Estimate defensible client pricing, set your custom hourly or monthly rate, and see your firm's exact time savings, expanded capacity, and ROI with Clerai automation.
Enter your client workload and customize your billing rate (hourly or monthly).
At $60/hr, your effective monthly fee for this client is $270/mo.
Baseline range: $250–$430
Customize active clients and available monthly working hours.
At 4.5 hrs/client, your 120 working hours cap you at around 26 manual clients.
Saves 360 hours/year across 10 clients. Cut manual close time by ~65%.
3.1x Capacity boost. Manual work capped your 120 working hours at 26 clients. With Clerai automation, your same 120 hours can support up to 80 clients!
Includes $21,600/yr in saved labor (at $60/hr) + potential revenue growth.
See how Clerai fundamentally changes a bookkeeper's monthly workload.
Everything you need to know about calculating client fees, firm capacity, and Clerai ROI.
Bookkeepers calculate a defensible monthly fee by estimating transaction categorization time (~1 hour per 50 transactions), adding fixed hours for selected services (such as payroll, sales tax, or monthly reporting), applying a client complexity factor (0.85x to 1.35x), and multiplying total hours by a target rate ($55–$95/hour). Flat monthly billing is recommended over hourly billing for predictable revenue.
Clerai calculates time savings by comparing manual reconciliation hours against its automated AI workflow. Clerai cuts transaction categorization time by ~80% with confidence scores and replaces manual email chasing with zero-login magic links. Saved hours are valued at your custom hourly rate (default $60/hr) to calculate net annual financial ROI.
AI bookkeeping automation increases client capacity by reducing the manual labor required per client from ~6.4 hours down to ~2.2 hours. By automating categorization, receipt matching, and client chasing, a solo bookkeeper capped at 18 manual clients can scale up to 40+ active clients using the same working hours without hiring extra staff.
Most successful bookkeeping firms charge flat monthly recurring fees rather than hourly rates. Fixed fees create predictable income for bookkeepers, financial clarity for clients, and reward efficiency—allowing firms using AI tools like Clerai to complete month-end closes in 65% less time while retaining 100% of their billing value.
Clerai offers four plans tailored to firm size: Solo ($39/mo or $32.50/mo yearly for up to 5 clients), Starter ($89/mo or $74.17/mo yearly for up to 15 clients), Growth ($179/mo or $149.17/mo yearly for up to 40 clients), and Scale ($349/mo for high-volume firms). Yearly billing includes 2 months free (~17% discount).
Yes, Clerai provides a 14-day free trial with full workflow access. You can connect QuickBooks accounts, run AI categorization with confidence scores, send magic links to clients, and run month-end close checks. No credit card or payment details are required to start your trial.
