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Implementation

LLM / AI Application Security Implementation Cost

What it costs to stand up runtime guardrails, eval CI and SIEM integration in year one.

60-90
Days from kickoff to production
5
Major implementation phases
0.5-1 FTE
Implementation team
$80-180K
Implementation-only cost (illustrative)

Implementation phases

  1. 1
    Discovery
    Inventory LLM calls
  2. 2
    Deploy guardrail
    SDK / sidecar
  3. 3
    SIEM integration
    Webhook / syslog
  4. 4
    Eval CI
    Promptfoo / Garak
  5. 5
    Runbooks + on-call
    SOC alignment
Implementation-only ledger
Illustrative example, not a real company
  1. 01.Discovery sprint$12,000
  2. 02.Guardrail SDK integration$28,000
  3. 03.SIEM webhook plumbing$10,000
  4. 04.Eval CI pipeline$18,000
  5. 05.Runbook authoring + SOC handover$22,000
  6. 06.Buffer / re-eval round$10,000
Implementation (year 1)$100,000
Illustrative example, not a real company
Last verified June 2026Source: vendor pricing pages. See /methodology.