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AI & Automation ROI Calculator

Every automation idea deserves a payback date before it deserves a build. Price the manual work, the build and the run cost — and see the net position over three years.

From the Agentic AI & Automation toolset.

01 — The manual work today

People doing the taskHours per person / week

Loaded hourly cost$Salary + benefits + overhead, per hour.Share automatable%Realistic portion an agent or workflow can own. 60–85% is typical for structured work.

02 — What the automation costs

Build costone-time$Run cost / month$Model/API usage, hosting, maintenance.

Error & speed savings / monthoptional$Rework avoided, faster cycle times, missed-lead recovery — anything beyond raw hours.

Results — live

73 hrs

Hours back / month

16.8 hrs/week automated

$4,101

Net savings / month

after run costs

4.4 mo

Payback period

build cost recovered

720%

3-year ROI

$129,633 net

Cumulative net position

Build cost−$18,000

Year 1 net$31,211

Year 2 net$80,422

Year 3 net$129,633

What actually gets automated

The strongest candidates share three traits: high volume, clear rules and painful hand-offs — think lead routing and enrichment, reporting assembly, content operations, quote generation and support triage. Automate the 70% that is mechanical and hand the judgment calls to your team with full context attached.

01 — The manual work today

02 — What the automation costs

Results — live

Cumulative net position

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