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AI ROI Calculator

Pick your industry, set three numbers, check the workflows you would automate. The same model we use in engagements — benchmark ranges, no rounding for optimism. Run it free; add your email to save a shareable link or get the estimate in your inbox.

Non-billable admin is the margin leak — recovered hours convert directly to utilization.

12 people

People whose admin work this would touch

1 people200 people
CA$88/hr

Salary plus benefits, payroll taxes, and overhead — CAD

CA$25/hrCA$250/hr
9 hrs

Benchmark range for professional services: 6–12 hrs

1 hrs20 hrs
Workflows to automate

Percentages are hedged automation ranges from published industry benchmarks for each pattern — not ReadyIQ client results.

Scenario

Conservative haircuts every benchmark by 25%. Ambitious takes published ranges at face value — never above.

Estimated impact · Professional services

Hours back, per week
35–49 hrs
Annual savings (48 working weeks)
CA$147,122–CA$208,708

At these numbers, an AI Audit (CA$10,250) pays back in roughly 2–3 weeks.

These are benchmark-derived ranges, not measured client results. Your actual numbers depend on workflow complexity, data quality, and how fast your team adopts.

How this is calculated

Weekly admin pool = team size × admin hours per person. Each checked workflow claims its benchmark share of that pool, and we apply its published automation range to those hours.

Conservative mode multiplies every range by 0.75; ambitious uses benchmarks as published. No workflow is ever modeled past 85% automation. Dollar value = hours × your loaded hourly cost, annualized over 48 working weeks, not 52.

Payback divides the assessment fee by your weekly savings range. Both are shown in CAD — the fee is converted from its US$7,500 list price at an approximate ~1.37 rate, so treat payback as directional framing, not an invoice.

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After the estimate

Turn a range into a decision

A number without a plan is noise. Here is how teams move from estimate to running AI on one real workflow.

A horizontal 4-step flow: 1. Scope one workflow, 2. Baseline the cost, 3. Run a pilot, 4. Measure and decide1Scope one workflowWeek 1–22Baseline the costWeek 23Run a pilotWeeks 3–64Measure and decideWeek 7

Why a range, not a single number?

Real AI projects carry adoption risk, vendor risk, and workflow complexity that a single point estimate hides. Benchmark-derived bands give you a conservative floor your CFO can defend, and a ceiling to anchor the upside case.

Every workflow percentage traces to published industry benchmarks for that automation pattern — and conservative mode haircuts all of them by 25% before a single dollar is counted.

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From raw data to a decision you can act on.

Results are estimates, not guarantees. Actual savings depend on workflow complexity, team adoption rate, and the quality of the tools you choose. No engagement or dollar amount is guaranteed by use of this calculator.