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Prices read 12 October 2026

Case study writing cost

The price of one B2B customer case study, from Fiverr gigs to platforms that book your customer and get the sign-off, with the interview checked on every package before it counted.

The short answer

$60 to $3,450

per 1,000 to 1,500 word case study, from people and companies. AI tools are priced separately below.

Freelance marketplace, middle
$370
Writing or production platform, middle
$2,875
Independent specialist, middle
$1,125
Agency or studio, middle
$950

Priced for: A 1,000 to 1,500 word B2B customer case study: one recorded customer interview (30 to 60 minutes), a draft, one round of edits and a customer approval round, delivered as a document. No design, no video.

Prices read
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Providers checked
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Publish nothing
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Key takeaways
  • 01Most of the case study writing cost is not the writing. The same 1,000 to 1,500 word customer story ran from $60 to $3,450 across the 31 seller prices we could compare, and what moves it is who runs the customer interview and who chases the approval.
  • 02On the marketplaces the interview is often yours to run. Fifteen of the 34 Fiverr and Upwork listings we read sell no seller-run customer interview at any price, including the most-reviewed gig in our Fiverr sample, which 'does not include design or interviews'.
  • 03The interview has a price you can see. One Upwork seller with 275 reviews charges $750 if you already ran the interview and $1,000 if the seller runs it, and marketplace interview extras run from $20 to $100.
  • 04The top of the market sells the approval chase. The two platforms that book your customer and get their sign-off start at $2,300 and $3,450; Uplift, from $750, hands the edited draft back for you to send to your customer.
  • 05The evidence is thin and old. Only seven agencies and two platforms publish a price that buys this spec, two of the three rate surveys date from 2020 and the third has no case study row, and the top five results for the main search are written for students.

Search case study writing cost and all five top US results we read are for students: a Reddit thread recommending essay services, two essay sites, a promotional post on a college's site and a forum where someone paid 'like $60 for a 7-page paper'. Search how much does a case study cost and the pages that answer it give ranges without naming a source.

So this page prices one thing: a 1,000 to 1,500 word B2B customer case study with one recorded customer interview, a draft, one round of edits and the customer's approval, delivered as a document with no design. Each price was read on the page it links to on 12 October 2026, in US dollars, and a listing that sells no interview is shown and left out of every range.

If you write case studies and are setting your own case study writing rates, the survey rows are your peers, but two of the three are from 2020 and the third prices business writing with no interview. Several agency and platform figures are 'from' floors, so a quote after a discovery call can be higher, and Upwork prices exclude Upwork's client fees.

The price, by route

Case study writing cost, route by route

Each bar runs from the cheapest to the most expensive published price we read for this route, normalised to the same spec. The dot is the middle price. The axis is logarithmic: each gridline is ten times the one before.

  • Freelance marketplace

    17 prices

    $60 to $1,300

  • Writing or production platform

    2 prices

    $2,300 to $3,450

  • Independent specialist

    4 prices

    $850 to $1,500

  • Agency or studio

    7 prices

    $255 to $2,497

  • Rate surveys

    3 prices

    $747 to $900

  • AI tools

    10 prices

    $0.013 to $39

  • In-house hire

    computed

    $1,517 to $3,033

In-house is not sampled. It uses the salary data for AI Content Writer (mid-level median, $84,000 base), loaded at 1.3x and divided by 3 to 6 case studies a month. The count is our assumption, not a measured figure. The role page's 8 to 20 pieces a month is for formats a writer controls; each case study also needs a customer to agree, an interview to book and run, and an approval round, and no survey times those.

The evidence

Every price we read

86 published prices, each read on the page it links to, in US dollars from a US view. The third column converts each one to the same spec, with the arithmetic. A price that buys something materially different is shown and left out of every range.

  • Fiverr seller shijujimthomas

    Freelance marketplace

    $35 (Standard, up to 1,000 words) + $25 client interviews extra

    Up to 1,000 words, research, 2 revisions; interview as an extra

    $60

    $35 + $25 'Client interviews' extra = $60

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Tharikh B.

    Freelance marketplace

    $80 (Starter, 1,000 words)

    1,000 words, research, client interviews, references, 2 revisions

    $80

    Lowest tier with 1,000 words and interviews ticked = $80

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Benedict O.

    Freelance marketplace

    $80 (Standard, 1,000 words) + $30 Client Interviews add-on

    1,000 words, research, references, 3 revisions; interview as an add-on

    $110

    $80 + $30 Client Interviews add-on = $110

    2026-10-12

  • Fiverr seller ekarume

    Freelance marketplace

    $100 (Standard, 1,000 words) + $20 client interviews extra

    1,000 words from your notes or transcripts, 3 revisions; interview only as an extra

    $120

    $100 + $20 'Client interviews' extra = $120

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Rodrigo F.

    Freelance marketplace

    $100 (Starter, 1,000 words, 21 days) + $50 Client interview add-on

    1,000 words, unlimited revisions; tiers differ only by delivery time; interview as an add-on

    $150

    $100 + $50 Client interview add-on = $150 (the 7-day tier would be $450)

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Arslan I.

    Freelance marketplace

    $255 (Standard, 1,500 words)

    1,500 words, research, client interviews, references, 2 revisions

    $255

    Lowest tier with 1,000+ words and interviews = $255

    2026-10-12

  • Fiverr seller naeemjawaid

    Freelance marketplace

    $285 (Standard)

    1,200 words, one interview up to 45 minutes, research, 2 revisions; 10-day delivery

    $285

    Lowest package reaching 1,000 words with an interview = $285

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Gunjan B.

    Freelance marketplace

    $350 (Advanced, 4-5 pages)

    Interviews ticked on Standard and Advanced; word counts not stated

    $350

    Tiers are priced by page with no word count. At the EFA's 250-word page, 1,000 words is 4 pages, so the 4-5 page tier ($350) is the first that reaches the spec; the 2-3 page tier ($200) would be 500-750 words

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Anne H.

    Freelance marketplace

    $305 (Advanced, 1,000 words) + $65 Client Interviews add-on

    1,000 words, 7-day delivery, no revision on this tier; interview as an add-on

    $370

    $305 + $65 Client Interviews add-on = $370

    2026-10-12

  • Fiverr seller ggerbus

    Freelance marketplace

    $450 (Standard, 1,500 words)

    1,500 words, research, one 30-minute customer interview (or email questionnaire), 2 revisions; 10-day delivery

    $450

    Lowest package with 1,500 words and the interview included = $450

    2026-10-12

  • Fiverr seller mattmacintosh

    Freelance marketplace

    $490 (Standard)

    Customer interview, light research, writing, 2 revisions; 7-day delivery

    $490

    Lowest package reaching 1,000 words that includes the seller-run interview = $490

    2026-10-12

  • Upwork seller Thomas S.

    Freelance marketplace

    $575 (Standard, 1,000 words) + $100 Client Interviews add-on

    1,000 words, research, 2 revisions; interview as an add-on (included only in the 1,500-word $700 tier)

    $675

    $575 + $100 Client Interviews add-on = $675 (cheaper than the $700 tier that includes it)

    2026-10-12

How the marketplace prices were drawn: Fiverr: search 'b2b case study' (https://www.fiverr.com/search/gigs?query=b2b%20case%20study), 'Sort by: Relevance' (the default), 387 results, read 2026-10-12 in a real Chrome window over the DevTools protocol with Fiverr's logged_out_currency cookie set to USD (the visitor IP was not American, so result order may differ for a US visitor). The broader 'case study writing' search (22,000+) and the 'Case Study Writing' category (17,000+) were tried first and are dominated by student essay gigs, so they were not sampled. From positions 1-39 of two loads of the 'b2b case study' results, every gig selling a written B2B or customer case study was opened (18 gigs); excluded were design-only gigs, academic and assignment gigs, video editing, white-paper-only gigs, interview-preparation gigs and two topic-research write-ups. Two more gigs came from the search 'customer success story' (charlotte4332, shijujimthomas). 20 Fiverr gigs in all. Upwork: Project Catalog search 'b2b case study' (https://www.upwork.com/services/search?q=b2b%20case%20study), default order, page 1 (24 listings), read the same day the same way. Kept 14; excluded design-only (2), academic research-analysis (4), white papers (2), a blog post and an editing listing. Package rule, both sites: a listing priced per standard case study counts as the spec unless it states a length below 1,000 words. Where tiers differ by length, take the lowest tier reaching 1,000 words (pages converted at the EFA's 250 words a page). The seller must conduct the customer interview: if no tier at that length includes it but a paid 'Client interviews' extra exists, add the extra; if neither, the row is null with what it would cost. Upwork prices exclude Upwork's client fees. Contra: three listings found through web search, none with a seller-run interview at the listed price, none counted.

Checked, and publish no price

21 of 75 providers checked

Not a criticism. Quoting per project is normal when the work varies. It does mean the ranges above describe the providers who publish, and the ones who do not are rarely the cheapest.

  • Case Study Buddy · Domain 301-redirects to testimonialhero.com; no standalone price. Still priced at 'USD 4,725' in Concurate's 2026 'Top 7' listicle.
  • Ten Speed · No price on the homepage; /pricing returns Not Found
  • Animalz · No prices
  • Siege Media · No case study price; only client results
  • Grow and Convert · Pricing URL returns 404
  • Omniscient Digital · No case study price
  • Goodman Lantern · Case studies included in a customised six-month subscription; 'Request a Quote'
  • Contently · No case study price
  • Content Cucumber · Case study service page with no price
  • Column · Case study page returns 'Page not found'; homepage now sells research-led thought leadership. Formerly listed at $649/$799 per Best Case Studio.
  • Intero Digital (formerly Influence & Co.) · Redirects to Intero Digital; no case study price
  • Brafton · Case study service URL returns 'Page not found'; no price found
  • Ace Performance Marketing · States market ranges ($2,000-$4,000 written-only; $4,000-$8,000 full production) but no price of its own
  • Make Honey · Domain shows a 'Launching Soon' placeholder; still named as a case study provider in Best Case Studio's 2026 list
  • Nathan Ojaokomo (freelancer) · Rate card lists articles ($700; $850 when he runs the interview) but no case study price, although his ranking guide quotes $800-$1,500 for a standard case study
  • James Henderson (Contra) · 'Contact for pricing' on a 1,500+ word case study with interviews and customer approvals
  • ContentWriters · Pricing page lists blog posts, white papers ($380 for 1,500 words), web articles and press releases; no case study price
  • WriterAccess · Per-word rate card only; no case study product or interview service price
  • Verblio · No case study content type or price
  • Stellar (formerly Crowd Content) · No case study product or price
  • Wilton Blake (freelancer) · The cost article still indexed by search engines now lands on the homepage of a different service (buyer-readiness diagnostics); no case study price on the site. His Upwork listing (sample above) still prices case studies.
What moves the price

Why one case study costs 57 times another

Who runs the customer interview and who chases the customer's sign-off, not the word count.

  1. 01

    Who runs the customer interview

    The clearest published price of an interview comes from the most-reviewed seller in our Upwork sample: $750 when 'You already interviewed client' and $1,000 when the seller runs it. Marketplace interview extras run from $20 to $100, and Express Writers sells its 20 to 30 minute interview for $175.

    Upwork listing, Martin C.
  2. 02

    Who chases the customer's approval

    Compose.ly, from $2,300, says it handles 'the interviews, writing, and client approvals', and Authentic Marketer's $1,110 package includes 'Client follow-up to lock in interview and get approval to publish'. Uplift, from $750, makes edits 'before you send it off to your customer for approval', so the chase stays with you.

    Uplift Content case study service
  3. 03

    Design and layout

    A case study is often sold as a designed PDF, with the design priced on top. One Fiverr seller charges $450 for the copy and interview and $600 with a branded design; Notis Press puts a designed PDF in its $950 tier; Testimonial Hero's full written bundle, with a one-pager, sales slide and quote cards, is $4,370 against $3,450 for the case study.

    Fiverr gig, ggerbus
  4. 04

    A human writer or an AI draft

    Testimonial Hero's AI-assisted case study starts at $2,530 against $3,450 for a human writer, $920 apart, and the interview and approvals are still bought either way. One Upwork seller charges $400 for a case study 'assisted by ChatGPT' and $700 for a human-written one.

    Testimonial Hero written case studies
  5. 05

    Subject expertise

    nDash's 2020 guide priced the same 800 to 1,000 word business case study, with an hour-long call, at an average of $100 from a generalist, $300 from a writer familiar with the topic and $850 from a technical expert. Technical experts in industrial, legal and science topics averaged $1,500.

    nDash content pricing guide
  6. 06

    Delivery time

    On one Upwork listing the tiers differ only in speed: the same 1,000-word case study is $100 in 21 days, $200 in 14 and $400 in 7, plus $50 if the seller runs the interview.

    Upwork listing, Rodrigo F.
Building it with AI

What the machine costs, and what it does not

Nine current models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google would turn an interview transcript into this case study for between one cent and $1.25, on our token estimate. None of them books the customer, asks the follow-up question or gets the sign-off. StoryVoice, at $39 a story, goes further, with a five-minute voice AI interview the customer takes alone. The receipt prices one mid-range model, then the hours that remain.

What AI cannot do here
  • Persuade a busy customer to spend an hour on the record
  • Ask the follow-up question that turns 'it saved us time' into a number
  • Confirm the figures with the customer's own team
  • Get the customer's legal or communications team to sign off the quotes

Receipt · one case study

  • Transcribe a 45-minute recorded interview$0.20

    OpenAI GPT-Transcribe, $0.0045 per minute: 45 minutes x $0.0045. Price read 2026-10-12

  • Outline, draft, revise and check every quote$0.25

    Claude Sonnet 5.5, $2 per 1M input tokens, $10 per 1M output tokens: 50,000 input tokens x $2/M + 15,000 output x $10/M across four calls, our token estimate. Price read 2026-10-12

Tools and model time$0.45
Human edit, 3 to 6 h at $53/h$158 to $315
Publishable$158 to $315

Edit hours: Our editorial estimate for writing the questions and running the customer interview (nDash's guide assumes an hour-long call), checking every quote and figure in the draft against the transcript, rewriting it in the customer's voice and making their changes. No survey measures it. The hourly rate is the same loaded in-house figure used for the in-house route, so the two are comparable.

How long it takes

Turnaround, as each route publishes it

From brief to first draft or delivery, in the provider's own words. Where a provider states no turnaround, it is not listed.

  1. Writing or production platform

    5-7 business days once interviews are complete and the brief is approved

    Compose.ly

  2. Agency or studio

    14 business days to a draft after the interview; booking can take a week to several weeks

    Authentic Marketer

  3. Agency or studio

    72 hours to one week

    Saiqic

  4. Agency or studio

    2-3 weeks

    Notis Press

  5. Agency or studio

    14 days from the interview

    Best Case Studio

  6. Agency or studio

    Most orders ship in 6 business days

    Express Writers

  7. Agency or studio

    Within 7 working days

    Content Development Pros

  8. Independent specialist

    2-3 weeks (rate guide); two weeks to a month (case study page)

    Steve Maurer

  9. Independent specialist

    5 to 10 working days

    Kara Kuryllowicz

  10. Independent specialist

    2-4 weeks start to finish

    Ace Case Studies

  11. Independent specialist

    First draft 5 business days after the interview; revisions within 3 business days

    Contentestate

  12. Writing or production platform

    4-6 weeks from introduction to delivery

    SaaSpirin

  13. Freelance marketplace

    10 days (1,500-word package with interview)

    Fiverr seller ggerbus

  14. Freelance marketplace

    10 days (interview-led package)

    Fiverr seller naeemjawaid

  15. Freelance marketplace

    7 days (seller runs the interview)

    Upwork Project Catalog: Martin C.

  16. AI tools

    Customer talks for 5 minutes; under 15 minutes to a publish-ready draft

    StoryVoice
Doing it yourself

What a case study takes to do yourself

No survey times the whole job. The 2026 rate chart from the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) puts business writing at 1.5 to 4.5 pages of 250 words an hour, about 1.1 to 3.3 hours for 1,250 words, and hand transcription at 20 audio minutes an hour. The other rows are our estimate, and none of them counts the days spent waiting for the customer.

Editorial estimate

No independent survey measures this, so the hours are our editorial estimate.

At the same loaded rate as an in-house hire ($53 an hour), your 4.1 to 9.3 hours are worth $215 to $488.

  • Choose the customer and ask them to go on record30 to 60 min
  • Write the questions and book the call30 to 60 min
  • Run and record the interview30 to 60 min
  • Transcribe it with a tool and pull out the quotes and figures30 to 60 min
  • Write the draft, at the EFA's pace1.1 to 3.3 h
  • Edit, send it for the customer's approval and make their changes1 to 2 h

You also need

  • A customer willing to be named
  • A way to record and transcribe the call
  • Someone to edit you
  • Whoever owns the customer relationship, to ask for the sign-off
Who to buy it from

Agency vs freelancer vs fractional vs in-house

Cost is one row of six. The rest turn on the two jobs that set the price, running the interview and getting the sign-off, and the fractional column does not win all of them.

Agency
Freelancer or marketplace
Fractional lead
In-house hire
Cost, per 1,000 to 1,500 word case study
$255 to $2,497
$60 to $1,500
Not priced by the piece. From $5,000 a month to lead the work, plus production from $2,000 a month
$1,517 to $3,033, with a monthly commitment of $9,100
Who runs the customer interview
Included in most published packages; Express Writers sells it as a $175 add-on
Specialists include it; 15 of the 34 marketplace listings we read sell none at any price
I do, with questions drawn from what buyers ask sales
The hire, once a customer agrees to a call
Who gets the customer's sign-off
Authentic Marketer and AppWT say they do; Uplift hands the draft back to you
Two of the four specialists say they get it; one Fiverr gig makes it your job in writing
I chase it, but the customer's own legal team still sets the pace
The hire, through the account manager who owns the relationship
Design and layout
Sometimes bundled: Notis Press puts a designed PDF in its $950 tier
Usually extra: one Fiverr seller charges $150 more for a branded design
Not me. I brief a designer or use your template
Only if the hire also designs
Smallest commitment
One case study, at a floor price
One case study
A month
A salary
Best when
You have happy customers and nobody with time to interview them
You will run the interview and chase the approval yourself
Nobody has decided which customer stories sales actually needs
You need several stories a month, every month

Agency and freelancer costs are the published ranges above. The fractional column is busyless, priced as it is sold. In-house uses the salary data for AI Content Writer, loaded and divided by monthly output.

Before you sign

Where the quote and the invoice come apart

Each of these is visible on a published price list, linked where it is.

01

The interview is yours unless the package says otherwise

The most-reviewed gig in our Fiverr sample, with 2,549 ratings, sells 1,000 words for $175 and says: 'It does not include design or interviews. All information for the case study must be provided.' Across the 34 Fiverr and Upwork listings we read, 15 sell no seller-run customer interview at any price, three of them ambiguously.

Fiverr gig, mongiardo
02

The approval chase ends at your desk

Uplift, from $750, makes 'as many edits as you need before you send it off to your customer for approval.' One interview-led Fiverr gig says: 'You are responsible for obtaining permission to use the customer's name, logo, quotations, data, and results.' Of the 13 prices we counted outside the marketplaces, five say nothing about who gets the sign-off.

Uplift Content case study service
03

An interview add-on may not be with your customer

Express Writers' $175 add-on is 'One 20–30 minute interview with a vetted professional in your field', sold for expert quotes; you name the interviewee after checkout. One Fiverr gig sells a $20 'Client interviews' extra while its own FAQ says 'Live interviews are not included in standard packages' and offers a list of questions instead. Ask who is interviewed, by whom, and for how long.

Express Writers interview service
04

A listing that contradicts itself

One Fiverr gig with no ratings ticks 'Client interviews' on every package while each package description, copied word for word from another seller's gig, promises a case study 'based on a prerecorded interview'. We counted its $1,300 at the price a buyer could be charged. Ask in writing who runs the interview before you order.

Fiverr gig, peter_festus04
05

Guides that price vendors who have moved on

A 2026 list prices Case Study Buddy at USD 4,725, but its domain now redirects to Testimonial Hero. Column's case study page returns 'Page not found'. A July 2026 list gives StoryVoice monthly plans at $49, $99 and $249; it now sells $39 a story. Two 2026 lists credit the same three tiers to Uplift and to Concurate, and Uplift's own page says $750.

Best Case Studio's 2026 list
06

The category is full of student essays

Fiverr's Case Study Writing category, with more than 17,000 results, opens with gigs such as 'do urgent essay writing, case study analysis, APA paper'. The cheap prices you see first are for coursework. The business sample on this page came from the narrower search 'b2b case study', 387 results.

Fiverr Case Study Writing category
The cost of doing nothing

What not having it costs, in your numbers rather than ours

Without published customer stories, the proof still gets asked for, and it is paid for in customers' goodwill and your team's hours. Here is where it goes, and a sum you can do with your own figures.

  • Reference calls spend the same customers

    A late-stage buyer who wants proof from a company like theirs gets a live reference call instead. Each call uses a named customer's goodwill and calendar, so the same few get asked again and again, and they run out before the deals do.

  • The willingness to go on record expires

    The champion who would give the interview changes jobs, the before-and-after numbers stop being recent, and the customer's legal team gets stricter. A story not captured while the result is fresh may never be approvable later.

  • Answer engines cite someone else's customers

    Search engines and AI assistants can only cite outcomes that are published. A buyer asking which vendors have solved their problem for a company like theirs gets an answer built from other companies' customer stories.

Work it out

Reference calls arranged each quarter × hours each one takes from sales and account managers × loaded cost per hour

Reference calls arranged each quarter
Your CRM, or ask the account managers how often sales asks them for one
Hours per call
Finding a willing customer, briefing them, joining the call and following up
Loaded cost per hour
Annual salary × 1.3, divided by 2,080 working hours
How I price it

Why there is no per-piece price from me

busyless runs on a retainer. A Fractional Head of Content, from $5,000 a month and month to month, owns the system: which channels we bet on, the editorial standard, customer interviews, the conversion path and the monthly report.

Production sits underneath as execution capacity, from $2,000 a month, through agents I have built or people I manage. We make as much as growth needs, so a price per piece would measure the count rather than whether it worked.

Most clients start with Discovery: two weeks and $2,500 for the diagnosis and a 90-day plan, theirs to keep either way.

See how the retainer works
Discovery, two weeks
$2,500
Fractional Head of Content
from $5,000/mo
Execution capacity
from $2,000/mo
Price per piece
None
What other pages quote

The ranges you will find elsewhere, and where they come from

The top US results when we read them on 12 October 2026. 14 of 15 name no source for the figure they give, and 6 answer a different question altogether.

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FAQ

Frequently asked

  • Why is the cheapest case study $60 and the dearest $3,450?
    Because a quote prices the jobs around the writing. Across the seller prices on this page, the same 1,000 to 1,500 words ran from $60 to $3,450. Who books and runs the customer interview, who gets the customer's sign-off and whether design is bundled move the price far more than length does.
  • Should you buy a case study on Fiverr or Upwork?
    Yes, if you will run the interview yourself or confirm in writing that the seller does. Fifteen of the 34 Fiverr and Upwork listings we read sell no seller-run customer interview at any price, and the ones that counted ran from $60 to $1,300. Most cheap gigs write up an interview you supply, so count your own hour on the call and the approval chase as part of the price.
  • How much does a seller charge to run the case study interview?
    On the marketplaces, $20 to $100 as an extra; Express Writers charges $175 for a 20 to 30 minute interview. The clearest figure is one Upwork seller's: $750 if you have already interviewed the customer and $1,000 if the seller does it, so the interview is $250. Check that the add-on means your customer, not expert quotes or a list of questions.
  • Who should chase the customer's approval for a case study?
    Whoever the customer will answer. Of the 13 prices we counted outside the marketplaces, seven say the provider gets the sign-off, five say nothing and one, Uplift, hands the draft back to you. If nobody owns it, a finished draft can sit unpublished while the customer's legal or communications team reads it, after the interview and writing are paid for.
  • What is left to pay for once AI drafts the case study?
    Almost everything but the draft. Nine current models would write it from a transcript for one cent to $1.25 on our token estimate, and transcribing a 45-minute call costs 20 cents. Booking the customer, asking the follow-up question and getting the sign-off still take a person, which is why Testimonial Hero's AI-assisted case study starts at $2,530. With those hours priced, the receipt above comes to $158 to $315.
  • Why does a case study take weeks when the writing takes hours?
    Because the customer sets the pace. At the EFA's writing pace the draft itself is about 1.1 to 3.3 hours. Compose.ly quotes 5 to 7 business days once the interviews are done and the brief approved, Authentic Marketer 14 business days to a draft after the interview, and Notis Press two to three weeks, 'depending on client response times and customer availability for interviews'. No provider publishes how long the customer's approval takes.
  • Would a staff writer make your case studies cheaper?
    Rarely on case studies alone. A mid-level AI content writer, loaded for payroll and benefits, costs $9,100 a month, which is $1,517 to $3,033 a case study at three to six a month, above all but one of the seven agency prices we read. A hire pays off when the same person writes everything else too, and case studies are one job among several.
  • Does busyless write case studies?
    As part of the work, not by the piece. busyless runs the customer interviews the content comes out of: from $5,000 a month I lead the work, including which customer stories sales needs, and production from $2,000 a month writes them up, through agents or people. There is no per-piece price. If you only need a case study, the routes on this page are the way to buy one.