What Is Repetitive Admin Actually Costing You?
Set four sliders and two costs to estimate the hours freed and how long the build takes to pay back. The numbers are estimates from your inputs — a way to size the opportunity before you spend a cent chasing it. Nothing is collected; this runs entirely on your device.
Your operation
Wage plus payroll costs and overhead for one hour of that person's time.
Your estimate. It varies widely by process, and there is no universal figure; measuring it is what discovery is for.
From a written quote. Leave at 0 to see capacity only.
Hosting, support and any software subscriptions.
Estimate · from your inputs
22
hours freed / week
$46,656
value of that time / year
That is capacity, valued at your loaded hourly cost. It becomes cash only if the hours go into billable work or you stop paying for them.
Payback
Enter a build cost and a monthly running cost to see payback. Without them this is a capacity estimate, not a return on investment.
Formula: people × hours × share = hours freed per week; × loaded cost × 48 working weeks = yearly value. Payback = build cost ÷ (monthly value − monthly running cost). An estimate, not a quote or a guarantee.
A Number Worth Acting On, Not a Quote.
You set the share of the repetitive work a system could take on; there is no universal figure, and the calculator does not assume one. The value isn't the exact dollar amount; it's turning "we waste time on admin" into a figure big enough to do something about. For a real number, the free 30-minute call measures where the hours actually go in your business. Want the terms behind the math? The glossary has them.
About This Calculator.
Questions about what this tool is and is not. The short version up front: the numbers it returns are illustrative, not a guarantee or a quote, and nothing here asks for your email or puts you behind a signup — it runs entirely in your browser. Four sliders and two cost fields feed a formula printed under the results, and payback only appears once you enter the build and running costs. Turning that estimate into a real figure is what the free 30-minute AltaMatic call does.
How does the automation ROI calculator work?
You set four sliders: how many people do repetitive admin, the hours each spends on it a week, their loaded hourly cost, and your own estimate of the share a system could take on. That gives hours freed and what that time is worth at your hourly cost. Add a one-time build cost and a monthly running cost and it also shows first-year net and months to payback. The formula is printed under the results. It's an estimate, not a quote.
Are the numbers a guarantee?
No. They are estimates built from your inputs. Real results depend on your processes, your systems and how much of the work can actually be automated, which is why the share is yours to set rather than a fixed figure. Freed hours are capacity: they turn into cash only if they go into billable work or you stop paying for them. A free 30-minute call replaces the estimate with figures from your actual operation.
Do I have to enter my email or sign up?
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser — nothing is collected, and there's no sign-up, email wall, or download. Drag the sliders and read the result.
What should I do with the result?
If the reclaimed time and money look meaningful, the next step is a free 30-minute call: we map where the hours actually go in your business and give you a rough cost range to fix the biggest leak first.
Put a Real Number on It.
30 minutes, no obligation. We map where your time and leads leak and give you a rough cost range to fix the biggest one first.
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