Both are described as AI operating systems for consulting. They are not competing for the same thing. Here is the real difference.
Riplo makes your deliverables faster.
Studio:Blueprint makes your firm better.
On a waitlist. No public pricing. Enterprise design partners only as of May 2026.
Live today. Self-serve. From £799/year. No waitlist, no sales conversation required.
Riplo raised £2.3 million in pre-seed funding backed by Cherry Ventures, QuantumBlack founders, and angels from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, OpenAI, and Apple.
A consultant brings a project into Riplo's canvas. AI agents help structure the analysis, draft outputs, and iterate on the storyline. The result: faster, better client deliverables. Slides. Reports. Analysis.
Riplo's focus is the McKinsey model of consulting — large engagements, senior teams, high-stakes deliverables, enterprise clients. They are building for the world's most elite firms.
Studio:Blueprint is not a deliverable production tool. It is the operating system that runs the firm itself — methodology, client relationships, pipeline, evidence, roadmaps, operating health, and agents — across every engagement, for every client, continuously.
A consultant using Studio:Blueprint does not produce a better slide deck. They run a better practice. The system learns how they work, applies that methodology to every client, tracks the firm's health in real time, and surfaces what needs attention.
| Riplo | Studio:Blueprint | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Client deliverables (slides, analysis, reports) | Firm operating system — methodology, pipeline, evidence, health |
| Who it's for | Enterprise consulting teams | Independent to enterprise, 1–unlimited users |
| Availability | Waitlist — not publicly available | Live — sign up today |
| Pricing | Not published — enterprise sales | £799–£2,999/year, self-serve |
| Evidence desk | Knowledge canvas per engagement | Firm-wide, methodology-aware, available from day one |
| Methodology engine | Not available | Core to the product — learns and applies your approach |
| Agent layer | Agents assist with deliverable production | Agents run firm operations — BD, content, client monitoring |
| Client sharing | Not available | Client Progress Room — shareable link, white-labelled |
| Backed by | Cherry Ventures, QuantumBlack founders, McKinsey/BCG angels | Self-funded, founder-built |
Riplo is built for the analysis, the outputs, the deliverables. It makes the work of consulting faster and better. A consultant working on a complex BCG-style engagement with multiple workstreams and high-pressure delivery deadlines — Riplo is built for them.
Studio:Blueprint is built for the methodology that connects engagements, the firm health that depends on them, the client relationships that outlast them. It makes the practice of consulting more systematic and scalable. A consultant running five simultaneous client relationships and trying to build a repeatable practice — Studio:Blueprint is built for them.
A consultant could use both. Riplo to produce better client work inside an engagement. Studio:Blueprint to run the firm that produces it.
No public pricing. No self-serve access. The product is in design partner phase with enterprise consulting firms as of May 2026. Worth watching. Not available to most firms yet.
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Studio:Blueprint is live. Start today. £799/year.