ROI calculator: digital employee vs. human hire.
Most routine roles cost more in overhead than in salary. See what a digital employee saves when it handles the repeatable work 24/7.
Compare the cost of one role
Human hire
- Base salary$4,500/mo
- Benefits + taxes+30%
- Tools, desk, IT$250/mo
- Management load$500/mo
Unistaff employee
- Platform fee$149/mo
- No benefits / taxes$0
- No desk or IT$0
- Oversight1 hr / week
Net savings on one routine role: ~$6,450 / month
Assumes the employee handles 70% of the desk and a human manages exceptions.
Scale with no overhead
Add a second, third, or tenth employee without multiplying management load. Each new role ships with its own scripts and KPIs.
Launch first, measure second
Most roles go live in a day. Run for a week, measure the KPI, then decide whether to expand.
Frequently asked questions
We compare the loaded cost of a human hire — salary, benefits, taxes, onboarding, tooling, and management overhead — against the flat monthly cost of a digital employee doing the same routine work.
Tasks with a clear input, decision rule, and output: lead qualification, ticket triage, interview scheduling, invoice reminders, order-status lookups. Anything with ambiguity or judgment stays with humans.
It replaces the repetitive 60–80% of a role, so the same human can manage a higher-value portfolio. Most teams use it to avoid a new hire, not to eliminate an existing one.