AI automation ROI calculator
Estimate what automating one workflow could be worth in hours and annual value, and how long it would take to pay back.
621hours back a year
- Annual value of that time
- $27,945
- Full-time capacity freed
- 0.4 FTE
- Payback period
- Add a cost estimate
- Net value over 3 years
- Add a cost estimate
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How the numbers work
- Hours back a year are the hours the team spends on the task, plus rework, multiplied by the share automation can take on, over 46 working weeks.
- Annual value multiplies those hours by the loaded hourly cost. Full-time capacity divides the hours by 1,760.
- Payback divides your implementation cost by the monthly value minus the monthly running cost. It only appears when you add a cost.
- The model counts time and rework only. It leaves out faster cycle times, fewer missed follow-ups and better data, which are real but harder to price.
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