Realization Partners · Realization Opportunity Report

Tech costs. $570K+ a year found inside one firm's stack.

The firm Anonymized · a 100+ attorney personal injury firm · the engagement behind our $3.5M case study

$570K+

Recovered or in motion, per year, across 5 line items, without losing a single capability. And that leaves out the biggest vendor replacement entirely.

Part 1 · Where the money sat

5 line items, found by following the invoices

Line item	Was costing	Recovered	The move
Workflow automation (n8n)	$300K/yr	~$200K/yr	Re-priced at renewal to $300K for their volume. Refused, workflows moved to code, ~$100K/yr to run.
AI document processing	$360K/yr	~$228K/yr	Right-sized, not cancelled. Files routed to the cheapest model that handles each type, ~$11K/mo steady state.
Document-intake vendor	$480K/yr	~$120K/yr	In-house replacement built. Net of build costs, and it does more than the vendor did.
Webhook executions	$25K/yr	$25K/yr	3 unneeded event types firing on every call. Turned off in the settings. 2 clicks.
Demand-package vendor	$1.2M/yr	Replaced	A 6-figure monthly vendor, already replaced by an in-house system that does more. Excluded from the total above.

Part 2 · The moves, in one line each

Refuse the re-priceA vendor quote that jumps at renewal is an opening position, not a bill.

$200K/yr

Route work to the cheapest tool that does the jobMost documents don't need the expensive model, and 3 webhook settings nobody needed cost $25K/yr.

$253K/yr

Replace, don't renew, when you can build it betterKeep the vendor until the replacement runs in parallel.

$120K/yr

Count the build cost honestlyEvery number above is net. A saving that hides its costs is not a saving.

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"I don't spend 300 grand with Microsoft for my email."

The firm's operations lead, on the vendor re-price that started this

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