What is the manualwork actually costing?
Set three numbers about the repetitive admin work your team does by hand. We show the hours it consumes a year, what that labour costs, and a conservative band of what automation could reclaim. No sign-up, no invented fees — the math is all on the page.
Presets are starting points, not claims — drag any slider to match your own numbers.
Everything is calculated in your browser. Your numbers are never sent to us or to anyone else.
Hours a year on manual work
1,152
Labour cost of that work, a year
$43,776 CAD
Conservatively reclaimable
346 – 576 hours a year
Worth $13,133 CAD – $21,888 CAD in labour.
Shown as a low–high band, not a single number. The low end is deliberately conservative.
What this doesn't do
It won't quote you. The reference tools invent an "implementation cost" from the savings figure itself — a circular trick that flatters the ROI. We don't. A build is scoped up front, as a fixed fee you see before we start.
Our math
Nothing here is a black box. These are the exact steps and the sources behind the reclaimable band.
- 01Annual hours = people × hours per week × 48 working weeks.
- 02Annual labour cost = annual hours × your fully-loaded hourly cost.
- 03Reclaimable hours = 30% to 50% of those annual hours — a conservative band, shown low to high.
- 04Capacity freed = reclaimable hours ÷ 1,800 hours (one full-time year at 37.5 h/week × 48 weeks).
We use 48 working weeks and 1,800 hours per full-time year to stay on the conservative side. There is no error-cost multiplier and no invented fee anywhere in this tool.
Where the band comes from
Up to 30% of hours worked could be automated across the US economy by 2030, accelerated by generative AI. We use this as the conservative floor of the reclaimable band.
McKinsey Global Institute — Generative AI and the future of work in America (2023)About half of all work activities are technically automatable by adapting currently demonstrated technology. We use this as the ceiling of the band.
McKinsey Global Institute — A future that works: automation, employment, and productivity (2017)
Ready to stop doing it by hand?
We take on a few builds at a time. Send the shape of the problem and we'll reply with how we'd approach it.