What does doing it by hand cost?

Estimate the time a task uses, then test whether a small automation project could create enough useful capacity to justify its cost.

Who does the task and how long it takes them each week.
The annual value of the time your team currently spends.
Potential time freed after extra review, ongoing costs, and a simple recovery estimate at your budget.

The starting values are examples, not predictions. Adjust them and try a cautious case. Your task and numbers stay in this tab unless you choose to share them.

Your estimate

Team hours a yearCurrent time spent across the team.: —
Current annual labor valueHours × your loaded rate; not all avoidable cost.: —
Net team hours freedAfter extra review; negative means additional work.: —
Usable capacity value a yearFreed time × rate × usable percentage. Added work is charged at the full rate.: —
Ongoing costs a yearYour monthly software, model, hosting, and maintenance allowance × 12.: —
Capacity value less ongoing costsA planning estimate, not cash savings or profit.: —
Simple recovery estimateUpfront budget ÷ annual capacity value less ongoing costs.: —

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The task

What’s the task? (optional)

People who do it

Hours each, per week

Loaded hourly rate

Working weeks a year

Loaded rate is wages plus taxes, benefits, and overhead. Use your own estimate. For your own time, choose an hourly value you can explain; it is not automatically additional revenue.

Share of current task time a first build could remove:

Extra team review hours per week

Ongoing cost per month ($)

Include new checking and correction work across the whole team. Monthly costs should include software, model usage, hosting, and maintenance. Defaults are illustrative.

Freed capacity you can put to useful work (%)

Use a cautious estimate. Time freed is valuable only if it reduces a real expense or can be redirected to useful work; it is not necessarily cash saved.

Total upfront budget (optional, $)

Include the build, setup, and initial training. This calculator is not a quote. Jotbolt agrees a fixed scope and price before a build starts.

This is a steady-state planning estimate, not a return guarantee. It assumes the same workload and benefits throughout the year and does not model adoption delays or financing. Capacity value is not cash savings: test the workflow and confirm which benefits your business can actually realize.