AI Chatbot ROI Calculator
Estimate annual support automation ROI from your own operating numbers.
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Modeled annual net savings
Not a forecast$26,320
1,567% annual ROI on the software cost entered
Annual cost, current and modeled
- Current
- $80,000
- Modeled
- $53,680
- Modeled annual cost
- $53,680
- Agent hours redirected
- 1,120
Calculation
- Current annual ticket-handling cost
- $80,000
- 2,000 × 12 × 8 min ÷ 60 × $25/hour
- Tickets in the modeled share (35%)
- 8,400/year
- 24,000 × 35%
- Gross labor value of redirected hours
- $28,000
- 3,200 h × 35% × $25
- Annual software cost
- $1,680
- $140 × 12
- Modeled net savings
- $26,320
- $28,000 − $1,680
This model assumes the selected ticket share removes the same share of handling time.
Is this tool right for you?
Build a rough budget case before you ask for approval or test a vendor.
Good fit for
- Support leaders preparing a budget case for AI automation.
- Founders comparing support headcount growth against chatbot software costs.
- Operations teams that already know ticket volume, handle time, and agent cost.
Not the right tool when
- You do not know your monthly ticket volume or cost per ticket yet.
- You need a finance model for procurement or board reporting.
- Implementation, integration, or training time would change the decision. The model leaves them out.
More limits (2)
- Your volume changes a lot by season. The model uses one monthly figure.
- You need to predict answer quality, satisfaction, or revenue. None of these are modeled.
Example: A team handles 4,000 monthly tickets, spends about 8 minutes on each, and wants to test whether 35% of repeated questions can skip an agent.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes. It does not require signup, and you can edit every assumption.
The result is only as useful as the numbers you enter. It is a planning model, not an industry benchmark or a forecast. Check it against real conversation data before changing a budget.
Ticket volume, handling time, loaded labor cost, software cost, and the share of questions that no longer need agent time all change the result. Implementation work and answer quality matter too, but this calculator does not model them.
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