SMB
25-person small business
6,000–9,000 hrs
saved per year
$200K–$350K
saved per year
Boutique AI automation agency
Eliminate the manual busywork. Reclaim the capacity you already pay for.
FRB is an AI automation agency that builds n8n workflows, AI-assisted operations, and API integrations to remove repetitive operational work — for SMBs, MSPs, and mid-market operations teams.
- ✓ Works with the tools you already run
- ✓ Measured in hours and dollars reclaimed
- ✓ Deployed in weeks, not quarters
Annual opportunity
Per employee, automated
25–40%
of work hours are targetable manual or repetitive tasks
300–600 hrs
saved per employee, per year
$10K–$20K
saved per employee, per year
Trigger → process → resolve
Targetable today
25–40% of work hours
Estimated savings · market benchmarks
What AI automation gives back
Benchmark-based estimates of the automation opportunity inside a typical operation — not guarantees. Grouped by the kind of team we work with.
RANGES REFLECT
ESTIMATED
AUTOMATION OPPORTUNITY
ESTIMATED
AUTOMATION OPPORTUNITY
25–40%
of work hours are manual or repetitive — the automatable share of a typical role
300–600 hrs
reclaimed per employee, per year through automation
$10K–$20K
in labor value reclaimed per employee, per year
Mid-market
50-person operations team
$400K–$700K
saved per year
300–600 hrs
reclaimed per employee, per year
MSP / IT
5-engineer service team
3,000–4,000 hrs
saved per year
$150K–$250K
saved per year
Support
5-person support team
~1,000 hrs
saved per year
~$30K
saved per year
Finance
AP / invoicing, ~200 invoices per month
$15K–$35K
saved per year
200 / mo
invoices processed hands-off
Per employee
Baseline across every team
300–600 hrs
saved per person, per year
$10K–$20K
saved per person, per year
Capabilities
Automation built around how your operation actually runs
A workflow automation agency practice — n8n, AI-assisted operations, and API integration — applied to the business processes that cost your team the most time.
01
Workflow automation
n8n-based workflows that connect your tools and run multi-step processes end to end — no manual handoffs between systems.
02
AI-assisted operations
AI steps embedded inside workflows to classify, draft, summarize, and decide — applying judgment to work that used to need a person.
03
CRM & lead-flow automation
Capture, enrich, route, and follow up on leads automatically, so nothing stalls in an inbox or falls between owners.
04
Reporting & admin automation
Recurring reports, reconciliations, and internal updates assembled and delivered on schedule — without anyone building them by hand.
05
IT / MSP process automation
Ticket routing, alerting, provisioning, and internal operations automated for MSPs and IT teams running at scale.
06
Customer support automation
Triage, tagging, and first-response drafting that clears queues faster while keeping a human on the decisions that matter.
Manual vs automated
The work we take off your team's plate
The repetitive business tasks that quietly consume hours — replaced with AI workflows that run on their own.
Process
Manual today
Automated with FRB
Data entry
Copying fields between systems by hand
Records sync across tools automatically
Reporting
Rebuilding the same report every week
Reports compiled and delivered on schedule
Invoicing
Keying and matching invoices one by one
Invoices captured, matched, and routed
Ticket routing
Triaging and assigning tickets manually
Tickets classified and routed on arrival
Client onboarding
Chasing forms and setup steps over email
Onboarding sequence runs itself, step by step
Follow-ups
Remembering who to chase, and when
Timed, conditional follow-ups fire on their own
Internal alerts
Watching dashboards for problems
Threshold alerts pushed to the right channel
Support triage
Reading every message to sort it
AI tags, prioritizes, and drafts a first reply
How we work
A structured engagement, start to finish
Four phases that keep deployment low-chaos and measurable — from first audit to ongoing optimization.
01
Audit
We map your operation and surface the repetitive work worth automating — ranked by hours and dollars.
02
Design
We architect workflows around your existing tools, with clear logic, ownership, and fail-safes.
03
Build
We build, test, and deploy on n8n and your APIs — shipping a working automation in weeks.
04
Optimize
We monitor, refine, and expand — compounding reclaimed hours across more of your operation.
Why FRB
Operational competence, not AI theater
We're a small, senior team. Every automation is built to survive contact with a real operation and to pay for itself in reclaimed time.
Built for real operations
Automations engineered to survive messy, real-world workflows — not demo conditions.
Focused on measurable ROI
Every engagement is framed in reclaimed hours and dollars you can verify.
Works with existing systems
We integrate the CRMs, helpdesks, and accounting tools you already run — no rip-and-replace migration.
Human-centered automation
People stay in control of judgment calls; automation handles the repetition.
Deployment
Weeks, not quarters
Questions
What teams ask before automating
Straight answers on scope, tools, timelines, and how an n8n automation agency engagement works.
What can you automate?
Repetitive, rules-based, and high-volume work: data entry, reporting, invoicing, ticket routing, onboarding, follow-ups, internal alerts, and support triage. If a task follows a predictable pattern across your tools, it is a candidate.
Do you work with small businesses?
Yes. SMBs are a core focus. A 25-person team often has thousands of automatable hours hidden across daily operations — and a smaller surface makes deployment fast.
Can you work with our current tools?
Almost always. We build on n8n and API integrations that connect the systems you already run — CRMs, accounting, helpdesks, spreadsheets, and internal databases — rather than asking you to replace them.
How long does implementation take?
Most first automations ship in weeks, not quarters. We scope a focused initial workflow, prove the value, then expand from there.
How do you estimate savings?
We map the hours your team spends on targetable tasks against market benchmarks, then model reclaimed hours and dollars for your specific headcount and processes. Estimates are ranges, not guarantees.
Do you support MSP workflows and internal operations?
Yes. MSP and IT automation is a specialty — ticket routing, alerting, provisioning, reporting, and internal operations. A 5-engineer team commonly reclaims thousands of hours per year.
What is an n8n automation agency?
A team that designs and operates workflow automations on n8n — an open, self-hostable automation platform. It lets us connect APIs and AI steps into reliable, auditable workflows you own.
Can automation reduce repetitive admin work?
Substantially. The gain isn't only the hours removed — it's fewer handoffs, fewer missed steps, and fewer errors to chase later. Benchmarks put the typical reclaimed time at 300–600 hours per employee per year, and admin work is where most of it hides.
What business processes can be automated with AI workflows?
Anything that combines structured steps with judgment: triaging support tickets, drafting reports, enriching CRM records, reconciling invoices, and routing work. AI handles the judgment; workflows handle the orchestration.
Reclaim the hours you already pay for
Find out what your team could reclaim.
A 30-minute consult to map the repetitive work worth automating — and the hours and dollars behind it.