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Automation hours-saved & payback calculator
Pick a repetitive task, enter how often it happens and how long it takes. You'll see the hours an automation could save each month and how quickly it would pay for itself.
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Your result
Time spent now7.2hours / month
Time an automation could save5.1hours / month
Value of the time saved€1,820per year
At your numbers, a €190 automation pays for itself in about 6 weeks.
How this is calculated
- Weeks per month = 52 ÷ 12 (≈ 4.33).
- Time saved = time spent × the share an automation could remove (the slider). Default shares are deliberately conservative assumptions, not industry benchmarks: 70% for copying data, chasing and reporting, 60% for retyping, 50% for anything else.
- Payback = package price ÷ value of the time saved per week. It ignores app subscriptions (often €0–30/month) — include them if they apply to you.
Estimates based on your inputs and the stated assumptions — not a guarantee of results.