Leverwork vs hiring
Stop recruiting. Start deploying.
A full-time AP / bookkeeping hire costs about $68K–$74K a year in wages and benefits (our estimate from BLS 2025/2026 data), plus 4–8 weeks onboarding. Leverwork delivers AI agents with a 90-day fee/work pause. Target go-live: about 30 days from kickoff. Your timeline is set in your SOW.
Choose Leverwork if you have repetitive, rules-based work that drains your team's time. Target go-live: about 30 days from kickoff. Your timeline is set in your SOW. Backed by a 90-day fee/work pause and ongoing tuning against your SOW metrics.
Choose hiring if the role requires human judgment, creative problem-solving, or relationship-building that AI can't replicate.
Real scenarios, different solutions
Hiring
Scenario: It's 2am, 50 orders come in with address issues.
Result: Employee is sleeping. Orders pile up, customers wait until morning.
Leverwork AI Agents
Scenario: Same urgent order batch at 2am.
Result: AI agent triages the address issues and queues exceptions for review.
When to choose each approach
Choose hiring when:
Some roles genuinely need a person in the seat.
- The work is mostly judgment calls and exceptions, not repeatable process
- It's client-facing relationship work where trust is the product
- The role changes shape every week and can't be pinned to a workflow
- It's a role you can hire for and manage well internally
Choose Leverwork when:
- You want AI workers handling routine tasks alongside your team
- You need consistent, reliable results
- You want a fixed, predictable cost instead of salary + benefits + turnover
Migrate to AI agents
Identify
Map which roles and tasks are best suited for AI vs human talent.
Deploy
AI agents handle repetitive work while your team focuses on strategic work.
Optimize
Monthly partnership includes ongoing tuning against your SOW metrics and expansion.
Target go-live: about 30 days from kickoff, set in your SOW
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