Scenario comparison
Compare the whole workflow, not the headline speed.
Nominal cards per minute leaves out setup and human exceptions. Add those hours explicitly and compare them with your measured manual rate. The result is capacity arithmetic, not a buying recommendation.
Overrideable scenario
Compare manual and machine-assisted capacity
Use your observed rates. A published machine rate is nominal and does not include setup, misreads, sleeved cards, exceptions or human review unless you add them.
No purchase, price, ROI or guaranteed throughput recommendation is made.
Keep the comparison fair
Same collectionUse the same card count and scope on both sides.
Add reviewMisreads, sleeves, variants and condition decisions can return work to a person.
Replace marketing ratesRun a representative batch and use the observed sustained rate whenever possible.