AI ROI Calculator · in 2 minutes

What does the AI investment actually return?

Enter five values — we calculate the result and 3-year scenario live, no account, no newsletter. The detailed report with sensitivity and status-quo comparison is sent via email on request.

Live calculation

One-off investment (implementation + first year)€18,000

Setup costs, year-1 licence, training — all in one bucket

Employees affected5

How many directly benefit from the time savings?

Hours saved per employee per week6 h

Estimate realistically — better to underestimate

Fully-loaded hourly rate (€)€60

Including overhead and benefits

Live calculation
Payback period
2.6 months
until the investment is covered by savings
ROI in year 1
360 %
Return on the capital deployed
Annual savings
€82,800
recurring once productive
3-year net
€223,200
after investment and 20% follow-up cost/year
That makes sense

3-year breakdown

YearSavingsCostNetCumulative
1€82,800−€18,000€64,800€64,800
2€82,800−€3,600€79,200€144,000
3€82,800−€3,600€79,200€223,200
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Methodology — Pure heuristic based on your inputs — no LLM call, no cloud processing of your answers. Follow-up cost from year 2 = 20% of initial investment (typical SaaS assumption). 46 working weeks/year, accounting for PTO and sick leave.

This calculation does not replace a full business case — it shows an order of magnitude.