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Know what your workflow costs.
Before automating anything, price the manual work. Five inputs. Transparent math. An honest break-even calculation—not an AI savings promise.
Describe one repeating task.
Use measured averages if you have them. Every input is editable.
0500+
0 min90+ min
$0$150+
0%100%
$0$20k+
$0$1,500+
THE ESTIMATE / YEAR ONE
Current annual manual labor cost
$26,000
867 labor hours per year for this one repeated task, using 52 weeks.
Gross time value potentially recovered / year$10,400
Hypothetical first-year project + upkeep$3,700
Estimated first-year net labor value$6,700
Estimated cash break-even time3.3 months
Model, not a quote: excludes implementation disruption, software licenses beyond the inputs, error rates, changing volume, staffing constraints, and whether time saved becomes cash savings. Qira does not promise these results.
HOW TO USE IT
Measure first.
Build second.
The workflow with the most clicks is not always the best automation candidate. Start with recurring volume, a reproducible manual baseline, and one staff member who owns the process.
- Count real work. Sample a week of requests, approvals, or repeat data entry.
- Time the task. Include review and exception handling, not just the easiest cases.
- Make a conservative estimate. Recoverable time is seldom 100% and may not reduce actual payroll costs.
- Test a small pilot. Compare the measured before and after, including maintenance and human review.