ROI Calculator: What Vaquill AI Saves Your Legal Team
How much does Vaquill AI save your in-house team versus paying outside counsel or staying on your current stack? Calculate it below.
Your numbers
Adjust these to match your team. Defaults reflect a typical US in-house team of three.
Number of in-house lawyers and legal ops on your team.
Your current outside counsel hourly rate. US average is around $600 per hour.
NDAs, MSAs, vendor agreements, and DPAs your team reviews each month.
Average billable hours outside counsel spends per contract review.
Compliance or framework audits (CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.) per quarter.
Average hours outside counsel bills per compliance audit.
Of all contract review work, what percentage goes to outside counsel today?
Annual savings
$154,836
Outside counsel spend of $158,400/yr replaced by Vaquill AI at $3,564/yr.
Payback
< 1months
How long until Vaquill AI pays for itself out of outside counsel savings.
Back per lawyer
2hrs / wk
Hours given back per lawyer per week once Vaquill AI absorbs the recurring review queue.
Breakdown
- Contract review (OC)
- $129,600
- Compliance audits (OC)
- $28,800
- Total outside counsel / yr
- $158,400
- Vaquill AI (3 seats × $99/mo)
- $3,564
Assumptions
- Calculated using US-average outside counsel rates and typical in-house contract review patterns.
- Vaquill AI doesn't replace outside counsel on high-stakes litigation, regulatory negotiations, or first-of-kind transactions. Those still go to firms. We replace the recurring NDA, MSA, DPA, vendor contract, and compliance review queue.
- Calculator assumes the In-House Counsel tier at $99 per seat per month. The Power tier ($500 per seat) removes usage caps for heavy-volume teams.
- All figures are estimates. Actual savings depend on your matter mix, current outside counsel rate cards, and how much of the recurring queue your team chooses to bring in-house.
What Vaquill AI replaces, and what it doesn't
Honest scope. The ROI math above only counts the work Vaquill AI actually absorbs. Outside counsel still has a role on the items in the right column.
Vaquill AI handles
- ✓NDA, MSA, DPA, and vendor contract review against your playbook
- ✓Real Microsoft Word Track Changes redline export
- ✓Compliance checks across 11 frameworks (CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and more)
- ✓Statute and regulation research across USC, CFR, and all 52 state and territory codes
- ✓Document Matrix: 200+ contracts in parallel for repaper or M&A diligence
- ✓Board-ready memos with cited authority
Still goes to outside counsel
- •Bet-the-company litigation and active courtroom work
- •Regulatory negotiations and enforcement defense
- •First-of-kind transactions and novel deal structures
- •Specialty tax, patent prosecution, and other deep-expert work
- •M&A negotiation and closing (Vaquill AI does the diligence, firms run the deal)
- •Anything requiring local bar admission or courtroom appearance
See the savings on your real matter mix
Start a free 7-day trial, point Vaquill AI at your next vendor contract or compliance review, and compare the time it takes. Or talk to us about pricing for larger teams.
