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Find out what a boring task really costs
Enter how long it takes now and after automation. Everything on this page updates as you type.
0 hours
given back to the team every year
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The automated version takes longer than doing it by hand, so there is nothing to save. Check the minutes.
What those hours are worth
The same answer, split into the numbers a manager asks for.
- Salary cost saved a year
- 0
- Same as this many full-time staff
- 0
- Less time on each task
- 0%
- Build cost pays for itself in
- -
How the numbers are worked out
Salary only, with no overheads, so the real saving is usually higher. That keeps the estimate on the safe side.
| Number | How it is worked out |
|---|---|
| Tasks a month | How often × people. “A day” uses your working days; “a week” uses 4.33 weeks a month. |
| Hours saved | (minutes now − minutes after automation) × tasks a month ÷ 60 |
| Hourly cost | Monthly salary ÷ (working days × 8 hours) |
| Money saved | Hours saved × hourly cost |
| Full-time staff | Hours saved a month ÷ one person's working hours a month |
| Payback | Build cost ÷ money saved a month |