ABF System
Cost Model
Layer 05 — Economics

An org chart with
no payroll.

Autonomous businesses replace fixed headcount cost with metered runtime cost. Model the difference against your current team, then pick the tier that matches your operating scale.

Savings model

Interactive
Equivalent headcount12
Human org / year$984,000
ABF runtime / year$32,160
Annual delta$951,840

Modeled at $82,000 fully-loaded cost per role. Runtime cost scales with agent activity, not with hiring.

Runtime plans

3 tiers
Solo Cast
$390/mo

Founders replacing their first five hires

  • 3 executive agents
  • 6 worker agents
  • Living website + CRM
  • Balanced governance
RuntimeMost cast
$1,480/mo

Operating companies running real revenue

  • Full 10-officer suite
  • 16 worker roles
  • Payments + finance automation
  • Continuous experiments
Foundry Enterprise
Custom

Multi-entity groups and portfolio owners

  • Multiple isolated runtimes
  • Custom departments
  • Private model routing
  • Audit + compliance exports

What you stop paying for

Recruiting0 job posts
OnboardingInstant role load
Tool sprawlOne runtime
Idle capacityMetered work