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Automation ROI calculator
Enter how much time a repetitive task takes, what that time costs and what automation would cost to build and run. You get an indicative annual saving and payback period, with the formula shown.
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Calculate
OUTIndicative, per year
£6,825
net annual saving after running costs
- Hours freed per year
- 345
- Gross saving
- £8,625
- Running cost
- −£1,800
- First year, after build
- -£1,175
- Payback
- 14.1 months
Assumptions
- 46 working weeks a year, after holidays and bank holidays.
- Hours saved = hours per week × people × share automated × 46.
- Freed time is valued at the full hourly cost. In practice it is redeployed, not always cashed.
- Payback = build cost ÷ monthly net saving. No discounting, tax or R&D relief.
- Excludes change management and training time.
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