AI Automation ROI Calculator: How to Decide What to Automate

A simple framework for choosing automation projects based on time saved, error reduction, speed, revenue recovery, and operational risk. Not Every Workflow Deserves Automation The best automation projects are frequent, rules based, measurable, and painful. The worst ones are rare, ambiguous, political, or dependent on judgment that the business has not clearly defined. The ROI Formula Start with five numbers: Time spent per task Task frequency Hourly cost of the people doing it Error cost or delay cost Revenue upside from faster response Monthly value equals saved labor plus avoid