Tellius Consultants: What Clients Need From You When AI Answers Questions Too
Clients can ask AI their questions now. Here is what they still need from a Tellius consultant, and how to earn on it for 3 years.
Your Tellius clients can now ask any AI their questions, and modeling Business Views is a harder sell. What they still need from you is an answer someone stands behind. Bring your Tellius clients answers without the Business Views to build first. SQOR.ai builds the model itself from the client’s systems and matches every figure to the books, and pays you 20% to 30% of the Proof of Value and every subscription payment for 3 years as a partner.
What is changing
Tellius answers business questions in plain language, on Business Views a team models and publishes first, according to its own documentation.
Every new question can mean another view to model, and clients ask why the AI still needs that work.
What to do next
- List the Business Views you maintain for each client.
- Show the questions those views exist to answer, answered by SQOR.ai with no view to build.
- Run a Proof of Value on 1 use case and the client’s own data.
- Stay in as the partner who leads it.
Where SQOR.ai fits with Tellius
Tellius and SQOR.ai both answer business questions in plain language. The difference is who builds the model and who vouches for the number. See the full comparison, SQOR.ai vs Tellius.
How the SQOR Partner Program pays
- Refer, 10% once. Introduce a client and step away, and you earn 10% of the client’s first-year subscription.
- Partner, 20% for 3 years. Stay in as the client’s lead contact, work with our team, and grow the account, and you earn 20% of the Proof of Value and every subscription payment for 3 years.
- Premier Partner, 30%. From your 6th partner client each year, the rate is 30%, for 3 years.
SQOR.ai engagements run $50K to $900K a year, and your share grows as the client adds teams, locations and use cases. Clients pay SQOR.ai’s list price, and anything you do for them beyond it is yours to price.
Sources and further reading
- SQOR.ai vs Tellius, sqor.ai comparison page
- Channel Insider, on Forrester’s analysis, Forrester: AI disruption puts technology services at risk, 2026
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Is SQOR.ai a Tellius alternative?
Yes, and it is a close comparison. Both answer business questions in plain language. Tellius answers on Business Views a team models and publishes first. SQOR.ai's engine builds the model itself from the source systems and matches every figure to the books.
Who builds the model in SQOR.ai?
SQOR.ai's engine builds it from the client's source systems and matches every figure to the books, so no one has to model and publish a view before a question can be answered.
My clients can ask AI their questions now. What do they still need from me as a Tellius consultant?
An answer someone stands behind. Bring them SQOR.ai, which builds the model itself and matches every figure to the books. Stay in as their partner and earn 20% of the Proof of Value and every subscription payment for 3 years, or 30% from your 6th partner client each year.