Ask Astro

Ask Astro is a collaborative intelligence platform that empowers business leaders, advisors, and franchisors to achieve continuous strategic partnership and make confident, data-driven decisions. It addresses common pain points such as time-consuming data gathering, fragmented information, and the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. By integrating real-time data, AI-powered insights, and secure collaboration tools, Ask Astro allows users to focus on strategic thinking that drives growth, rather than being bogged down by operational inefficiencies.

How to use Ask Astro

To use Ask Astro, you typically start by connecting your core data sources such as accounting software (Xero), CRM (HubSpot), e-commerce (Shopify), advertising (Google Ads), project management (Notion), or time tracking (Harvest) using one-click integrations. You can also drag-and-drop documents like board papers or strategy documents directly into the platform. Once data is integrated, you can build custom dashboards to monitor key metrics, create smart, AI-driven playbooks for strategic tasks like annual planning or client onboarding, and ask questions about your business performance, market trends, or strategic options to receive intelligent responses. The platform also allows you to set up automatic monitoring for key metrics and receive alerts for emerging issues, and securely collaborate by sharing dashboards, playbooks, and insights with team members or advisors.

Core Features of Ask Astro

• Real-time Data Integration: Connects with various systems (Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Google Ads, Notion, Harvest) and allows document uploads for a unified data view.
• Custom Dashboards: Easily build personalised dashboards to track revenue, customer satisfaction, team performance, and market movements.
• AI-Powered Insights: Get intelligent answers to business questions, market trends, and strategic options based on your integrated data.
• Smart Playbooks: Design step-by-step, AI-driven workflows for strategic tasks, leveraging your own intellectual property.
• Proactive Monitoring & Alerts: Set up automatic monitoring for key metrics and receive notifications for emerging issues or opportunities.
• Secure Collaboration: Share insights, dashboards, and playbooks with advisors or team members within an encrypted data warehouse.
• White-label Options: For advisors, the platform can be white-labelled and customised to reflect their brand.
• Predictive Strategy & Scenario Planning: Shift from reactive reporting to forward-looking analysis and planning.
• Centralised Business Intelligence: A single source of truth for all business data, enhancing daily visibility.

Use Cases for Ask Astro

Ask Astro serves various professionals and businesses. SMB leaders can make confident decisions with or without advisors, gaining centralised business intelligence, proactive decision support, automated reporting, and strategic planning tools to reduce stress. Advisory practices (accountancies and consultancies) can transform their services from retrospective to future-focused, offering real-time monitoring, forward-looking scenario planning, and leveraging their IP for custom AI-driven advisory platforms. Franchisors can secure their intellectual property, monitor their network in real-time with automated dashboards, and maintain a centralised data platform for scalable oversight across multiple locations.

Advantages of Ask Astro

Ask Astro offers significant advantages by amplifying human expertise rather than replacing it. It drastically reduces time spent on data gathering and report preparation, enabling more strategic thinking and proactive decision-making. Users benefit from real-time insights and early warning systems, allowing them to identify opportunities and issues before they escalate. The platform fosters deeper, more collaborative relationships between leaders and advisors by providing a shared context and integrated data, leading to enhanced trust and better business outcomes. Its customisable nature means it adapts to existing workflows and intellectual property, making AI feel like a thinking partner rather than just a tool.

Pricing and Plans

Ask Astro offers several pricing tiers, all invoiced monthly in advance with no contract lock-in. A first month free trial is available upon sign-up:

• Astro Pro: Priced at $1000 NZD per month. This plan is ideal for advisors and organisations seeking greater configurability, custom integrations, and enhanced control over their internal and client-facing AI platform. It includes 15 full user seats, with additional full user seats available for $35 NZD each. Unlimited lite users (comment and view only) are included. Features comprise white-label options, customisable playbooks and dashboards, dedicated account management, custom data integrations, and up to 5 hours of support and development per month.
• Pay per user: Available for $49 NZD per seat/per month. This plan is designed for leadership or small teams to access Ask Astro features and existing integrations independently.
• Astro Pro Project: An additional $3,000 NZD per month, typically for a 1-3 month engagement. This option provides 20 additional hours per month of planned development to create custom features and tailor Ask Astro to specific needs, addressing unique workflow requirements.