Portfolio decisions for the AI era

Building got cheap. Choosing what to build didn't.

AI lets any team prototype an idea in days — so now there are more ideas than budget, people, and attention. mAI Priority turns each one into a scored, costed business case, so you fund the work that pays back and park the rest.

Free plan — no credit card
Transparent scoring formula
AI drafts, you approve
Preview · Not the live app
Q3 initiative portfolio
Ranked
1

AI Customer Churn Predictor

Value9Urgency8Effort5
30.24
score
Payback 10 mo3-yr ROI 271%
Ready
2

Automated Reporting Hub

Value8Urgency7Effort6
19.60
score
Payback 6 mo3-yr ROI 500%
In review
3

Internal Knowledge Assistant

Value7Urgency6Effort7
12.60
score
Payback 13 mo3-yr ROI 170%
Discovery
Illustrative data9 initiatives
The new bottleneck

When anyone can build anything, the hard part is choosing.

Copilots and AI agents made the first version almost free. They didn't make your budget, your team, or your roadmap any bigger.

More ideas than capacity

Every team has a backlog of prototypes and pilots. Only a few can get the people, budget, and attention to reach production.

Demos hide the real cost

A weekend prototype still needs QA, hosting, licenses, and maintenance for years. The bill shows up after the decision.

The loudest voice wins

Without a shared yardstick, priority goes to whoever argues best in the meeting — and the debate repeats every quarter.

From opinions to evidence

  • Priority set by gut feelOne weighted score for every initiative
  • “It'll pay off… eventually”Payback period and 3-year ROI per project
  • The demo looks done, so it shipsA readiness gate before delivery
  • A new slide deck for every reviewPDF & PowerPoint stakeholder reports
How it works

Three steps from idea to funded decision.

Lightweight by design. The goal is better decisions — not another project management system.

01

Capture & score

Add every idea to one backlog and rate value, urgency, and effort on the same 0–10 scale.

  • Weights tuned to your strategy
  • A ranked portfolio in minutes
02

Cost it & prove the return

Enter hours, rates, ongoing costs, and expected value. See payback and 3-year ROI instantly.

  • Labor priced from your own rates
  • Every number traceable to an input
03

Gate & hand off

Collect the evidence a project needs, then export to your delivery tool or present to stakeholders.

  • Readiness gate before delivery
  • Jira, Azure DevOps, PDF & PowerPoint
Priority scoring

One yardstick for every idea.

Score = (value × urgency) ÷ effort, weighted to your strategy. Everyone can see how a project earned its rank — so the meeting is about the inputs, not the outcome.

Value
9
Weight 1.4
Urgency
8
Weight 1.2
Effort
5
Weight 0.8
Score
30.24
Max 168 with effort clamped
Value & ROI

Every idea gets a business case. Not a hunch.

Enter the hours, rates, running costs, and expected value once. mAI Priority computes investment, payback, and 3-year ROI live — so when finance asks “why this one?”, you answer with a number. Included on every plan, including Free.

Total investment
$108k
Hours × your rates, plus tools & infra
Annual value
$160k
Cost saved + time saved + revenue
Payback
10 months
Investment ÷ net gain per year
3-year ROI
267%
Return over a three-year horizon
Break-even0mo12mo$0

The month the initiative pays for itself.

$108k$160kInvestmentAnnual value

What you put in vs. what it returns each year.

Quick winsMoney pitsLow effort →High effortAPI GatewayAPIMobile AppMobileAnalyticsAnalyticsLegacy RewriteLegacyAuth UpgradeAuth

Spot the quick wins. Avoid the money pits.

Illustrative example data. Your numbers come from the hours, rates, and value inputs you enter — nothing is estimated by the AI.

Human-in-the-loop AI

AI does the paperwork. You make the call.

Requirements, risks, test cases, and task plans used to take days. Portfolio AI and Project AI draft them in seconds — as proposals you review. Nothing is saved until you approve it, and the AI can never delete your work.

Auto demo · Not the live app
AI helper
Included from Starter · $4/mo
Portfolio AI

"Review the portfolio and suggest the next three planning actions."

Ask
Review
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What AI can draft
  • Priority overview across the portfolio
  • Identify missing readiness evidence
  • Draft kanban tasks and estimates
  • Generate requirements and acceptance criteria
  • Surface risks and suggest mitigations
  • Document decisions and rationale
  • Write test cases for delivery readiness
  • Sketch architecture diagrams as Mermaid
Delivery readiness

A great demo isn't a ready project.

Prototypes look finished long before they are. A project only moves to Ready for Delivery once its problem, value, requirements, tests, and risks are covered — then it exports straight to the tools your team already uses.

Requirements

  • Account onboarding with magic link
    Functional · High impact
  • P95 latency < 250ms under 50 rps
    Non-functional · High impact
  • Export project as Markdown
    Functional · Medium impact

Test cases

  • User can sign up via magic link
  • Score recomputes on slider change
  • Free user blocked from 4th project

Decisions (ADR)

  • Use Stripe Checkout, not custom flow
    Accepted · 2026-05-14
  • Groq for AI assistant inference
    Accepted · 2026-05-02

Risks

  • Vendor API rate limit may block sync
    High · Likely
  • Schema migration on live data
    Medium · Possible
Readiness checklist
AI Customer Churn Predictor
78%
7 of 9 ready
  • Problem statement
  • Value hypothesis
  • Stakeholders
  • Success metrics
  • Approved requirement
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Test cases
  • Risks reviewed
  • Solution proposal
Portfolio view

See every bet you're making — in one place.

Delivery windows with confidence bands on the timeline, readiness rising on the board. Spot capacity conflicts before you commit to a date.

Auto demo · Not the live app
Portfolio timeline
7.5AI Churn Predictor
5.2Data Pipeline Refactor
8.1CRM Integration
2.8Security Audit
6.0Mobile App MVP
Apr '26
May '26
Jun '26
Jul '26
Aug '26
Today
AI Churn Predictor
Data Pipeline Refactor
CRM Integration
Security Audit
Mobile App MVP
Optimistic bandProjected windowPessimistic bandToday
Who it's for

For the people who have to defend the roadmap.

One shared source of evidence — from the board meeting to the sprint backlog.

CTO

Defend every line of the tech budget. Tie each build to investment, payback, and risk — and stop funding prototypes that never reach production.

CEO / Founder

Know what you're funding, why, and the return you expect. Share a PDF or PowerPoint stakeholder report instead of building another deck.

Product Owner / PM

Stop re-arguing priorities every sprint. A transparent, shared formula ranks the backlog — and you ship with the evidence to prove it was the right call.

Engineering Lead

Protect your team's capacity. See effort, confidence bands, and readiness gates, so you only commit to work that's actually ready.

Pricing

Costs less than one wrong project.

Scoring, ROI, and readiness are free for your first three projects. Upgrade when you want AI drafting. Hit your monthly AI budget and you'll see a reset date — never a surprise charge.

Free
$0forever

Score real projects, model ROI, and see the readiness gate before you pay anything.

  • Up to 3 projects
  • Kanban & SDLC readiness artifacts
  • Financial cost & ROI analysis
  • Portfolio Gantt timeline
  • Markdown & CSV exports
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Starter
$4per month

For solo PMs and small teams ready to let AI draft the planning work.

  • Up to 20 projects
  • Portfolio AI & Project AI
  • Monthly AI budget included
  • All exports (CSV & Markdown)
  • Email support
Choose Starter
Pro
$8per month

For serious solo builders — unlimited projects, higher AI budget.

  • Unlimited projects
  • Higher monthly AI budget
  • All exports
  • Priority support
Choose Pro
Min 3 seats
Teams
$7per seat / month

For teams shipping together. Minimum 3 seats.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Team invites & assignees
  • Project comments
  • Role-based default views
  • Priority support
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