Business case
Pay from what you save, not per seat.
The AIcruiters business case starts from your current sourcing costs: LinkedIn Recruiter seats and the recruiter hours spent searching and screening. We estimate what AIcruiters can take over, and the investment is a share of that saving. In the calculator that share is 30%, so the net saving is what remains. Every assumption is visible.
How the business case is built.
Three steps, in this order. The same logic runs in the savings calculator and in the business case we build with you after a demo.
- 01
Map what sourcing costs today
Count your LinkedIn Recruiter seats and the capacity your team spends on sourcing, expressed in FTE. Multiply by what a seat and a fully loaded FTE cost you per year.
- 02
Estimate what AIcruiters can take over
Not everything is replaceable. The calculator assumes AIcruiters can replace 80% of seat usage and 60% of manual sourcing capacity. In the real business case we replace these percentages with your own situation.
- 03
Invest a share of the saving
The AIcruiters investment is calculated as a percentage of the total sourcing saving. In the calculator that is 30%. What remains is your net annual saving.
Calculate your indicative saving.
Drag two sliders: your LinkedIn Recruiter seats and the FTE dedicated to sourcing. The breakdown shows the saving on seats, the saving on capacity, the investment and what remains.
Calculate your sourcing savings
Adjust two numbers to see your potential annual saving.
Start here. Drag both sliders.
Move a sliderto see your indicative saving
- Saved on LinkedIn Recruiter seats
- €0
- Saved on manual sourcing capacity
- €0
- AIcruiters investment
- −€0
- Net annual saving
- €0
View calculation assumptions
- Annual cost per LinkedIn Recruiter seat
- €10,000
- Fully loaded annual cost per sourcing FTE
- €75,000
- LinkedIn seats AIcruiters can replace
- 80%
- Sourcing FTE capacity AIcruiters can replace
- 60%
- AIcruiters investment
- 30% of total sourcing savings
Indicative estimate only. Your exact business case depends on your real contracts, team structure and sourcing operation.
We’ll calculate this using your real costs, team structure and sourcing operation.
A worked example: 4 seats and 2 sourcing FTE.
Calculated with the calculator's default assumptions and rounded to thousands. Your own numbers will differ.
Indicative. The exact business case depends on your contracts, team structure and sourcing operation. See what LinkedIn Recruiter costs for the seat side of the calculation.
The assumptions, explained.
These are the five numbers behind every estimate on this site. In a business case we replace each one with your own figures.
€10,000 per LinkedIn Recruiter seat per year
A round starting point for the annual cost of one seat. Your contract price may be higher or lower; we use what you actually pay.
€75,000 per sourcing FTE per year, fully loaded
Salary plus employer costs, tooling and overhead for one full-time person dedicated to sourcing. If sourcing is part of a broader recruiter role, count only the share of time spent searching and screening.
80% of seats and 60% of sourcing capacity
The share of seat usage and manual sourcing work that the calculator assumes AIcruiters can take over. Recruiters keep judgement, conversations and hiring decisions, which is why capacity is not set to 100%. See how human control works.
An investment of 30% of the saving
The investment follows the saving instead of a price per seat. When the saving is small, so is the investment, and a larger operation does not need extra licences to grow.
When the business case is strong, and when it is not.
AIcruiters can create value from a single Recruiter seat. The case grows with every additional seat, sourcing hour and vacancy.
LinkedIn Recruiter seatOr recurring manual sourcing capacity.
Strong: recurring demand
Your team sources candidates every week, for roles that need proactive search.
Strong: seats and search hours
You pay for one or more LinkedIn Recruiter seats and recruiters spend valuable time searching and screening.
Weak: occasional hiring
If you source a few times a year, there is little recurring cost for an agent to replace.
Weak: no manual search
If candidates reach you without active search, the saving on seats and capacity will be small. We will tell you so in the demo.
Questions about the business case.
Is there a price list?
No. The investment is calculated as a share of the sourcing saving, so it depends on your seats, capacity and vacancy volume. We build the exact figure with you.
How do you calculate the financial return?
We map your current seat costs, sourcing capacity, vacancy volume and the AIcruiters investment. The result is presented as an estimated business case, with every assumption visible.
Can we really reduce LinkedIn Recruiter seats?
Potentially. The number depends on how your team currently uses its seats and which sourcing activities AIcruiters takes over. We calculate the realistic reduction using your current operation. Compare the two in AIcruiters vs LinkedIn Recruiter.
Does the business case assume fewer recruiters?
No. It counts seats and sourcing capacity. The calculator assumes 60% of manual sourcing work can be taken over; judgement, candidate conversations and hiring decisions stay with your recruiters.
How quickly can we see whether it works?
Start with a real vacancy and define success criteria upfront. Early results can be evaluated through search quality, relevant profiles, response quality, recruiter time returned and potential cost savings.
What do you need from us for an exact business case?
Your current number of Recruiter seats and what they cost, the time your team spends on sourcing, and one active vacancy to test on. See how the platform handles that vacancy.
What if the numbers do not add up for us?
Then we tell you in the demo. A weak case usually means occasional hiring or little manual search, as described above, and you will have seen that before any commitment.
Your vacancy. Your numbers.
End the demo with your own business case.
Bring one active vacancy. We show how AIcruiters executes the sourcing workflow and calculate the impact on your seats, capacity and costs.