manual-vs-ai-cost-calculator.xlsx

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1	Manual vs AI: Deed & Foreclosure Extraction Cost Calculator
2	Illustrative sample values only replace them with your own operating assumptions. These values are not HitechDigital benchmarks or guaranteed savings.
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4	Input / Metric	Manual Extraction	AI-Assisted Extraction	Unit	Notes	Summary
5	Monthly document volume	100,000	100,000	documents	Editable input	Headline Outputs
6	Average pages per document	5	5	pages	Editable input	Manual cost / validated record
7	Analyst / reviewer cost	24	24	$/hour	Illustrative	$2.608
8	Manual processing time	6		minutes/document	Manual only	AI cost / validated record
9	Manual QC sampling rate	20.0%		%	Manual only	$0.385
10	Manual QC review time	2.00		minutes/reviewed record	Manual only	AI cost reduction
11	Manual rework rate	3.0%		%	Manual only	85.2%
12	Manual correction time	4		minutes/reworked record	Manual only	AI STP
13	AI/OCR processing cost		0.02	$/page	Illustrative placeholder	85.0%
14	AI HITL / exception rate		15.0%	%	Editable input; STP = 1 - exception rate	Volume break-even
15	AI exception-handling time		4	minutes/exception	Illustrative placeholder	2,002
16	AI platform / infrastructure		2500	$/month	Illustrative placeholder
17	Implementation & integration		15000	one-time $	Illustrative placeholder
18	Configuration, testing & evaluation		10000	one-time $	Illustrative placeholder
19	Amortisation period		24	months	Editable input
20	Ongoing monitoring & optimisation		1000	$/month	Illustrative placeholder
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22	Calculated Metric	Manual Extraction	AI-Assisted Extraction	Unit	Notes	Summary
23	Base extraction labor hours	10,000.00	0.00	hours/month
24	QC / HITL review hours	666.67	1,000.00	hours/month
25	Rework / exception labor hours	200.00	0.00	hours/month
26	Processing technology cost	$0.00	$10,000.00	$/month
27	Platform / infrastructure cost	$0.00	$2,500.00	$/month
28	Amortised setup cost	$0.00	$1,041.67	$/month
29	Ongoing monitoring cost	$0.00	$1,000.00	$/month
30	Total monthly TCO	$260,800.00	$38,541.67	$/month
31	Annual TCO	$3,129,600.00	$462,500.00	$/year
32	Cost per validated record	$2.61	$0.39	$/record
33	Human processing hours	10,866.67	1,000.00	hours/month
34	Straight-through processing (STP)		85.0%	%	AI only; simplified as 1 - HITL rate
35	AI cost reduction vs manual		85.2%	%
36	Volume break-even		2,002	documents/month	Approximate monthly volume where AI TCO equals manual TCO
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