Economics
The Captive
Token Factory
Stop paying “rent” on your intelligence. In a traditional SaaS model, your costs scale linearly with your volume. With Intics, you own the means of production — and your 1-millionth document costs less than your first.
8–11
Month Full ROI Break-Even
CapEx
Not OpEx — On Your Balance Sheet
≈$0
Marginal Cost After Break-Even
The Path to Ownership
Transition from OpEx to CapEx
Turn your AI budget into a strategic asset on your balance sheet. Replace recurring SaaS fees with owned, depreciable infrastructure.
Unmatched ROI
Our clients typically achieve a full ROI break-even within 8–11 months by eliminating high-cost manual labor and recurring cloud fees.
Predictable Costs
Fixed infrastructure costs mean your 1-millionth document costs significantly less than your first — volume becomes advantage, not liability.
Own the Compute
Deploy GPU infrastructure within your perimeter to eliminate high cloud costs and vendor dependency on external pricing roadmaps.
Scalable Margin
After break-even, every document processed becomes pure operational margin — a compounding advantage over competitors still paying rent.
ROI Calculator
Calculate Your Break-Even
Adjust the sliders to model your document volumes and see your estimated return on a Captive Token Factory investment.
Captive Token Factory ROI Model
Estimates based on production deployment data. Actual results may vary.
10,000 docs/day
$0.50 / doc
$1,000,000
$150K
Monthly Cloud Spend Eliminated
$1.8M
Annual Savings
6.7mo
Break-Even Timeline
$4.4M
3-Year Net Savings
Economics — FAQ
What is a Captive Token Factory?
It is an enterprise-owned, on-premise AI infrastructure where you control the hardware and the token generation.
Why is the rented inference model structurally flawed?
Because costs scale linearly with volume, meaning high-volume document processing becomes unaffordable over time.
How do we achieve an 8–11 month break-even?
By replacing high-cost manual labor and recurring cloud fees with an owned, high-efficiency infrastructure.
Is this a CapEx or OpEx model?
Intics facilitates a shift to a CapEx model, putting the value of the AI infrastructure on your balance sheet.
What happens after the break-even point?
The marginal cost of processing documents drops significantly, turning your AI layer into a profit-protection center.
Do I need my own data center?
The factory can be deployed on-premise or in a colocated, enterprise-controlled environment.
Why is ‘Ownership’ considered an unfair advantage?
Enterprises that own their intelligence pipelines compound their advantage over time by lowering costs while competitors continue to pay ‘rent’.
Can the Token Factory scale as my needs grow?
Yes, the architecture is designed for ‘Sovereignty and Scale,’ allowing for modular expansion as document volumes increase.