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What is that manual process really costing?

Describe one repetitive task. You’ll see the hours and dollars it takes each year, and how quickly automating it would pay for itself.

Start from an example

What’s the task? Optional, it just labels the result.

How often does one person do it?

Number of times

Minutes each time

People doing it

Hourly cost per person Pay plus overhead. A $50,000 salary is roughly $30/hour all-in.

How much of it automation can take over Rarely 100%. Someone still checks exceptions.

80%

One-off cost to automate it Optional. Used for the payback period.

Results

Automating this saves about

a year, or $0 a month

0hours back a year
08-hour workdays
–payback period
$0net over 3 years

How it’s worked out: a year is 250 working days, 50 working weeks or 12 months. Hours a year = times × minutes ÷ 60 × people. Savings = those hours × the share automation takes over × the hourly cost. It leaves out softer gains like fewer mistakes and faster responses, so treat it as a floor, not a ceiling.

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I build CRM, automation and workflow integrations. Send me the task and I’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth automating.

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