Why Pay-Per-Upload Automation Will Become the New Standard

The Future of Automation Shouldn’t Start with an Invoice

For a technology that’s supposed to eliminate waste, automation is surprisingly expensive to get started with.

In most businesses today, automating even one process means:

• Licensing a complex platform

• Hiring developers or consultants

• Paying retainers to keep things running

• And hoping the return justifies the up-front cost

You’re paying for the possibility of productivity — not guaranteed output.

That model might work for Fortune 500s with multi-year roadmaps and discretionary budgets. But for everyday businesses? It’s outdated, inflexible, and loaded with risk.

Why Are We Still Paying to Try Automation?

The value of automation is obvious: it’s faster, cheaper, and more consistent than human labour — especially for repetitive tasks.

But the way most automation is priced contradicts that value entirely.

You often spend thousands before a single task is completed. And once it is, you keep paying — regardless of whether the system is active or sitting idle.

That’s not how real businesses operate.

What If You Only Paid When It Worked?

That’s the model GenFlow is built on.

No setup fees.
No ongoing maintenance.
Just a flat 25p per successful upload — and you only pay when it runs.

It’s automation priced like a utility: you pay for results, not infrastructure.

Rethinking the Economics of Admin Work

Let’s take one common example: document handling.

Most companies scan, rename, log, and upload files into internal systems. It’s simple — but it takes time. The average admin spends 2–3 minutes per document, costing the business 50p to £1 per task (or more).

In some cases, companies are even charged per page just to scan documents — especially when using managed print services.

So yes — scanning a 5-page work order can cost more than a GenFlow.

What Exactly Is a GenFlow?

A GenFlow is what comes after the scan.

It’s a complete, automated workflow:

• Reading the document

• Renaming it using OCR

• Logging it into a file

• Uploading it to SAP (or wherever it needs to go)

• Archiving it with a timestamp

It replaces 10–15 minutes of admin work with a task that takes seconds — and only charges you when the full process succeeds.

That’s one example. But GenFlow isn’t locked into document uploads. A GenFlow can be built for anything:

• Processing invoices

• Validating data entries

• Filing legal documents

• Syncing records across CRMs

If it’s repetitive, rule-based, and time-consuming — there’s a GenFlow for it.

Why Pay-Per-Upload Changes Everything

The magic isn’t just in the automation itself — it’s in how it’s priced.

Charging per task:

• Eliminates risk (you pay nothing until it runs)

• Aligns incentives (we only get paid when you save time)

• Scales naturally (you pay more only when you're using it more)

It flips automation from a high-stakes investment into a low-friction utility — accessible to every business, not just the biggest ones.

From Cost Centre to Competitive Advantage

This is the shift we’re building at GenFlow.

We don’t sell licenses. We don’t hand off half-finished systems.
We build full-stack automations that integrate into your workflows and charge only when they work.

It’s affordable from day one.
It frees up your team to do more meaningful work.
And it scales with your needs — without scaling your costs.

The Bottom Line

Automation shouldn’t be expensive.
It should be effective.

And it shouldn’t start with a quote — it should start with a result.

If you’ve ever thought “There must be a better way to do this…” —
there’s probably a GenFlow for that.