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Reporting automation ROI calculator

Model the cost of manual reporting in your organisation and see an illustrative payback period and first-year return. No sign-up, no personal details.

Your reporting profile

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5 people
6 hrs / week
$45 / hour
60%
Reporting frequency

Reporting cycle runs once a week.

Tooling adjusts only the illustrative implementation cost range, not your savings.

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Insight Analytics — Reporting automation ROI estimate

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Estimated results

Your reporting automation outlook

Annual manual reporting hours

1,440 hrs

Estimated annual hours saved

864 hrs

Estimated annual labor savings

$38,880

Illustrative implementation cost

$10,368 – $19,008

Estimated payback period

4.5 months

Estimated first-year ROI

+165%

Annual cost comparison — estimated
Current annual reporting cost$64,800
Estimated cost after automation$25,920
Estimated annual savings$38,880
One-off implementation (midpoint)$14,688

All figures on this page are estimates, not guarantees. They are generated from the values you entered and generic industry assumptions, and they do not constitute a quote, a forecast, or a commitment of results. Actual hours, costs, and outcomes vary with data quality, system access, team adoption, and scope.

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Calculation assumptions

So you can sanity-check the numbers — or replace them with your own on a call.

Working year
48 working weeks per year, allowing for holidays, leave, and downtime.
Annual manual hours
Employees × weekly hours × 48 weeks × a frequency factor (daily and weekly = 1.0, bi-weekly 0.85, monthly 0.7, quarterly 0.5).
Hours saved
Annual manual hours × the automation percentage you selected. We do not assume 100% automation is ever achievable.
Labor savings
Hours saved × your hourly labor cost. This represents redeployed capacity, not necessarily headcount reduction.
Implementation range
A build cost of roughly $12–$22 per annual hour saved, adjusted for your current tooling, with a minimum engagement floor of $4,500–$9,000.
Payback & ROI
Payback = midpoint implementation cost ÷ annual savings, in months. First-year ROI = (annual savings − midpoint cost) ÷ midpoint cost. Ongoing licence, hosting, and support fees are excluded.

These assumptions are deliberately generic so the model stays honest. A 30-minute discovery call replaces them with your real cycle times, data sources, and constraints — which is the only way to get a figure you can put in a budget.