The offer letter is not the cost
The salary is the number everyone sees. The real cost of a hire includes:
- Payroll taxes, benefits and tools on top of salary.
- Time to hire. Writing the post, screening, interviewing and onboarding.
- Time to ramp. Weeks before a new person works at full speed.
- Limited coverage. About 40 hours a week, minus vacations and sick days.
- Turnover. When someone quits, you pay to hire and train again.
Side by side
| New hire | AI employee | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Salary plus payroll taxes, benefits and tools | Part of Enterprise, from $20,000 a month, priced on what we save you |
| Hours covered | About 40 a week | Every hour, every day |
| Time to start | Weeks to hire, weeks to ramp | Built role by role after your payroll audit, simple roles first |
| Sick days and turnover | Yes | No |
| Overtime | Yes | No |
| Learns your business | Through training and experience | Trained on your business, your rules and your tone, improved every week |
| Sensitive conversations | Best handled by a person | Routed to a person on your team |
When hiring is still the right call
AI is not the answer for every seat. A person is still better for sensitive or emotional conversations, for relationships that depend on trust built over years, and for judgment calls with no clear rules. Every AI employee we build hands anything it can’t handle straight to a person on your team.
That is why most owners don’t pick one or the other. They keep their best people and move them to sales, service and growth work, then let AI take the work that is the same every day.
A simple test for any role
Ask four questions about the seat you are about to hire for:
- Does the work repeat every day? Answering calls, follow-up, scheduling, data entry and billing all do.
- Does it happen on a computer or a phone? If so, AI can usually do it.
- Are there clear rules? Your scripts, your process and your handoffs.
- Is there enough volume to matter? The more hours the work takes, the more you save.
Three or four yeses and the role is a strong candidate for AI. Your payroll audit checks every role this way.
What it looks like in practice
See how much an AI employee costs and which roles AI can take over.
Plans
Lead Gen plus a full AI workforce: AI employees that take over repetitive roles (one client saves $30K a month), your voice clone, AI Receptionist, AI Salesperson and a monthly strategy call with Max. Priced on what we save you, with a 6-month minimum.
Text up to 25,000 people a month on real phones. AI caller calls your leads back in seconds, and the Appointment Setter books them. 24/7 account manager.
Every engagement is by application. Lead Gen has a 3-month minimum, then month to month. You sign the agreement before any payment.
Questions
Should I hire or use AI for my next role?
If the work repeats every day, happens on a computer or phone and follows clear rules, AI is usually the better deal. For sensitive conversations and judgment-heavy work, hire a person. A free payroll audit checks each role for you.
Do I have to let my staff go?
That’s your call. Some owners cut the role and keep the savings. Others move their best people to sales, service and growth work and stop hiring.
What if the AI makes a mistake?
Every AI employee is trained on your business, your rules and your tone, and anything it can’t handle goes straight to a person on your team. We watch the work and improve it every week.
Will my customers know they’re dealing with AI?
It sounds natural, because it’s built on your scripts and the way you talk. If someone asks whether they’re talking to AI, it answers honestly.
Want this running for you?
Get on a live video call with Max right now and see a custom demo built for your business.