— Tool · Free
AI automation ROI calculator.
— In short
A free interactive estimator for the dollar value, payback period, and 12-month ROI of an AI automation engagement. Enter your scope (hours saved per week, loaded hourly rate, team members benefiting, automation complexity, ramp time) and get a year-1 value, build cost, payback in weeks, and ROI multiple across four engagement tiers: Validation, Single Sprint, Triple Sprint, Org-wide rollout. Calibrated against SolvSpot AI Automation Sprint pricing.
Hours saved per week
8 hrs
Loaded hourly rate (USD)
$75/hr
Team members benefiting
5 people
Automation complexity
Ramp time (weeks to full capacity)
2 wks
— Recommended: Single Sprint
Year-1 value
$147k
2.0k hrs saved
Payback
2 wks
Build: $4.8k
12-mo ROI
29.6×
Vs. build cost
Steady-state value (year 2+, no ramp): $150k per year.
— Compare across paths
Validation prototype
Not recommendedFreebuild · instant payback
Year 1: $147k · Steady: $150k
Your scope is bigger than a quick prototype — go straight to a Sprint.
Single Sprint
★ Best fit$4.8kbuild · 2 wks payback
Year 1: $147k · Steady: $150k
Triple Sprint
Not recommended$12.8kbuild · 1 mo payback
Year 1: $147k · Steady: $150k
Single Sprint covers this; Triple is for 3+ sequenced automations.
Org-wide rollout (custom)
Not recommended$35kbuild · 3 mo payback
Year 1: $147k · Steady: $150k
A Sprint or Triple Sprint covers your scope — org-wide is for multi-team rollouts.
Calibrated against SolvSpot AI Automation Sprint pricing. 50 working weeks/year. Linear-ramp model. Real ROI varies by workflow, team adoption, and prompt-iteration cost.
— Methodology
The four engagement tiers map to SolvSpot's actual AI Automation Sprint pricing: Validation prototype ($0, 1-week proof- of-concept), Single Sprint ($4,800, one production automation shipped in 2 weeks), Triple Sprint ($12,800, three sequenced automations in 6 weeks with monitoring), and Org-wide rollout (custom retainer from $35,000 for multi-team workflows).
Annual value uses 50 working weeks per year (allowing 2 weeks for holidays / PTO). Ramp time is modelled linearly: during ramp the automation delivers ~50% of full-capacity hours, reaching steady state at the end of the ramp period.
Payback period = build cost ÷ weekly steady-state value. ROI multiple = (year-1 value − build cost) ÷ build cost. Steady- state year-2+ value excludes ramp losses — the recurring annual return once the automation is fully adopted.
For the framework behind which automation belongs at which tier, see When to build vs buy AI automation and What it actually costs to run an AI automation in production.
— Want a real proposal?
Get a fixed-price scoped sprint in 48 hours.
The calculator gives you the range. A 20-min scoping call gives you the actual scoped sprint, fixed price, and timeline for your specific automation.