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Annual software spend is arithmetic. Payback is only real if a manager will attest to the hours. We do not attest for you.
Seat math, not ROI theater
Annual list cost vs. hours you type
We multiply vendor list price by headcount. You supply hours and a loaded hourly rate. If you do not know the hours, do not buy the seats.
Annual software spend
$2,280
$19 × 10 seats × 12. List price, before tax and annual-commit discounts.
Hours you claimed
1,040
per year, all seats
Break-even hours / seat / week
0.06
at $75 / hour
If those hours are real
+$75,720
Implied labor value $78,000 minus list spend. This is arithmetic, not a case study.
Prices are public list as of September 2026. Confirm on the vendor page before you sign. We do not model implementation, training, or the week nobody uses the seat.
Context for the public adoption numbers sits on the State of AI Adoption report. Vendor comparisons: ChatGPT vs Claude.