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Your own AI agent on a VPS, for example OpenClaw or Hermes Agent, runs on a server you rent and control. Its working state and data at rest can stay in the EEA, but a cloud model, telemetry, backups and integrations still process data elsewhere. Licences cost €0, the server from €5.49 a month, and with the model and maintenance about €332 in the scenario. At Syntalith we build an agent for a team from €3,000 net.
An AI agent in customer service makes sense when you name one task, one source of information and one person for the exceptions. First check what your current helpdesk already does. At Syntalith, reply drafts for approval cost from €3,000 net. At 2,000 emails a month, handling them by hand costs €5,817, and with the system €893, checking and the model included.
You install Hermes Agent with one command on Linux, macOS, WSL2 or Android, and on Windows through PowerShell or the Hermes Desktop installer. You need a model with a context window of at least 64,000 tokens. A server for continuous work costs from €5.49 a month. The harder part comes after installation: permissions, isolation and supervision, set before the agent gets company systems.
Hermes Agent and OpenClaw are open-source agents under the MIT licence that run on your own infrastructure, and they suit different jobs. Hermes learns a process, remembers between sessions and works in the background on a schedule. OpenClaw is a personal assistant you reach from many messengers and devices. The licences cost €0, and a working agent with a server, a model and maintenance costs about €332 a month in our scenario.
Prompt injection is when an email, a document or a web page poses as an instruction for the model. In an agent with access to tools it can trigger an unwanted action. Several independent safeguards build the defence: least privilege, a separate reader for untrusted content and approval of high-impact actions. At Syntalith an agent costs from €3,000 net, and with 500 agent-handled cases a month at 8 minutes each it pays back in 1.7 months.
OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant under the MIT licence. It runs on the user's device or server and links models, tools and messengers through one gateway. The code is free, and you pay for the model, the server and maintenance, about €332 a month in our scenario. In a company it makes sense when a task needs several sources checked and the next step chosen, with controlled effects.
An AI agent working for one person prepares a morning briefing of the calendar and email, tidies the inbox, gathers sources before a meeting, finds files and reminds you of promises made in messages. It reads and writes drafts, and sending and changes wait for your approval. When it saves 30 minutes a day, about €283 a month is left after the server, the model and maintenance.
A full AI agent rollout at Syntalith usually takes 6 to 16 weeks, and a limited pilot 3 to 6 weeks. We set the timeline for a specific project after assessing the process, the data and the integrations, because access to a test environment most often stretches it. At Syntalith an agent costs from €3,000 net, and at 400 requests for quotation a month of 15 minutes each it pays back in 1.2 months.
At Syntalith, an AI agent for one process costs from €3,000 net, and larger rollouts usually up to €17,500 net. The build takes 6 to 16 weeks. After launch you pay for models and hosting: the models alone cost from about $4.50 to $450 a month at 10,000 calls. You get a fixed price before the contract and pay half after acceptance.
You can count an AI agent's return only once you know the process before the rollout: volume, time, corrections and the cost of errors. Subtract a person's checking, the model, hosting and upkeep, and count only the time given back that the company will really use. At 1,200 documents a month, cut from 10 to 7 minutes, with 70% of the time used, a €3,000 automation pays back in 2.1 months.
Choose an AI agency that walks through one real case from your process with you, shows a hard case live and describes acceptance and maintenance before you sign. Compare the price of the same result. At Syntalith an audit costs from €600 net and we credit it towards the build. Automations, apps and agents start at €3,000 net.
In a SOC, an AI agent gathers an alert's context: the asset, the user, similar events and the rule's result, proposes a classification with reasons and prepares a ticket. The analyst approves isolating a host, blocking an account and other response actions. The agent costs from €3,000 net at Syntalith and, with 1,500 alerts a month at 5 minutes each, pays back in 1.2 months.
AI personalisation in an online shop matches products and content to how each customer behaves, and you measure its effect with an A/B test in your own shop, with no comparisons to Netflix. With 50,000 sessions a month, a 2% conversion rate and a €46 basket, 5% more sales bring €2,300 of revenue and €690 of margin a month. At Syntalith the rollout costs from €3,000 net.
An AI agent in claims processing takes in the claim, checks that the documents are complete against the team's list, reads the policy data, prepares a summary with sources and hands exceptions to the claims handler. The decision on liability, the amount or a refusal stays with a person. At Syntalith the agent costs from €3,000 net, and with 800 claims a month it pays back in 1.3 months.
Computer vision in quality control assesses photos from the line, flags suspect items with the defect marked and sends them to an inspector, who approves the result. You measure accuracy on a sample with labelled defects. The system does not promise 100% detection. At Syntalith the app costs from €3,000 net, and with 6,000 photos a month at 1 minute each it pays back in 1.3 months.
Predictive maintenance with an AI agent makes sense when the plant joins machine signals, maintenance history and a person's decision. The agent collects the data, compares it with history, proposes an inspection and waits for approval. It does not control the line. A system from €3,000 net pays back once it avoids 2.5 hours of downtime, if an hour costs €1,200.
According to GUS, Poland's statistics office, 17.8% of Polish enterprises used AI technologies in 2026. That is twice the share a year earlier, when it was 8.7%. Polish firms use AI most often in marketing and sales (11.1% of firms) and in office work and decisions (9.6%). More than 80% of Polish firms still do not use AI, so the advantage of a rollout is still there to win.
An AI agent for retail inventory first puts the data picture in order: sales, stock, supplier orders and their dates. Then it forecasts with a range and a risk and prepares purchase order proposals for the buyer to approve. At Syntalith the agent costs from €3,000 net, and with 400 order proposals a month at 10 minutes each it pays back in 1.9 months.
An AI agent in financial reporting collects data from approved sources, gives the origin of every number, flags variances from plan and writes questions to budget owners. The CFO approves a specific release of the report, and any unexplained part of a variance is described as unexplained. At Syntalith the agent costs from €3,000 net, and with 60 variances to explain a month at 30 minutes each it pays back in 4.5 months.
In compliance monitoring, an AI agent prepares an alert for the analyst's decision: it gathers the client's documents, the transaction history and earlier findings, points out gaps and writes a note with sources. A person assesses the risk, decides and files any report. The agent costs from €3,000 net at Syntalith and, with 800 alerts a month at 15 minutes each, pays back in 0.8 months.
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The agent moves a case through its steps, and actions with consequences wait for approval from the person you name. Before you sign, we write down the goal and a test set built from your cases.
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