Competitive comparison

Riplo vs Studio:Blueprint.
Two very different bets on the future of consulting.

Both are described as AI operating systems for consulting. They are not competing for the same thing. Here is the real difference.

The core distinction

Riplo makes your deliverables faster.
Studio:Blueprint makes your firm better.

Riplo availability

On a waitlist. No public pricing. Enterprise design partners only as of May 2026.

Studio:Blueprint availability

Live today. Self-serve. From £799/year. No waitlist, no sales conversation required.

What Riplo is

A deliverable production environment.

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.

Deliverable engine Enterprise only Waitlist
What Studio:Blueprint is

The operating system that runs your firm.

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.

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The comparison at a glance
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
The fundamental difference

They solve completely different problems.

What happens inside an engagement

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.

What happens across engagements

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.

Riplo

On a waitlist

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.

Studio:Blueprint

Live today

Sign up, describe how your firm works, and you are running. Independent plan from £799/year. No onboarding project, no sales conversation, no waiting.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions answered.

Not publicly. Riplo is working with design partners and is on a waitlist as of May 2026. Studio:Blueprint is live and self-serve.
The Evidence Desk analyses client documents and surfaces findings, which directly informs client-facing outputs. The agent layer can generate content. But Studio:Blueprint is not primarily a slide or report production tool — it is the operating layer for the firm.
Yes. They solve different problems. Riplo inside engagements for deliverable quality. Studio:Blueprint across engagements for firm operation. A large firm might eventually use both.
Enterprise consulting teams at large firms. Their investor base — McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs angels — signals where they are targeting. They are explicit about building for elite firms.
Independent consultants to enterprise-scale firms. From a solo practitioner at £799/year to a multi-seat advisory firm with unlimited engagements. The methodology engine, evidence desk, and agent layer are available at every tier.

Run your practice,
not just your projects.

Studio:Blueprint is live. Start today. £799/year.

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