The calculator below turns a process you already run into hours, money and payback months. It does not invent demand. You supply runs, minutes, loaded cost, error cost, build and upkeep. The page never asks for an email before showing the result.
Automation ROI calculator
Enter how often the process runs each month, minutes per run, and your loaded hourly cost. The result is a simulation, not a quote for our work.
Hours = runs × minutes / 60 × recovery %. Time value = hours × rate × realisation %. Avoided errors = runs × error % × cost per error × realisation %. Net = sum − upkeep. Payback = build / net, only when net > 0.
Hours recovered / month: -
Hours recovered / year: -
Time value / month: -
Avoided error cost / month: -
Net / month: -
Payback (months): -
First-year result: -
What inputs the automation ROI calculator needs
Runs per month and minutes per run set the raw time pool. Loaded hourly cost is what that time actually costs you (salary burden, tools, management overhead), not the sticker wage alone. Error rate and cost per error capture refunds, reships and rework that disappear when the path is consistent. Recovery and realisation percentages keep the model honest: automation rarely returns 100% of the theoretical minutes, and organisations rarely capture 100% of the potential.
One-off build cost and monthly upkeep (tool fee plus maintenance hours) sit on the other side of the ledger. Payback months = build ÷ net only when net monthly saving is positive. That formula matches the business process automation offer page and the worked examples in the guide.
How to read net monthly saving and payback
A short payback with thin upkeep usually means a high-frequency, low-judgement process. A long or missing payback often means the process is rare, judgement-heavy, or priced with optimistic recovery. Treat the first-year result as a sanity check, not a forecast you take to the bank.
The calculator cannot see your API quality, your exception ownership or whether the source form is broken. Those decide whether a pilot should exist at all. They live in discovery, not in this form.
When the numbers say not to automate
If net stays negative after honest inputs, leave the process manual or fix the input path first. Buying a workflow tool does not repair a broken form or a missing source of truth between store and ERP.
Where to go next
- Offer and pilot shape: business process automation
- Concrete patterns: automation use-case library
- Store and ERP data truth: WooCommerce ERP integration
- Questions: contact
