Vela Advisory Group — ROI Calculator & Cost Comparison

ROI calculator

See what private AI is worth to your firm

Adjust the sliders to match your team. Most firms break even within weeks.

Knowledge workers 15

Avg. fully-loaded hourly cost $75

Hours lost to doc search / week 4 hrs

Time saved by private AI 60%

Estimated annual value

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Breakeven at $8K deployment

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Hours saved / year

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Dollar value / year

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Currently wasted / year

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Saved per person / year

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Annual cost of doc hunting—

Recovered with private AI—

Conservative estimate. Does not include faster proposal turnaround, reduced onboarding cost, or risk reduction from eliminating public AI usage with confidential data.

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Cost comparison

Public AI vs private AI — what's the real cost?

Adjust the sliders to match your team. See exactly where private AI becomes the better investment.

Team size 20

Avg. hourly cost (loaded) $75

Hours saved / person / week 3 hrs

Public LLM

ChatGPT / Claude / Grok

Subscription — data leaves your servers

Setup cost$0

Annual cost—

3-year total—

Data privacyLeaves your network

Knows your docsNo

Productivity value/yr—

Private LLM

Vela on-premises deployment

One-time setup — stays on your servers

Setup cost$8,000 one-time

Annual cost—

3-year total—

Data privacyStays on your servers

Knows your docsYes — trained on your files

Productivity value/yr—

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Cumulative cost over 3 years

Where the lines cross is where private AI becomes cheaper

Public LLM Private LLM (Vela)

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