Agent ROI Calculator
The financial case for your agent deployment. In numbers, not hype.
Get the Calculator — $3The Problem
Your team wants to deploy AI agents. Your CFO wants to see the numbers. "It'll save time" isn't a business case.
You need payback periods, cost projections, and a defensible recommendation. Building the spreadsheet from scratch takes hours and you'll miss half the cost factors — loaded rates, error costs, API costs, amortization.
The Solution
Structured fill-in calculator that computes ROI for automating any workflow. Enter your numbers, get the answer: build now, build phased, wait, or buy instead of build. Includes loaded rate guide and common estimation traps so you don't fool yourself with optimistic math.
6 Sections, One Answer
1. Workflow Identification
Name it. Define the scope. Set boundaries.
2. Current Cost of Human Execution
Labor + error costs with loaded rate guide. Not salary — the real cost.
3. Projected Agent Cost
Build cost (amortized) + monthly operating with complexity table and API cost reference.
4. Net Savings
Monthly + annual + hours reclaimed + opportunity value.
5. Payback Period
When the investment pays for itself — with interpretation guide.
6. Three-Year Projection
Compound value with growth factor. The number that gets budget approved.
Your First 10 Minutes
Current monthly cost. Projected agent cost. Net monthly savings. Payback period in months. Three-year ROI. One clear recommendation: build_now, build_phased, wait, or buy_not_build.
The Math
2 files at $3. One ROI calculation per workflow.
If it confirms a $5,000 build investment, you made a data-driven decision.
If it prevents one, you saved $5,000 for $3.
What Comes Next
The numbers tell you what to do:
Numbers say "build"
The Agent Architecture Playbook ($97) shows you exactly how — 7 architecture patterns with deployment checklists.
Architecture Playbook — $97Numbers say "let us build it"
Our Work Audit ($2,500) maps the implementation — the same analysis, applied by the team that built the calculator.
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Agent ROI Calculator
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