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AI AUTOMATION
ROI CALCULATOR

How much is your manual process costing you per year? Enter your numbers below and see your automation ROI in real time.

YOUR MANUAL PROCESS

1h80h
120
$10$150
0%30%

Annual cost of doing this manually

$118K

$105K labour + $13K error rework

Estimated automation cost

$36K

one-time build

Annual saving (75% reduction)

$89K

per year

ROI multiple (year 1)

2.5×

Payback period

5 mo

Based on these inputs, automating this process would save $89K per year and pay for itself in 5 months. First-year net benefit: $53K.

Assumptions

Labour cost uses 50 working weeks per year. Error rework is estimated at 2.5× the original time cost per error. Automation investment is estimated based on process complexity. Savings assume 75% reduction in manual time — conservative for well-scoped AI automations. Actual results vary by process.