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Swiss Post ePost vs. Traditional Mailrooms: How Much Time & Money Can Your Business Save in 2025?
See how switching from a paper mailroom to Swiss Post's ePost + Alfred can cut costs by 40% and free two work-days per month for every SME.
Why this matters in 2025
Traditional addressed-letter volumes fell another 5.5% in 2024 to 1.56 billion pieces, yet most SMEs still pay a clerk to sort envelopes every morning. [post.ch]
1. What a physical mailroom really costs
| Cost component | Typical value (CHF) | Annual total |
|---|---|---|
| Mailroom clerk (1 FTE) | 59,900 salary + 14% charges | 68,300 [salaryexpert.com] |
| Floor space (6 m² @ CHF 365/m² ZH) | 2,200 | |
| Office equipment & shredding | 1,500 | |
| Grand total | ≈ 72,000 / year |
2. How ePost slashes the fixed costs
Swiss Post already targets one million ePost users by end-2025; scale has driven scan prices below CHF 0.30 per letter. [computerweekly.com]
No rent, no clerk onboarding, no sick-days…
3. Alfred multiplies the savings
Alfred's AI:
- classifies sender & urgency in < 1 s;
- emails or API-pushes the PDF to your DMS;
- closes the loop with audit-trail tags.
That removes the hidden "document triage" task that still costs ~15 min/day even on ePost alone.
4. Real-world payback scenario
| Baseline | After ePost | After ePost + Alfred | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerk time | 8 h/week | 3 h/week | 0 h |
| Annual cost | 15,800 | 5,900 | < 1,200 |
ROI in 2 months for a 25-person fiduciary.
5. Next steps
Calculate your own savings in our ROI wizard
See exactly how much your business can save with ePost + Alfred