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The "Search Tax" Financial Model

Estimating recovered efficiency for 95 employees based on industry research.

95
$45/hr
1.5 hrs

Methodology Basis

[1] IDC Research: Identifies $19,732 lost productivity per employee/year in fragmented data environments.
[2] Gartner (2023): Enterprise RAG reduces search-to-resolution cycles by 35-50%.

Year 1 Recovered Profit

$166,725

Assumes 50% recovery of the identified "Search Tax".

Investment Payback

3.2

Months

Based on $9.5k Annual License.