ROI calculator
Is this workflow worth improving?
Start with one repeated task. Use your own numbers to compare staff-time value, running costs, and an illustrative project payback.
No account needed. Your inputs stay on this page.
Jump to your estimateYour assumptions
Start with the work.
Enter a number or adjust its slider. The estimate updates as you go.
The starting values are examples. Replace them with assumptions your team can check.
Understand the numbers
A transparent starting point.
Use the estimate to frame a conversation, then validate it against the actual work. It is a planning tool, not an AlbaHub quote or a promise of results.
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Time freed up
Weekly team hours × the share of time removed.
- 02
Annual value
Time freed up × staff cost per hour × 48 working weeks, less 12 months of running costs.
- 03
Project payback
One-time project budget ÷ weekly net value. Weekly net value is the annual value divided by 52; payback is rounded up to a whole week.
What to include, and what this leaves out
- Count one workflow across the people involved. Include checking, repeated entry, and follow-up; keep the expected reduction conservative.
- Include wages, benefits, and payroll costs in the hourly rate. Include additional software, messaging, AI usage, and agreed support in monthly running costs.
- The estimate excludes new sales, reduced errors, taxes, financing, and transition costs. It is not a cash-flow forecast.
- Inputs are capped at 60 hours per week, $100 per hour, and 60% time removed to keep this focused on one workflow.
- If running costs meet or exceed staff-time value, the calculator shows no estimated payback.
