Purcell Ventures · AI Consulting

AI Cost Calculator

Estimate the hours and dollars a focused AI consulting session would save your team — and how fast it pays back.

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Number of people whose workflows you'd want to optimize.

people

Fully-loaded — salary + benefits + overhead. For most US small businesses: $40-85 for support, $60-110 for ops, $80-150 for managers/specialists.

$ / hr

Email drafting, content writing, data entry, scheduling, basic research, formatting. The work that DOES NOT require human judgment.

hrs / wk

Most teams see 50-70% reduction on the manual chunk after one focused session. Default to 60% for first pass.

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Purcell Ventures session pricing: $175/hr 1-on-1, $125/person small group, or flat $2,500 for half-day team training (8-20 people). Default: $1,500 for a 4-hour team session.

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Your Estimated Savings
hours/mo saved
$ value / month
$ value / year

How this is calculated: manual hours/week × team size × automation % × 4.33 weeks/mo = hours saved monthly. Multiply by hourly rate for dollar value. Payback = session cost ÷ monthly $ saved. Conservative — does not count quality improvements, error reduction, employee retention from less tedious work, or compounding from automations that build on each other.

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