Compare the same seat two ways: a fully loaded hire, and an AI employee you build once and review every week.
A hire costs more than a salary, and an AI employee costs more than a subscription. This compares the two properly: payroll burden, recruiting, ramp time, the odds of turnover, your management time on both sides, and the review time an AI employee needs to stay reliable. Numbers are pre-filled with typical values, so change only what you know.
The seat today, fully loaded.
Built once, reviewed every week.
An AI employee costs less in this seat
$77,763 saved per year
Once it is built, the AI employee runs about $14,100 a year against $91,863 for the seat with a person. Year one is $18,450 including the build.
Fully loaded hire
$91,863
Payroll, tools, ramp, turnover risk, and your management time
AI employee, year one
$18,450
Build time, subscriptions, and closer review while it learns
AI employee, ongoing
$14,100
Subscriptions plus weekly review time
Payback on the build
0.7 months
Build and ramp cost of $NaN recovered from the monthly difference
Hours you get back
26 hours a year
Your management time on the seat drops from 2 to 1.5 hours a week
Where the hire number comes from
In a Vasana engagement we score each seat in the business with you and build the first AI employee on the one that pays back fastest.
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