AI ROI Calculator and Opportunity Report
Estimate the hours saved, annual cost saving, and productivity gain your business could unlock with AI. Get a branded AI Opportunity Report tailored to your sector and biggest operational bottleneck.
The AI ROI calculator is built for UK owners, operations leads, and directors who need a defensible business case for an AI initiative. It is grounded in benchmarks drawn from real deployments across professional services, retail, healthcare, property, and trades, not generic vendor marketing. Answer eleven short questions and you will get three things: an instant on-screen estimate of your hours saved, annual cost saving, and productivity gain; an AI readiness score out of ten; and a four-page branded AI Opportunity Report with three practical workflow recommendations chosen for your sector and your biggest operational bottleneck.
Answer eleven short questions. Your results appear immediately on this page, no email required.
How to interpret your results
Hours saved per week is the total team-wide time recovered from admin and routine workflows. It is the most reliable figure in the report because it flows directly from your own inputs.
Annual cost saving is hours saved multiplied by your hourly rate across 52 weeks. For services businesses it represents chargeable capacity freed up; for operations-heavy businesses it represents direct cost reduction.
Productivity gain is the percentage of the admin workload that AI is expected to absorb. Most structured SME programmes land in the 30 to 40 per cent range within the first year.
Readiness score balances the savings estimate. A high readiness score means you can go after those savings now; a lower score means there is foundational work to do first, and trying to skip it almost always wastes money.
We take data privacy seriously. Your details are used only to send the report and one optional follow-up about a free scoping call. They are not shared with any third party, and you can unsubscribe at any time. This tool is UK GDPR compliant and operated by The AI Consultancy (London) Ltd.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the AI ROI calculator?
The calculator produces a first-order estimate based on your inputs and benchmarks drawn from UK SME AI deployments. It is intended as a business case starting point, not a forecast. A 20-minute scoping call will refine the numbers against your actual workflows.
Is the AI Opportunity Report really free?
Yes. The full four-page branded report downloads immediately in exchange for your website URL, company, name, and email. There is no payment, no paywall, and no commitment to a follow-up call.
What happens to my details after I download the report?
Your details are used by The AI Consultancy to send one follow-up with an offer of a free scoping call. They are never shared with third parties, never sold, and you can unsubscribe at any time. See our contact page for our full privacy approach.
What time-savings percentage should I choose?
35 per cent is a realistic default for most UK SMEs running a structured AI programme over 6 to 12 months. Choose 20 per cent for light automation of a single workflow, or 50 per cent if you are committing to a full transformation with senior sponsorship.
Who is this calculator for?
Owners, operations leads, and directors of UK SMEs and scaleups who want a defensible business case for an AI initiative. It is equally useful for first-time AI buyers and organisations already experimenting with ChatGPT and Claude.
What is the typical payback window for AI projects?
Most UK SMEs we work with see payback on their first AI deployment within 60 to 90 days. Larger transformation programmes extend the timeline but deliver compound savings as more workflows come online.
Want to turn your numbers into a real plan?
Book a free 20-minute scoping call. We will pressure-test your inputs, choose one workflow to go after first, and outline cost, timeline, and expected payback.