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The Manual Work Cost Calculator
Manual work is the biggest line item nobody puts on a P&L. Enter your numbers and see what it’s actually costing you — per year, over three years, and against a one-time custom build.
Your team
Errors (optional)
Annual labor cost
$138k
Time spent on manual work
Annual error cost
$36k
Cost of mistakes
Total cost of manual work
$174k /yr
3-year cost
$521k
Payback on a build
3.5 mo
Against a typical $50k one-time custom build, you’d be ahead by $471k over three years — and you’d own the software.
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Estimates are directional, based on the inputs above and a representative $50k build. Loaded hourly cost ≈ salary ÷ 2,000 + ~30% for benefits and overhead. Your real numbers depend on your specific workflows — we model them precisely in a discovery conversation.