# AI ROI Calculator

> Calculate how many hours and dollars automation could save your business with Ential's free ROI calculator.

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YOUR NUMBERS
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Our team loses
20 hours
a week to manual work. Each of those hours costs us
$50
. We'd spend
$10,000
automating it, plus
10%
a year to keep it running.
Drag any orange number sideways, nudge it with your arrow keys, or tap it to type your own. Works in any currency.
QUICK ROLE MATCH
Pick every role that loses time to the work. Their rates add together.
Combined rate
$50/hr
Virtual Assistant
$7
Admin Support
$25
Transaction Coord.
$35
Inside Sales Agent
$45
Project Manager
$50
Content Writer
$65
SEO Specialist
$75
IT Support
$95
Executive Assistant
$125
Developer
$150
Business Analyst
$160
Marketing Director
$175
Program Manager
$190
Product Manager
$200
Senior Engineer
$225
C-Suite Executive
$350
Lawyer
$375
Medical Specialist
$425
CEO
$1,000
YOUR TEAM COULD SAVE
52,000
per year, before maintenance
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly
BREAK EVEN
Week 11
41 weeks ahead in year 1
NET SAVINGS A YEAR
$51,000
After maintenance costs
HOURS BACK A YEAR
1,040
130 working days
ROLES FREED UP
0.5

## See When Automation Pays for Itself

Black is what the work costs by hand. Orange is what it costs automated. Hover, tap or drag across the chart to read any week.
1 YEAR
$41,000
410% ROI
3 YEARS
$143,000
1,430% ROI
5 YEARS
$245,000
2,450% ROI
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$40k
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3 months
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1 year
Break even · Week 11
By hand
Automated
Paying it back
Money kept

## How the Maths Works

Every figure on this page comes from the 4 numbers in your sentence. Here they are, worked through with yours.
ANNUAL SAVINGS
20 hrs × 52 weeks × $50 an hour
$52,000
NET SAVINGS
$52,000 minus $1,000 maintenance (10% of $10,000)
$51,000
BREAK EVEN
$10,000 / $981 net a week, rounded up
Week 11
5-YEAR ROI
($51,000 × 5 minus $10,000) / $10,000
2,450%
DAYS BACK
1,040 hours a year / 8-hour days
130 days
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## These Are Estimates. Your Audit Is the Reality Check

The numbers above are projections based on your inputs. A free Automation Audit maps your actual operations and turns this estimate into a concrete, prioritised plan.
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### This Estimate

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4 numbers
A projection built from the numbers you typed in.
Your yearly savings figure
Your break-even week
Your 1, 3 and 5-year return
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## The Cost of Inaction Is Already in the Numbers

While you've been on this page, those manual hours have cost your team
0.02
Your weekly figure, spread across a 40-hour working week
At your numbers, every week you wait costs $1,000. An audit shows you where to start.
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