Quoryks AI vs. manual entry
What it really costs to process documents by hand — in time, money, and errors — compared to AI OCR. Assumptions are visible so you can run your own numbers.
Methodology
Assumptions first
Every comparison depends on its assumptions. These are ours — if yours differ, the math is easy to redo.
| Documents entered per hour per person (average) | 20 (typical range: 15–30) |
| Fully loaded hourly cost of an admin role in Argentina (salary + burden) | ≈ US$ 6–8 |
| Typing error rate in manual entry | 1–3% of fields |
| Quoryks processing time per document | 5–30 seconds |
| Quoryks accuracy on standard documents | 98%+, with uncertain fields flagged for review |
| Reference plan for 1,000 pages/month | Pro — US$ 79/month (1,500 pages included) |
The comparison
Dimension by dimension
| Manual entry | With Quoryks AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per document | 2–4 minutes | 5–30 seconds of processing + exception-only review |
| 1,000 documents: work hours | ≈ 50 hours (more than a full work week) | ≈ 2–4 hours reviewing exceptions |
| 1,000 documents: direct cost | ≈ US$ 300–400 in admin hours | US$ 79 (Pro plan) + review hours |
| Errors | 1–3% of fields with errors discovered late (reconciliations, amendments) | Low-confidence fields flagged before export; errors fixed on the spot |
| Scalability | Linear: twice the documents = twice the hours or more people | The same team handles 10x the volume; only the plan changes |
| Traceability | Data in the system doesn't show which part of the document it came from | Every field visually highlighted at its source in the document |
| Work spikes (due dates, month-end close) | Overtime and bottlenecks | Processing is parallel: 10 or 500 documents take the same time per document |
In summary
Three conclusions
01
From ~200 documents per month, the cost of manual entry hours exceeds the Starter plan (US$ 29).
02
At 1,000 documents per month, manual entry costs 4 to 5 times more than the Pro plan — not counting the cost of errors.
03
The biggest impact isn't cost: it's freeing skilled people from mechanical work for analysis and control tasks.
An admin assistant enters ~60 invoices per hour on their best day. Quoryks processes 600 in the same time, for less than one hour of their salary — and they shift from typing to reviewing.
FAQ
About this comparison
01 Where do these numbers come from?
From the assumptions published above: average entry speed of 20 documents per hour per person, fully loaded admin cost in Argentina of US$ 6–8/hour, and Quoryks AI's actual prices and processing times. If your numbers differ, the math is straightforward to redo with your values.
02 Isn't exception review also manual work?
Yes, and we count it: we estimate 2–4 hours per 1,000 documents. The difference is that reviewing a flagged field takes seconds, while entering a full document takes minutes. People go from typing everything to verifying little.
03 What about documents the AI can't read?
The system flags them instead of inventing data. A recovery module queries the document for missing fields, and anything still uncertain is marked for human review. The user always has final control.
04 Can I verify these results with my own documents?
Yes, and we recommend it: the Free plan includes 50 lifetime pages with no card. Upload your real invoices, time it yourself, and compare against what your team takes today.
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