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Your Business

Team Size

People doing manual/admin work

5 people
1 people50 people

Hours Wasted on Admin

Per person per week on repetitive tasks

15 hrs/wk
1 hrs/wk40 hrs/wk

Average Hourly Rate

What you pay your team per hour

$35/hr
$15/hr$200/hr

Missed Leads per Month

Enquiries that go unanswered or get lost

12 leads
0 leads100 leads

Average Job / Sale Value

Revenue per closed client or project

$350
$50$20.0k

Recurring Admin Tasks

Number of tasks that could be fully automated (per month)

4 tasks
0 tasks20 tasks

Your Estimated Return

$155k

Annual Saving

Labour + leads + admin

1mo

Payback Period

Time to break even

839%

Year 1 ROI

After implementation cost

$430k

3-Year Return

Net after all costs

Labour saved (5 people × 15hrs/wk × $35/hr × 52)$136,500/yr
Leads recovered (12/mo × 30% close × $350 × 12)$15,120/yr
Admin automation (4 tasks × 2hrs × $35/hr × 12)$3,360/yr
Total annual value created$154,980/yr

Year 1 cost assumes $7,500 implementation + $750/mo retainer ($16,500 total). Estimates are conservative. Lead close rate based on industry average of 30% for warm inbound leads. Results vary by sector, team, and implementation quality.

$2,625 per week is currently being spent on work AI could handle — across your team. That's $136,500 per year in recoverable labour cost alone.

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Industry Benchmarks

How the numbers stack up in practice

These aren't projections — they're what businesses similar to yours have actually achieved.

$3.70

returned per $1 spent on AI automation

Industry average, 2026

6–9 months

typical payback period for SMB implementations

Vektora client data

240%

average first-year ROI for SMBs deploying AI

Techaisle 2026 SMB Survey

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