AI lease abstraction costs $15 per lease and takes 5–15 minutes. Manual abstraction costs $150–$300 per lease and takes 3–5 hours. This calculator shows the time and cost savings of switching from manual to AI-powered abstraction.
Savings = (Manual Cost per Lease − AI Cost per Lease) × Number of Leases
Does not include the cost of reviewer time for AI output validation (typically 15–30 minutes at your internal labor rate). Even with validation, AI abstraction is cheaper than manual at any volume above 1 lease per year.
| Number of Leases | 50 leases/year |
| Manual Abstraction Cost | $200/lease (paralegal labor) |
| AI Abstraction Cost | $15/lease (Lextract) |
| Reviewer Time (AI validation) | 20 min/lease at $75/hour = $25/lease |
| Manual Abstraction Time | 4 hours/lease |
Result
$8,000 annual savings; 200 hours of paralegal time recovered
| Line Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Annual Manual Cost | $10,000/year |
| Annual AI Cost (tool) | $750/year |
| Annual Review Cost | $1,250/year |
| Annual AI Total Cost | $2,000/year |
| Annual Cost Savings | $8,000/year |
| Annual Time Savings | 200 hours |
| AI Processing Time | 2.5 hours total |
| Payback Period | Immediate |
Paralegal or service cost per lease
Lextract costs $15/lease
Time to review AI-generated output
Result
Save $8,000/year — 400% ROI
| Line Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Annual Manual Cost50 × $200 | $10,000 |
| Annual AI Tool Cost50 × $15 | $750 |
| Annual Review Labor50 × 0.33h × $75/hr | $1,250 |
| Total AI Cost (tool + review)Tool + review labor | $2,000 |
| Annual Savings$10,000 − $2,000 | $8,000 |
| ROIReturn on AI tool investment | 400% |
| Annual Time SavedEstimated at 4 hrs/lease manual | 200 hours |
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Manual lease abstraction by US-based paralegals costs $150–$300 per lease. Offshore managed services cost $30–$75 per lease with 1–3 day turnaround. AI-powered abstraction (Lextract) costs $15 per lease with a 5–15 minute turnaround, though you should budget 15–30 minutes of internal reviewer time to validate confidence-flagged fields.
ROI = (Annual Manual Cost − Annual AI Cost − Annual Review Labor) / Annual AI Cost. At 50 leases per year: ($10,000 - $750 - $1,250) / $2,000 = 400% ROI. The savings increase at scale - at 200 leases/year, the cost savings exceed $32,000.
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