What's Manual Work Actually Costing You?

Use this calculator to estimate how much time and money your team loses to repetitive tasks—and what you could recover with Applied Intelligence.

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Number of employees involved 3

1 50

Hours per week on this process (per person) 10

1 hr 40 hrs

Fully-loaded hourly cost per employee

What type of workflow is this?

Current Annual Cost of This Manual Process

$78,000

If we automated 80% of this work, you'd recover

$62,400

per year

First-Year ROI

4x - 6x

at $10K-$15K investment

Payback Period

2-3 months

These numbers are estimates based on direct labor costs. The real impact is often higher when you factor in:

Opportunity cost: What could your team accomplish with those hours back?
Speed advantage: Faster response times mean more conversions and happier customers
Error reduction: Automated systems don't forget, make typos, or miss steps
Scalability: Systems handle growth without adding headcount

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