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How much is manual quote entry costing you?

Answer a few quick questions and see your annual cost of the status quo — and what AI-powered entry could unlock.

Step 1 of 2 Your Quote Operation

Tell us about your quote operation

Volume, value, team size, and how you quote today.

quotes/mo
Total quotes prepared and entered each month
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$
Typical dollar value of a single quote
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reps
Inside sales reps spending time on manual entry
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Industry estimate iAPQC benchmarking research on B2B order-to-cash processes puts manual quote preparation at 15–45 minutes depending on complexity, with 20–30 minutes cited most commonly in distribution trade press.
min
Average time to prepare and enter one quote manually
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hrs
Average hours from request received to quote sent
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%
Percentage of quoted deals you close today
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Manual entry cost
$00,000/yr
Error cost
$0,000/yr
Revenue at risk
$000,000/yr
Total annual impact of staying manual
$000,000
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Default values marked "industry estimate" are based on published distribution sales benchmarks. Adjust any value to match your operation.

Your team is leaving over $1M on the table annually
Your estimated annual impact of staying manual
$0
This is the cost of your current process — before any investment in AI.
Cost of manual entry
$0 / year
Salary dollars spent on data entry instead of selling
Cost of errors
$0 / year
Cost of fixing avoidable quote mistakes
Based on 2% error rate, 35 min rework (industry benchmarks)
Revenue opportunity cost
$0 / year
Estimated deals lost or delayed because quotes arrived too late

What changes with Proton AI

  • Quote entry time reduced to under 5 minutes per quote
  • Error rates approach near-zero with AI validation and ERP sync
  • Same-day turnaround becomes the standard, not the exception
Time reclaimed per rep per week:
0 hours
Cost of manual entry
* $40/hr rep cost: APQC inside sales benchmarking for wholesale distribution puts fully-loaded hourly cost at $35–45/hr. $40/hr is the conservative midpoint used in this calculation.
Cost of errors
* 2% error rate: Gartner B2B data entry research | 35 min rework: Aberdeen Group order error resolution study
Revenue opportunity cost
* 3% win rate lift: Velocify and RAIN Group research on B2B response speed shows same-day quoting improves close rates by 2–5%. 3% is the conservative benchmark used in this calculation.

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