AI ROI calculator

Calculating the ROI of secure AI adoption is easy.

A productivity investment that pays for itself. Adjust the inputs below to model the real financial benefit for your business.

Calculate your return.

Use the interactive calculator below to model the financial impact for your specific business. Adjust staff count, salary levels, and estimated time savings to see annual and cumulative returns.

How to use

Adjust the sliders to match your business profile. Toggle additional automation areas on or off to see how each category contributes. The headline metrics, charts and breakdowns update in real-time as you change inputs.

Your business profile.

Enter your business details to generate a personalised cost-benefit analysis. All calculations are estimates based on industry benchmarks for professional-services firms adopting AI automation.

Workforce & costs
Total staffpeople
Average staffing cost (per year)$/yr
Annual business revenue$
Manual workload
Manual / admin tasks per person per dayhours
Estimated AI time-saving (applies to admin tasks and all enabled automation areas)%
Cost of investment
Monthly recurring usage/licensing costs (per user)$/user/mo
Fixed implementation costs (consulting, hardware, training, integrations)$
Ongoing management and support (monthly)$/mo
Additional automation areas

Toggle on the task categories relevant to your business, then enter how many hours per week your team currently spends on each. The AI time-saving percentage above applies to every enabled area.

Document formattingProposals, reports, templates, styling
hrs/wk
Data analysisDashboards, trends, business intelligence
hrs/wk
Proofreading & QAEditing, compliance review, quality checks
hrs/wk
Report generationClient reports, internal summaries, board packs
hrs/wk
Graphic designSocial posts, presentations, marketing assets
hrs/wk
Total annual benefit
Total annual cost
Net annual benefit
Return on investment
Estimated annual savings by automation category

Three years of compounding benefit.

Year 1 ramps as adoption matures. Years 2 and 3 are at full benefit. Bars show net annual benefit after costs; the sage line is cumulative.

Benefit breakdown
Annual costs
Net projected
annual benefit
Cumulative net savings: 3-year projection
Hours reclaimed per week
Equivalent full-time staff capacity
Additional productive headcount equivalent across your team.
Net benefit over 3 years

Assumes a six month ramp-up to full enablement: 40% average benefit in Q1, 85% in Q2, and 100% from Q3 onward. Usage, licensing and management costs apply from the first quarter, and the full implementation outlay lands in Q1, so where costs outweigh early benefit the cumulative line runs negative until it crosses zero at your payback point.

Next step

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