" is "it depends" — and the incentive is to keep it that way. A fixed price requires a fixed scope. The Meridian Report has one: five opportunities, priced, in five days. So the fee can be printed.
What the fee buys
Five growth ideas, each with a dollar figure your team can defend. Every figure stress-tested and traceable to its assumptions. The full range shown — not a flattering average — so you can challenge any line.
Our standard: every Report is built to surface at least $5M in new-revenue opportunity. That's a quality bar, not a guarantee. The distribution across illustrative scenarios — floor included — is published here →
The other cost
The fee is one cost. The other is waiting. Opportunities that depend on being first — a segment nobody's named, a category nobody's claimed — close their own windows. Five days to know what's there is cheap against a window that closes in a quarter. That's a judgment, not a projection; the Report tells you which of your opportunities are time-bound.