Internal Tool ROI Calculator
What the manual process costs per year, and how fast an agency build or a Chattee app pays for itself.
How it works
Count the people and hours
How many people do the manual work, and how many hours a week each of them loses to it.
Add the costs
Their hourly cost, what you pay for the current tooling, and the agency quote you have or expect.
Compare payback
Lost money per year, payback months for an agency build, and payback for a Chattee app at plan price.
Where the ROI of an internal tool comes from
Rarely from the feature you had in mind. Usually from the copying.
Re-typing between systems
Data entered twice is an hour a day for someone. That hour is the ROI.
Errors and their cleanup
A wrong row in a spreadsheet costs more to find than to prevent with a form that validates.
Waiting
Approvals by email, status by asking. A tool with notifications gives the waiting time back.
Questions about the calculator
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Where do the numbers come from?
From you. The calculator multiplies people × hours × rate over 46 working weeks, adds tooling costs, and compares the total against the agency quote and a Chattee plan. Nothing is sent anywhere; the URL carries your inputs so you can share it.
- Why 46 weeks?
- What is not in the calculation?
- Is it really free?
- What happens to what I type?
- Can I use the result outside Chattee?
Build the tool instead of the spreadsheet
Describe the process in Chattee and get a working internal tool with accounts and permissions. Planning is free.