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title: "AI automation ROI calculator"
description: "Payback time and hours saved a year, from your own numbers, with the math shown."
canonical: "https://vetted.tools/tools/automation-roi-calculator"
source: "https://vetted.tools/tools/automation-roi-calculator.md"
---

# AI automation ROI calculator

Payback time and hours saved a year, from your own numbers, with the math shown.

Source: https://vetted.tools/tools/automation-roi-calculator

Payback time and hours saved a year, from your own numbers, with the math shown.

- Slug: `automation-roi-calculator`
- Built by vetted. Run it free: [https://vetted.tools/free-tools/ai-automation-roi-calculator](https://vetted.tools/free-tools/ai-automation-roi-calculator)
- Free version: yes
- Starting price: free
- Technical level: 1 of 5
- Platforms: Web
- API available: no
- Categories: [Analytics](https://vetted.tools/tools/analytics), [Automation](https://vetted.tools/tools/automation)

## Features

- Payback time in weeks or months
- Hours saved a week and a year
- Setup, running cost and first-year return
- A check at half the expected automation
- Every formula printed with your numbers

## What people use it for

- Deciding which task to automate first
- Checking a vendor's savings claim

## From the vendor

Works out what automating a task is worth from your own numbers: hours saved a week and a year, setup cost, payback time and first-year return, with every step of the math shown.

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