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What is doing nothing costing you?

Three sliders, honest math, any industry. See what manual busywork and your current tool stack cost every year — and how fast a $3,500 AI Install pays for itself. About a minute, no email required.

Your inputs
Hours/week on manual work15h
2h60h
Loaded hourly cost$45
$20$150
Monthly software spend$1,000
$0$10,000

Assumes 50 working weeks; an agent absorbs 60% of the manual work and replaces 30% of the tool spend — conservative on purpose. The Install credit isn't counted.

The status quo, per year

What busywork and your current tools cost every year you do nothing.

Busywork / yr

hours × loaded rate × 50 wks

Tool stack / yr

monthly software spend × 12

Install payback

on the $3,500 Install, net of the retainer

Three years out
Do nothing — the status quo keeps billing$137,250
ArchaFlow — Install + 36 mo retainer$57,500
3-year net, recovered value − cost
How the math works

Conservative on purpose.

The status quo is simple arithmetic: manual hours × loaded rate × 50working weeks, plus your monthly software spend × 12. No multipliers, no “productivity gains,” no hand-waving — and nothing industry-specific, so it works whether you run a plumbing shop, a law firm, or a warehouse.

The payback math is where most calculators cheat, so ours doesn't: we credit the agent with only 60% of the manual work and 30% of the tool spend, subtract the full retainer, and only then divide into the Install price. If the result is thin, the calculator tells you to start with the $1,000 audit instead. Honest math is the product.

FAQ

Calculator questions, answered

Now put a real number on it.

The calculator estimates; the $1,000 audit measures. Start with a free 30-minute call — we'll map your costliest bottleneck and tell you if the math works.

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