SME ROI Calculator
Estimate the business impact of automating your workflows
How to use this calculator:
Enter your teams numbers
Number of Employees Doing Task: Only include staff directly responsible for onboarding, support, or sales outreach
Employee Cost: Enter the fully loaded hourly cost (salary + benefits)
Redeployment Revenue Uplift: Estimate the extra revenue per hour when staff are freed up and redirected to sales.
Clients Onboarded/Month: Input your current monthly onboarding volume.
Target Increase (%): Estimate the percentage uplift in client onboarding if AI is implemented.
Average Deal Size: Typical value of a new client deal.
Cost of Capital: Optional, to discount future gains for a more conservative ROI view.
Hours per Client Onboarding: Average hours your staff spend onboarding one client.
Select your use cases
Select one of the AI automation areas you want to model
Client Onboarding & KYC Automation
Customer Support Automation
Sales Outreach Automation
2.1 Add Additional variables
based on the specific use case.
Click "Calculate"
The tool will show detailed breakdowns for each selected use case:
Hours saved per month Annual labor savings
Revenue acceleration from faster onboarding
Redeployment revenue uplift from freed hours
Retention lift (if applicable)
Total annual impact (undiscounted and discounted)
Interpret the results
Use the undiscounted figure as a raw view of potential
Use the discounted figure (with cost of capital applied) as a conservative, board-ready ROI estimate
Compare across use cases to prioritize the biggest wins.
Tip: Start with realistic, even conservative estimates. This ensures your ROI case remains credible when presented to management or investors.
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