Automation ROI Calculator

Most service businesses spend between 15 and 40 hours per week on manual administrative tasks — data entry, follow-up emails, report generation, rent tracking, and vendor coordination. At an average loaded cost of $25 to $35 per hour, that manual work costs $19,500 to $72,800 per year. Our ROI calculator helps you quantify exactly how much those manual processes cost your business and shows you the projected savings from automating each workflow.

How It Works

Enter the number of hours your team spends on repetitive tasks each week, your average hourly labor cost, and the number of workflows you want to automate. The calculator computes your annual cost of manual work, the projected cost after automation, and your net savings. We use conservative automation rates — typically 60 to 85 percent of manual hours eliminated — based on real-world deployments across property management, service businesses, and agency operations.

The results include monthly and annual savings projections, payback period estimates, and a breakdown by workflow category. You can adjust assumptions to model different scenarios — from partial automation of a single process to full-stack deployment across your entire operation.

Who This Is For

Property managers handling 10 to 200 units who spend hours on owner reports and rent reconciliation. Service business owners losing leads to missed calls and slow follow-ups. Agency operators drowning in manual client reporting and project status updates. If your team does the same task more than twice a week, there is a measurable ROI case for automation.

ABAS Solutions builds custom automation systems using Next.js, Supabase, and AI — not off-the-shelf tools glued together. Every system is architected to your specific workflows, integrated with your existing software, and deployed as a production-grade platform. Start with the calculator below to see what automation could save your business.