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AI automation ROI calculator
Estimate the hours AI automation could recover, what that capacity is worth, and a payback period. Three scenarios, every formula shown. Calculations run in your browser; nothing is stored or sent.
Important: recovered time is not automatically realized savings. Capacity value only becomes savings if the time is redeployed to revenue work, or reduces overtime, contractors or future hiring. Results are estimates, not a guarantee.
- Potential hours recovered / month
- Monthly capacity value
- Annual capacity value
- Estimated costs (first year)
- Estimated net benefit (year 1)
- Estimated payback period
Formulas
- manual hours / month = employees × manual hours per week × 4.33
- effective automatable share = min(automatable % × scenario factor, 95%) × adoption
- potential hours recovered = manual hours / month × effective share
- monthly capacity value = hours recovered × hourly labor cost
- annual capacity value = monthly capacity value × 12
- estimated costs (year 1) = implementation + 12 × (maintenance + software)
- estimated net benefit = annual capacity value − estimated costs (year 1)
- estimated payback (months) = implementation ÷ (monthly capacity value − maintenance − software)
Scenario assumptions
| Scenario | Automatable % factor | Adoption |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | ×0.6 | 70% |
| Expected | ×1 | 85% |
| Optimistic | ×1.2 | 95% |
Scenario factors and adoption rates are Fullstop planning assumptions, not measured benchmarks. Recovered time is not automatically realized savings.
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