How much does AI cost for sports organisations?
The typical AI build for sports organisations costs $2,100, and half of 213 priced posts fall between $380 and $4,800. That ranks 25th of 36 industries on median cost.
What stands out
Sports builds lean on video and statistics. Computer vision and live data feeds drive the cost, and data rights can matter as much as the code.
- Demand leans towards computer vision: 12.5% of posts here against 1.1% across industries.
- Budgets run below the market: a median of $2,100 against $2,500 overall.
- The most common specific request is back-office automation, at 16.8% of posts.
- The United States is the largest market, with 49% of posts.
How Sports ranks
How sports ranks
Each tick is a ranked industry, lowest on the left. Pink is this one.
- Posts302#21 of 36
- Median cost$2,100#25 of 36
- Hourly rate$29.50/hr#14 of 36
- Applicants13#13 of 36
- Expert requests36%#27 of 36
- Compliance3.3%#31 of 36
- Production21.1%#5 of 36
- Seasoned buyers33%#30 of 36
- Momentum-13%#17 of 24
What a build costs
Half of priced posts fall between $380 and $4,800, and one in ten reaches $14,400.
Against the closest sectors
Median build for Sports and the sectors nearest in price.
- E-commerce$2,400
- Travel$2,160
- Sports$2,100
- Fashion and beauty$2,000
- Restaurants and hospitality$2,000
- Education$2,000
- Engineering and architecture$2,000
How buyers structure the work
Fixed-price and hourly posts, by count.
$460median fixed budget
$4,720median hourly estimate
Posted rates: $20/hr to $40/hr, median $29.50/hr.
What is being built
Compared with other sectors, this shows what is distinctive here, not only what is common.
Most requested builds
Share of posts here against all sectors.
- AI SaaS and MVPs21.1%
- Back-office automation16.8%
- Computer vision12.5%
- API integrations7.2%
- AI mobile apps4.9%
- CRM automation3.6%
- Make and Zapier3.0%
- Custom agents2.3%
See the numbers
| Build | Posts | Share here | Across industries |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI SaaS and MVPs | 64 | 21.1% | 21.4% |
| Back-office automation | 51 | 16.8% | 14.2% |
| Computer vision | 38 | 12.5% | 1.1% |
| API integrations | 22 | 7.2% | 5.4% |
| AI mobile apps | 15 | 4.9% | 2.5% |
| CRM automation | 11 | 3.6% | 4.6% |
| Make and Zapier | 9 | 3.0% | 3.9% |
| Custom agents | 7 | 2.3% | 7.3% |
| Social media | 6 | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| n8n workflows | 6 | 2.0% | 6.2% |
| Support chatbots | 5 | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| AI scraping | 5 | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Document extraction | 5 | 1.6% | 1.0% |
Most distinctive here
How many times the usual share.
- Computer vision11.5×
- AI mobile apps2.0×
- API integrations1.3×
- Back-office automation1.2×
- AI SaaS and MVPs1.0×
- CRM automation0.8×
- Make and Zapier0.8×
Tools and scope
What buyers name shows the systems a build has to work with and how close it is to production.
Tools and systems named
Share of posts. Names under five posts are hidden.
- Claude7.6%
- AWS6.3%
- WhatsApp5.3%
- Google Sheets4.3%
- “Agent”3.6%
- Twilio3.6%
- OpenAI and ChatGPT3.3%
- n8n2.0%
- GoHighLevel2.0%
How serious the scope is
Share of descriptions asking for each.
- Production21.1%
- Evaluation or guardrails7.2%
- Compliance3.3%
- Security5.6%
Where the buyers are
Buyers around the world
Countries with five or more posts. Click a country to open it.
Top countries
Share of this sector's posts.
- United States49.3%
- United Kingdom7.9%
- Australia5.6%
- India3.3%
- Canada3.3%
- France2.6%
- South Africa2.3%
- Ireland1.6%
If you are buying
Plan around the range
Half of priced posts fall between $380 and $4,800, and one in ten reaches $14,400. Scope decides where you land.
Start where peers start
After general products and back-office work, computer vision is the most common request here. A narrow first build lets you prove value before you widen scope.
Plan time for shortlisting
A median of 13 applicants means screening takes real time. Ask for one similar past project up front.
Compare with similar sectors
Also in commerce and consumer
Price your own build
See the median, range and scope for your use case. If you would rather talk it through, VIZIO AI builds and runs these systems.
Questions
How much does an AI build cost for sports organisations?
The median across 213 priced posts is $2,100. Half fall between $380 and $4,800, and one in ten reaches $14,400 or more. That ranks 25th of 36 industries on median cost.
What are sports organisations building with AI?
The most common requests are AI SaaS and MVPs, back-office automation, computer vision.
What do AI developers charge in sports?
Posted rates centre on $29.50 an hour, with most between $20 and $40. These are open-market rates; agencies usually charge more.
Where are the buyers in sports?
The United States is the largest market, with 49% of posts.
How do you decide a post's industry?
From the post title where it names a sector, otherwise from the buyer's stated industry. About 45% of posts can be placed, so this describes those posts, not every buyer in the sector.
How to read this
A post's industry comes from its title where that names a sector, otherwise from the buyer's stated industry. About 45% of posts can be placed. Figures come from public job posts from December 2025 to November 2026 and show what posts offered, not what was paid. Hourly posts are estimated from rate, length and workload. Industries need 30 priced posts to be ranked, and are left out of rankings when one account makes up over a quarter of posts. Counts under 5 are hidden. Momentum compares January to March with May to July, before collection widened, and is left out where one account is over 12% of posts. Read the method
Cite this page. The AI Build Index. "How much does AI cost for sports organisations?" Published by VIZIO AI. Updated 2026-11-04. https://aibuildindex.com/industries/sports
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| Measure | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| AI build posts | 302 | 21 of 36 |
| Median build cost | $2,100 | 25 of 36 |
| Median hourly rate | $29.50/hr | 14 of 36 |
| Applicants per post | 13 | 13 of 36 |
| Expert-level requests | 36% | 27 of 36 |
| Compliance named | 3.3% | 31 of 36 |
| Production named | 21.1% | 5 of 36 |
| Buyers with $10k+ past spend | 33% | 30 of 36 |
| Change in share of posts | -13% | 17 of 24 |