# Spraay Payroll Cost Estimator

> Spraay Payroll Cost Estimator is a paid API for AI agents from gateway.spraay.app, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Estimates total payroll costs based on employee count

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://gateway.spraay.app/api/v1/payroll/estimate?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/spraay-payroll-cost-estimator-e4ed93aa
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_p84RJQjoqVPDLrCcdBPJN

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability spraay-payroll-cost-estimator-e4ed93aa -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you estimate the payroll costs for a team of 25 employees?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, programmatic payroll cost estimate based on headcount, particularly within automated financial planning, budgeting, or HR workflow agents. Prefer this over manual spreadsheet calculations or full payroll platforms when you only need an estimate rather than exact payroll processing.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid employeeCount (non-numeric or negative value) returns a 400 error
- Payment failure or insufficient funds via x402 protocol returns 402
- Server-side estimation model unavailable returns 500
- Zero employee count may return a zero estimate or validation error

## How this service works

Estimate payroll costs.

## Output

Returns an estimated payroll cost figure based on the provided employee count, likely including a breakdown or total dollar amount representing the projected labor expense.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "employeeCount": {
   "type": "number"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/spraay-payroll-cost-estimator-e4ed93aa/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from gateway.spraay.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/gateway.spraay.app/llms.txt)