ROI Calculator
Rent vs. Own
SaaS AI agents look cheap at $120/seat/month. But the real cost is what you give up: your data, your workflows, and your option to leave. Calculate the true 3-year total cost of ownership.
Your Business
50
Headcount drives compliance exposure and manual work volume.
65,000
Used to value hours saved by automation.
15 hrs
Data entry, reporting, dispatch, follow-up — work that could be automated.
5%
Cost of mistakes, redoing work, customer complaints.
Your Options
10
At $200/mo average (between $120 and $300 tiers).
25,000
One-time custom build + deployment.
3,000
Hosting, maintenance, support, updates.
3-Year Total Cost of Ownership
Grok Bot (SaaS Agent)
Subscription$72,000
Data migration (exit cost)$15,000
Workflow rebuild (no export)$20,000
Compliance risk reserve$90,000
Real TCO$197,000
Teloplex Brain (Owned Deployment)
Upfront build$25,000
Monthly support (3 yrs)$108,000
Total TCO$133,000
Value Generated by Automation
Labor hours saved$731,250
Error reduction$146,250
Total Value$877,500
Net ROI After 3 Years
Grok Bot
$680,500
Teloplex Brain
$744,500
Assumes no price increases, no data breaches, and no vendor changes. In reality, SaaS costs compound while owned assets depreciate predictably.
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The calculator uses industry averages. Your actual ROI depends on your specific workflows, compliance requirements, and existing stack. Let us run the numbers together.