10 minutes · self-serve
AI Readiness Scorecard
Answer 10 questions and get a personalized score across all five dimensions, with the priorities that come out of it.
Take the scorecardThe free AI readiness assessment for mid-market businesses.
Before you spend on tools or training, find out exactly where you stand. Our free AI readiness assessment scores your company across five dimensions: leadership, data, team skills, workflows, and governance. It tells you what to fix first. Two AI assessment tools, zero sales calls.
570 assessments completed
4.9/5 average rating
5 dimensions scored
Free no credit card, instant results
What we score
The five dimensions of AI readiness
Every business is weak in at least one. Most do not know which until they score them separately.
Leadership & strategy
Is there a clear owner and a plan, or a series of disconnected experiments?
- Executive alignment and AI sponsor
- Clear AI investment priorities
- Strategy connected to business outcomes
- Defined success metrics
Data & tooling
Is your information accessible and your tooling consolidated, or scattered across tabs?
- Data quality, completeness, and consistency
- Tool consolidation and integration readiness
- Data ownership and governance
- AI-ready infrastructure
Team skills & adoption
Can your people actually use AI on their real work, or did the rollout stall?
- Current AI skill levels across roles
- Training gaps and learning needs
- Adoption blockers and friction points
- Champions and resistance patterns
Workflow fit
Do you know which workflows AI should touch first, and which it should leave alone?
- Manual and repetitive task inventory
- Decision points suitable for automation
- Process documentation maturity
- Sequencing and prioritization logic
Governance & risk
Is there a clear policy on what is allowed and where company data can go?
- Acceptable use policies in place
- Data residency and compliance requirements
- Risk exposure in regulated workflows
- Oversight and review processes
Why start here
What happens without an AI assessment first
Most AI projects do not fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because the business was not ready for it.
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No clarity on where AI creates value
Without a workflow analysis, teams guess which problems AI solves and invest in the wrong areas first.
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Poor data discovered too late
AI systems are only as good as the data they run on. Most businesses discover data gaps only after the build has started.
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Automating the wrong processes first
AI makes a broken workflow faster and more consistently wrong. Process problems must be identified before automation is designed.
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No governance creates compliance risk
Deploying AI without data policies and access controls creates compliance exposure, especially in regulated industries.
A free AI readiness assessment surfaces all of this before you spend on implementation. It does not just tell you whether you are ready; it tells you exactly what to fix first.
Two free AI assessment tools pick yours.
Pick whichever fits how you would rather work. Both are free and give you an instant, personalized read.
3 minutes · voice
AI Readiness Voice Audit
Talk through your situation in a quick voice-driven audit and get back the highest-value places to act first.
Try the voice auditWhy Phos
Phos AI assessment vs. a generic quiz
Most free AI tools give you a single score and a list of generic tips. This is built differently.
Phos AI Readiness Assessment
Built for mid-market businesses
- Five dedicated dimensions, each scored separately
- Prioritized action list; not generic tips
- CCA-F certified team reviewing results
- Built for $5M to $50M businesses specifically
- Choice of scorecard or voice audit format
- Free, instant, no sales call required
Generic AI quiz tool
Built for anyone
- Single overall score, no dimension breakdown
- Generic tips not tied to your situation
- No certified consultant behind the results
- Not tailored to mid-market business context
- Form only; no voice option
- Often requires email before showing results
Who uses it
Used by mid-market teams across industries
The assessment is calibrated for businesses doing $2M to $100M. We have seen every industry below use it to find their first real AI moves.
Accounting
Healthcare
Law Firms
Logistics
SaaS
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Financial Advisory
Real Estate
HR & Staffing
Marketing Agencies
Insurance
A good AI assessment tool changes what you do next. Ours is built to.
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Five dimensions, scored.
Leadership and strategy, data and tooling, team skills and adoption, workflow fit, and governance. Each one scored so readiness stops being a vibe and becomes a number you can act on.
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Honest, not flattering.
We tell you where you actually stand, including the gaps nobody internally wants to name. The point is a baseline you can trust before you spend more.
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A plan, not a PDF.
The low scores become your first moves, in priority order. The assessment feeds straight into AI Foundations if it makes sense to go deeper.
How it works.
Minutes to a baseline. Four weeks to a full plan.
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Take the free AI readiness assessment.
Start with the 10-step scorecard or the 3-minute voice audit. Either AI assessment tool gives you an instant, personalized read across all five dimensions.
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We review where you stand.
We walk through your result, separate the real constraints from the noise, and show you the two or three moves that matter most for your situation.
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Go deeper if it is worth it.
When the gaps justify it, a full AI Foundation assessment interviews your team and maps how work actually moves: four weeks, a written strategy and roadmap you own.
This is for you if:
- You know AI matters but cannot say where to start.
- You have bought tools and adoption is uneven or stalled.
- You need an honest baseline before you spend more.
This is not for you if:
- You already have a clear, owned AI strategy in motion.
- You just need hands to build something already scoped.
- You are not willing to change how the team works.
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FAQs
What is an AI readiness assessment?
An AI readiness assessment is a structured review of how prepared your company is to adopt AI, across leadership, data and tooling, team skills, workflows, and governance. It tells you where you actually stand and what to fix first, so you invest in the right order instead of buying tools nobody adopts.
What does an AI readiness assessment measure?
Five dimensions: leadership alignment and strategy, data and tooling maturity, team skills and adoption, workflow and process fit, and governance and risk. A good assessment scores each one and turns the gaps into a prioritized plan.
How long does an AI readiness assessment take?
Our self-serve scorecard takes about 10 minutes and the voice audit about 3. A full AI Foundation assessment, where we interview your team and map how work actually moves, runs about four weeks and produces a written strategy and roadmap.
Is the AI readiness assessment free?
Yes. Both the AI Readiness Scorecard and the 3-minute Voice Audit are free and give you an instant, personalized result. They are the fastest way to see where you stand before deciding whether a deeper engagement makes sense.
What is the best free AI assessment tool?
The best free AI assessment tool is one that scores you across multiple dimensions and gives you a prioritized action list, not just a generic report. Phos AI Labs offers two: a 10-step scorecard and a 3-minute voice audit. Both are free, instant, and built specifically for mid-market businesses evaluating AI readiness.
What happens after the assessment?
You get a clear picture of your gaps and priorities. If it makes sense to go further, the assessment feeds directly into AI Foundations, the phase where we turn the priorities into a written strategy, roadmap, and the SOPs your AI tools need to be useful.