How much does an AI employee cost?
An AI employee is paid per finished unit of work — there is no subscription and no per-seat fee. Nika, the live bookkeeping assistant, charges $0.40 per processed invoice: 100 invoices cost the price of 100 units, and a month with no invoices costs nothing. A small prepaid balance, from the minimum top-up, funds the work.
The model flips the risk onto the service. A salaried hire costs the same whether the work gets done or not; a per-task AI employee is only charged for completed units. If Nika stops to ask you about an unclear invoice, that one is not charged. The full price list and the top-up model are on the pricing page.
The Cost of Work Index compares this against what the same task costs when a person does it — hourly labour costs cited to published statistics, task times labelled as estimates. The AI employee vs human cost guide walks through the comparison with examples.
Related questions
Is there a subscription for an AI employee?
No. There is no monthly fee and no per-seat charge. You prepay a small balance (from the minimum top-up) and it is consumed only by finished units of work.
What does it cost when there is no work?
Nothing. No finished units, no charge. The prepaid balance is only spent on completed work; if you stop using the employee, the remaining balance is refunded.