— ROI Estimator

What is manual work actually costing your business?

Adjust the inputs to match your team. See the annual cost of your current inefficiency and what fixing it could return.

Your numbers

Team size 10 people

People whose time is affected by manual processes, handoffs, or reporting.

2100+

Average loaded hourly cost $60 / hr

Salary, benefits, and overhead per person. $50-75 is typical for SMB operations staff.

$25$200

Hours lost to manual work / person / week 6 hrs

Time spent on copy-paste, manual reporting, chasing information, or repeating tasks that could be automated.

1 hr20 hrs

Percent of that work that's fixable 60%

Not all manual work can be automated. 50-70% is a realistic target for most SMB operations.

10%90%

Your estimate

— Annual cost of current inefficiency

$187K

in recoverable labor cost per year

60 hrs

Hours lost per week across team

$15.6K

Monthly cost of manual work

36 hrs

Hours recoverable per week

$112K

Estimated annual savings if fixed

Note: This is a directional estimate, not an audit. Actual recoverable time varies by workflow complexity and implementation quality. The audit is how you get the real number.

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The estimator shows you the size of the problem. A StepScript process audit maps exactly where it lives and what to fix first — with a written deliverable before anything gets built.

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