What does manual invoice preparation cost your team?
Choose your team, document volume and preparation time. Use Exact mode to enter your own hourly cost. See how much time and money is tied up in recurring invoice work.
Your estimate
Methodology and benchmark context
External AP benchmarks show that invoice processing costs and productivity vary widely. This calculator therefore uses your own volume and time assumptions first, then shows benchmark context separately.
IOFM (opens in a new tab)
inefficient AP examples include $8.78 and 15+ minutes per invoice.
APQC cost benchmark (opens in a new tab)
median total AP process cost is listed at $6.00 per invoice processed.
APQC productivity benchmark (opens in a new tab)
median productivity is listed at 12,000 invoices processed per AP FTE.
Billentis report (opens in a new tab)
e-invoicing and automation savings are benchmark context, not Lift-specific savings.