AI Services in Cost Reduction

AI initiatives that reduce personnel and tooling costsFeaturing 11 AI services in total.

ヤヨイ

弥生

Go-to cloud accounting software for Japanese SMBs and sole proprietors (Yayoi Co.), with AI that auto-categorizes bank statements and receipts ('Smart Transaction Import'). The flagship Yayoi Accounting Next adds AI transaction entry and cash-flow analysis (beta), with tax filing, invoice, and e-bookkeeping compliance. Free trial / first-year-free options.

# 業務効率化# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減# 日本語対応

フリー

freee

freee (freee accounting) is an integrated cloud accounting platform and the No.1 cloud accounting software by domestic market share in Japan (provided by freee K.K., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market). Because it automatically imports transaction data from bank accounts and credit cards and AI infers the journal entries, even people without bookkeeping knowledge can handle everything from bookkeeping through tax filing, closing, and electronic filing in one seamless flow. Plans start from 980 yen per month for sole proprietors and from 5,480 yen for corporations (both with annual billing, excluding tax), with no initial fee and a free trial available. It can also be used as an integrated cloud ERP that links with HR and labor, invoicing, and more.

# 業務効率化# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減# 日本語対応

マネー フォワード クラウド

MoneyForwardクラウド

Money Forward Cloud is a unified back-office SaaS suite for companies and sole proprietors, provided by Money Forward, Inc., which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. With cloud accounting at its core, it links invoicing, expenses, payroll, attendance, and HR/labor management under a single ID, and streamlines everything from bookkeeping to financial closing and tax filing through automatic transaction retrieval and automated journal entries. Corporate accounting starts at 2,480 yen per month and individual tax return plans start at 900 yen per month (both with annual billing, excluding tax), with no initial cost and a one-month free trial. It also has particular strength in integration with accounting firms.

# 業務効率化# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減# 生産性向上# 日本語対応

ジェヴ

Jev

Jev is the first System One model from TypeSafe AI, released on 15 September 2026. Unlike an LLM it generates no text: give it a state (text or JSON) and it returns typed values — Choice (classification), Score (rating) and Noul (a 0–1 truth value) — each with probabilities and a calibrated confidence. Because no string comes back, there is nothing to parse and nothing to validate. Vendor-published figures are 70–500 ms end to end and $0.042 per million input tokens, with output tokens free. Questions in one request are evaluated in parallel, so stacking them barely changes latency — which suits support triage, LLM guardrails and RAG re-ranking, where the same judgement repeats at volume. Still in early access behind a waitlist as of October 2026 and also listed on OpenRouter; the docs state that CJK scripts are accepted with lower accuracy than English. On 9 October 2026 Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1 with the same price and question types.

# API・SDK# AIエージェント# 検索エンジン・RAG# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減

ヘルプフィール

Helpfeel

An AI knowledge search system from Helpfeel Inc., built around the patented “intent prediction search” technology. Its defining strength is landing users on the right FAQ article even from vague phrasing, spelling variants, or typos — the company reports a 98% search hit rate. Alongside search-type FAQ, it offers an AI agent that searches across internal PDFs and Word files to answer, an inquiry form that shows answers before submission, and analysis of accumulated inquiry data (VoC) with article improvement proposals, all on one platform. Deployed on 900+ sites as of January 2026, with a reported 70% reduction in inquiries and a 99% retention rate. Pricing is a package of an initial fee plus a monthly fee, quoted individually.

# AIチャットボット# 検索エンジン・RAG# AIエージェント# 業務効率化# コスト削減# 自動化・省力化# 日本語対応

インフォマート

インフォマート

Infomart is the "BtoB Platform" series from Infomart Corporation (TSE Prime: 2492) that lets companies exchange invoices, orders, contracts and other B2B documents as data on screen. Used by 1.3M+ companies; trading partners join for free; supports the Invoice System and the Electronic Books Preservation Act. Pricing: Invoice is setup + monthly by quote, Contracts from ¥10,000/month (excl. tax). Also offers AI-OCR and the AI business-analysis service "IMAgent" (beta).

# 業務効率化# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減# データ連携（API連携）# AI-OCR（文字認識）# 日本語対応

インボックスウケトリセイキュウショ

invox 受取請求書

A cloud invoice-receiving service that converts invoices arriving in any format (mail, email, PDF, e-invoice) into accurate data via AI OCR plus operator verification, and automates everything from data entry to payment (bank-transfer data) and journal entries. Compliant with Japan's e-book-storage law and invoice system. By invox Inc. (formerly Deepwork).

# AI-OCR（文字認識）# 業務効率化# コスト削減# 日本語対応

スマートリード

SmartRead

An AI-OCR service for businesses provided by Cogent Labs, Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo). Using an in-house AI engine, it reads printed and handwritten text and handles everything from automatically sorting mixed documents to Excel/CSV export and integration via API and RPA (UiPath, BizRobo!, WinActor). It supports fixed-format, semi-structured and unstructured documents and comes in cloud and on-premises editions. Pricing: cloud Small ¥360,000/year, Standard ¥960,000/year, Enterprise ¥2,400,000/year; on-premises from ¥2,400,000/year (excl. tax, no initial fee, 1-year contract). Free trial up to 500 pages.

# AI-OCR（文字認識）# 業務効率化# 自動化・省力化# データ連携（API連携）# コスト削減# 日本語対応

ポーザー

POZR

POZR (POZR AI) is an AI fashion photo app for Shopify stores from CoolioDev, a development studio in Long Beach, California. Using your store's product photos as reference, you choose from 17 AI models and 8 studio lighting setups to create on-model images of clothing, hats and bags, then add them to a product's image gallery in one click. It also offers rotation shots, scene photography, storefront lookbooks and video generation (Pro). Pricing: Free (10 image credits/month) / Starter $19.99/month / Pro $49.99/month, and the interface supports Japanese.

# 画像生成# バーチャルヒューマン# 小売・EC# コスト削減# 日本語対応

マイクロソフト・ディシジョン・ワン

Microsoft-Decision-1

Microsoft-Decision-1 is a decision-specialized model that Microsoft released on October 9, 2026. Instead of generating text, it returns a probability for each fixed answer option for the text or JSON you pass in. It supports three question types — noul (probability that something is true), choice (one option from a set), and score (a value on an ordered scale) — and costs $0.042 per million input tokens with free output, the same as TypeSafe AI's Jev. Built by post-training Qwen3.5-9B, it is available on Microsoft Foundry (preview) and OpenRouter with a 32,768-token context. It suits high-volume repeated judgments such as ticket routing, prioritization, grading AI responses, and safety checks. Accuracy in Japanese has not been published.

# API・SDK# 検索エンジン・RAG# 自動化・省力化# コスト削減

アイブリー

IVRy（アイブリー）

A phone auto-answering service from IVRy Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo) in which AI answers calls, listens to what the caller needs, and automatically takes reservations, answers frequently asked questions, and routes calls to the right person. Calls are recorded, transcribed, and summarized, with notifications sent by email, LINE, Slack, and more. Used by more than 60,000 accounts (as of May 2026). You can start on the Free plan (¥0/month, up to 30 incoming calls); paid plans are Starter from ¥3,980/month, Standard from ¥6,480/month, and Advanced from ¥10,480/month (excluding tax; phone number maintenance and usage-based fees are extra).

# ボイスボット# 音声認識・音声合成# 自動化・省力化# 業務効率化# コスト削減# 日本語対応

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What Jev Is [October 2026]: The AI That Generates No Text — How to Use It, Pricing, and How It Differs from Microsoft-Decision-1

On 9 October 2026, Microsoft released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision model at the same price as Jev ($0.042 per million input tokens, free output) and with the same question types. This article explains what Jev — released by TypeSafe AI on 15 September 2026 — is: a System One model that generates no text and returns Choice (classification), Score (rating) and Noul (a 0–1 truth value) with probabilities; speculative fan-out, where stacking questions barely changes latency; how to get started from the waitlist to the Python SDK, HTTP API and Claude Code skill; routing low-confidence answers to people; and use cases. It then compares Jev with Microsoft-Decision-1 (access, context length, availability, Japanese support), explains which to choose and whether you can use them from Japan, and covers Jev's latest status in October (Series A, rate limits, OpenRouter listing). It also covers the official note that CJK accuracy is lower than English and the weak spots TypeSafe publishes itself.