AI Time-Savings Calculator

This calculator gives a free, instant estimate of the hours and cost a single AI workflow automation could save your Greater Manchester business. It is a quick first-pass tool, not a replacement for a written Discovery Audit, but it is useful for putting a defensible number against an idea before you commit to a full engagement.

Enter the number of staff working on a candidate process, the average loaded hourly cost (salary plus on-cost, typically 1.3 to 1.4 times take-home for a UK SME), the hours each person spends on the process per week, and a realistic automation rate. The output is a weekly hours figure, an annual cost figure, and a payback window against typical Proof of Concept pricing.

For most Greater Manchester SMEs, the highest-return processes are the unglamorous, repetitive, well-defined ones: invoice processing, lead qualification and routing, approval workflows, report generation, and meeting-notes capture. We cover this in detail in our guide to five AI workflow automations every Manchester SME should try in 2026.

If the numbers look meaningful, the next step is a GBP 1,000 fixed-price Discovery Audit that measures where your team's time is going and ranks AI opportunities by payback against your actual processes. Where the audit identifies a clear winner, we proceed to a GBP 5,000 Proof of Concept on that single process via AI Workflow Automation, with payback typically within 60 to 90 days of going live. Other entry points are AI Training for team enablement, Chatbots and Voice AI for customer-facing channels, and AI Marketing Automation for the top of the funnel.