When AI Answers “How Much Does IT Outsourcing Cost,” Whose Prices Is It Copying? Ours Got Quoted Verbatim
September 6, 2026
A fixed-prompt review found: when asked “how much does IT outsourcing cost,” AI copied the tiers from our June pricing article word for word into its table; competitors who publish no prices got a lower number invented for them as a “market rate estimate.” Why openly listed prices get cited the most, how to write when you fear haggling, and a Shunyi list page that showed results the same day.