MODEL-01

AI agent payback calculator

Compare the cost of a support team against a scalable AI infrastructure.

What this model shows

How monthly savings and payback time change when headcount, salary, dialogue volume and model tier move. Headcount cost scales linearly; the AI infrastructure scales marginally.

Assumptions built into it

Per-dialogue processing cost is fixed by model tier: BASE 2 ₸, STANDARD 15 ₸, EXPERT 70 ₸.
A month is 30 days of the stated dialogue volume, with no seasonality.
The AI agent covers the same request mix as the team; no residual human handling is priced in.
Launch investment is a single CAPEX line, recovered from net monthly savings.
Based on the API pricing of SOTA-level models as of 2026.

Net saving per month (OPEX)

3,895,500 ₸

Team cost: 3,900,000 ₸
AI running cost: 4,500 ₸
Availability: 100% (24/7)
Response time: < 5 sec

Payback period0.4 months

Model tier (LLM)

BASE · 2 ₸GPT-4o mini classFits simple answers to frequent questions (FAQ), basic navigation and contact capture.STANDARD · 15 ₸GPT-4o classThe middle ground. The agent runs full product consultations and helps the customer choose.EXPERT · 70 ₸o1 / Gemini Pro classFor high-complexity work: long documents, contracts, multi-step reasoning chains.

Your business parameters

Salary per agent · ₸ / month

300,000 ₸

Team size · people

Requests per day · dialogues / day

Launch investment · ₸, one-off

1,500,000 ₸

How it works

The calculator compares two models: linear scaling of headcount against marginal scaling of AI infrastructure, where cost grows only slightly under multiplied load.

What launch covers

Audit: designing the logic and integrating with the CRM.
Knowledge base (RAG): digitising regulations and price lists.
Prompt engineering: setting the tone of voice.
Testing: debugging against real dialogues.

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