Workflow Automation ROI Calculator
Calculate the true cost of your manual geospatial workflows and see the potential ROI from automation. Real numbers, not marketing fluff.
Your Manual Workflow
Time it takes to complete one run of this workflow manually
How often you run this workflow (weekly = 4, daily = 20)
How many recurring workflows could be automated together
Loaded cost (salary + benefits + overhead) / 2080 hours/year
Automation Costs
One-time cost to build and deploy automated pipeline
Ongoing compute + storage costs (often $100-500/month)
Annual Cost of Manual Workflows
What this means:
You're spending $28,800 per year on manual labor for workflows that could be automated. That's 384 analyst hours that could be spent on higher-value work.
Automation ROI
Year 1
Year 2+
3-Year Total Savings
$57,800
ROI
202%
Payback Period
10.9 months
Annual Time Saved
346 hours
That's 16.6% of a full-time employee freed up for higher-value work like analysis and insights.
What This Means
Strong Automation Candidate
With a payback period of 10.9 months, this workflow is an excellent candidate for automation. You'll recover your investment in less than a year and continue saving$27,600 annually.
Important Considerations:
- • This calculator assumes 90% time reduction from automation (conservative estimate)
- • Actual results depend on workflow complexity and current inefficiencies
- • Benefits beyond cost savings: faster turnaround, consistency, scalability, team morale
- • Automation costs can be amortized across multiple similar workflows
- • Cloud costs often decrease over time as you optimize
Want to Validate These Numbers?
Book a free workflow audit. We'll analyze your actual workflows, prove feasibility with a working POC, and give you a detailed ROI analysis with real data—not calculator estimates.