Opportunity cost calculator
Enter your manual processes below. See what they cost annually — and what automation would recover. Pre-loaded with a sample mid-market operations company.
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Process name Hrs / month Loaded $/hr % automatable
Automation cost estimate
Using Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing ($3 input / $15 output per million tokens). Assumes 70% input, 30% output split.
Total manual hours per month
718 hrs
Annual labor cost
$579,240
Annual hours recoverable
6,203 hrs
Annual savings potential
$414,702
ProcessHrs/moAnnual costRecoverable hrs/yrAnnual savings
Client report generation510$397,8004,590$298,350
Month-end close reconciliation160$144,0001,152$86,400
Subcontractor invoice reconciliation48$37,440461$29,952
Total718/mo$579,240/yr6,203 hrs/yr$414,702/yr
Monthly ROI summary
$414,702 annual savings potential vs. $4/mo API cost
At current volumes, every $1 spent on automation recovers approximately $8727 in manual labor cost. Net annual value after API costs: $414,654.
These numbers represent the cost of staying manual. They don't account for the error rate, the audit trail gaps, or the operational risk of key-person dependency. SmartOps helps mid-market operations teams turn these figures into a sequenced automation roadmap — starting with the highest-ROI processes and building from a foundation that holds up under scrutiny.
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