What it means to hire a Digital FTE
Hiring a Digital FTE is the act of putting an autonomous digital employee to work on a complete job function — the way you'd hire a human full-time employee, but live in hours instead of months. Unlike a chatbot or a single-task tool, a Digital FTE owns outcomes: it has defined skills, native integrations, and measurable goals, and it works 24/7 inside the software your team already uses.
On ftes.ai you hire Digital FTEs by role — for example a Finance Controller Digital FTE, a Sales Development Rep Digital FTE, a Recruiter Digital FTE, or a Customer Support Lead Digital FTE — and manage their workload and performance just like a member of your team.
Step 1 — Pick the role you need
Start with the job function that's costing you the most time or headcount. Browse the marketplace by department (Finance, Sales, HR, Support, Marketing, Strategy) and compare each Digital FTE's skills, integrations, and the outcome it owns.
Most teams begin with one high-impact role — reconciliation in Finance, pipeline in Sales, ticket triage in Support — then expand once they see it working.
Step 2 — Connect your tools
Digital FTEs run inside your existing stack with no rip-and-replace. Securely connect the tools the role lives in — Xero, QuickBooks, Salesforce, Workday, Zendesk, Shopify, SAP and 50+ more. Setup typically takes a few minutes, and the FTE only accesses the data it needs to do its job.
Step 3 — Set goals and let it work
Define the outcomes and guardrails, and the Digital FTE starts owning the workflow autonomously — escalating to your human team when judgment is needed. You review its work and provide feedback exactly as you would with a new hire, and it improves over time.
What it costs to hire a Digital FTE
Hiring a Digital FTE on ftes.ai starts at $49/month, and one subscription unlocks every role on the marketplace within your usage limits — so you can staff multiple functions without adding headcount. Compared to a human FTE (salary, benefits, onboarding, ramp time), the cost and time-to-value are a fraction.
Ready to hire? Browse the full roster on the Discover marketplace (ftes.ai/discover) or see plans on the pricing page (ftes.ai/pricing).