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AI vs human cost calculator.
What a role costs staffed by people versus by AI, and an honest verdict on whether it should be automated at all.
Human cost is loaded 20% for employer overheads. AI cost is model usage at current rates plus real operating cost: hosting, monitoring and the upkeep nobody budgets for. Estimates, not a quote.
Monthly, this role
Worth automating
About $878/month freed: roughly 80% of this role is rules and repetition.
High repetition, clear rules, measurable output: the strongest case.
The people do not disappear in practice: the repetitive load moves and they handle exceptions and customers. That decision is yours; ours is the honest audit.
Why this number
This one will tell you to keep the person. Roles are scored on how rule-bound they genuinely are, so judgement-heavy work returns "keep it human" regardless of the arithmetic.