THE BUSINESS CASE

AI Capability Without
Unpredictable Costs

30-40% less than cloud AI. Zero compliance risk. Predictable monthly spend. ROI in months, not years.

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30-40%

less than cloud AI

$0

compliance risk exposure

Fixed

monthly costs

The AI Cost Problem

Your organization needs AI to stay competitive. But the options on the table have serious financial problems.

Cloud AI (OpenAI, Anthropic)

✗ Per-token pricing = unpredictable spend

✗ Costs scale with adoption

✗ Data leaves your control

✗ Compliance says no

Typical: $300K-500K/year
and growing with usage

Build Your Own

✗ $2M+ GPU infrastructure CapEx

✗ 6-12 month procurement cycle

✗ ML team salaries: $1M+/year

✗ Ongoing maintenance burden

Typical: $2-5M Year 1
plus $1M+/year ongoing

Embrava Edge

✓ Fixed monthly subscription

✓ Minimal hardware CapEx

✓ No AI team required

✓ Compliance built-in

Typical: $180-250K/year
predictable, all-inclusive

The Numbers: 25-Location Deployment

Real example: Regional healthcare network, 25 offices, 500 total users.

Embrava Edge Investment

Year 1

Hardware (25 Standard units) $125,000

Managed service (12 months) $299,700

Implementation & training $0

Year 1 Total $424,700

Years 2-5 (per year)

Managed service $299,700

Model updates Included

Security patches Included

Per Year Total $299,700

5-Year TCO: $1.62M
$324K average per year

$648/user/year
~$54/user/month

5-Year TCO Comparison

Build Your Own $7-10M

Cloud AI (if compliant) $2-3M+

Embrava Edge $1.62M

Note: Cloud AI comparison assumes it were even permissible under your compliance requirements—which for most regulated industries, it isn't.

Predictable Costs, Predictable Budgets

No per-token pricing. No usage surprises. Budget with confidence.

Cloud AI: The Budget Problem

            January: $28,000

            February: $31,000

            March: $47,000 (new project)

            April: $52,000

            May: $68,000 (adoption spike)

            June: ???

Usage-based pricing means costs grow unpredictably as AI adoption increases—exactly when the tool becomes valuable.

Embrava Edge: Fixed & Predictable

            January: $24,975

            February: $24,975

            March: $24,975

            April: $24,975

            May: $24,975

            June: $24,975 ✓

Fixed monthly subscription. Unlimited usage. The more your teams use AI, the better your per-query economics become.

Compliance Risk = Financial Risk

Data leaving your premises isn't just a compliance checkbox—it's a financial exposure.

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Regulatory Fines

HIPAA violations: up to $1.5M per incident. SOX non-compliance: personal liability for executives. GDPR: 4% of global revenue.

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Reputational Damage

"Company X sent customer data to AI vendor" is a headline no CFO wants. Customer trust, once lost, costs years to rebuild.

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Audit Complexity

Third-party AI vendors mean more vendor assessments, more BAAs, more audit scope. Each adds cost and risk.

With Embrava Edge: Data never leaves your premises. Nothing to disclose. Nothing to audit. Nothing to breach. Your compliance posture is architecture, not paperwork.

Turn Stranded Costs Into Capability

Your post-pandemic offices are running at 40-60% capacity. You're paying for infrastructure you're not using.

BEFORE: Stranded Cost

✗ Power infrastructure at 50% utilization

✗ Cooling running for empty desks

✗ Network capacity sitting idle

✗ Lease payments unchanged

✗ Security costs for full facility

Status: Pure expense

AFTER: Productive Asset

✓ Same power—now running AI

✓ Same cooling—now productive

✓ Same network—now utilized

✓ Same lease—new capability

✓ Same security—protects AI asset

Status: Capability gained

The marginal cost of AI capability is the subscription—not new facilities, not new infrastructure. You're already paying for the space.

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