Your business has gaps. Agents fill them.
Most SMEs can't afford a finance department, an HR team, and a marketing function. But the work still needs doing. Cortiva gives you AI agents that handle it for a fraction of the cost.
Traditional hires: \u00A3140K+/year
Cortiva agents: \u00A3300/month
The gaps every growing SME faces
You know these roles need filling. You just can't justify the headcount yet. Agents bridge the gap.
Finance Manager
£45,000/yearNo one reconciles accounts until month-end. Invoices go out late. Cash flow is a guess.
- Daily transaction categorisation
- Invoice chasing at 7, 14, 30 days
- Monthly P&L and cash flow reports
- VAT return preparation
HR Coordinator
£32,000/yearOnboarding is ad hoc. Contracts are copy-pasted. No one tracks holiday allowances.
- Automated onboarding checklists
- Contract generation from templates
- Holiday tracking and approval routing
- Policy document management
Operations Manager
£40,000/yearThe founder does ops on evenings and weekends. Vendor management, office logistics, and compliance all suffer.
- Vendor contract renewal tracking
- Office supply reordering
- Compliance deadline monitoring
- Operational reporting
Marketing Executive
£30,000/yearSocial media is sporadic. Blog posts are months apart. No one analyses campaign performance.
- Content calendar management
- Blog draft generation and scheduling
- Social media post scheduling
- Campaign performance reporting
ROI comparison
What it costs to fill these gaps the traditional way versus with Cortiva agents.
Traditional hiring
- Finance Manager£45,000
- HR Coordinator£32,000
- Operations Manager£40,000
- Marketing Executive£30,000
- Employer NI & pension£20,000
- Recruitment fees (15%)£22,000
Cortiva agents
- Team plan£149/mo
- Anthropic API usage£120/mo
- Infrastructure (2x Mac Mini)£30/mo
- Setup time (one-off, amortised)£15/mo
Annual savings
\u00A3185,232
That's 98% less than traditional hiring
How SMEs deploy Cortiva
Start small
Begin with one or two agents covering your biggest pain point. Most SMEs start with finance or project management.
Run on hardware you own
Two Mac Minis under a desk is enough for 50+ agents. No cloud bills, no vendor lock-in, full data sovereignty.
Scale department by department
Add agents as you prove value. Finance first, then ops, then marketing. Each phase takes a week to configure.
Stop paying for gaps. Start filling them.
Get started for free. Upgrade to Team when you are ready to scale.