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AI Implementation ROI Calculator

For business leaders building the case for AI investment

  • Model hours-back and error-reduction per workflow

  • Calculate payback period for your first AI project

  • Compare build vs buy vs API costs for each use case

What's inside

The 8-page version of ai roi calculator.

  • 01 ROI calculator for the 6 most common first AI projects
  • 02 Hours-back and error-reduction models with realistic benchmarks
  • 03 Build vs buy vs API cost matrix (LLM API costs included)
  • 04 Payback period calculation with sensitivity analysis
  • 05 Board-ready summary template — 1 slide per use case
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Written by Gavin Braithwaite

Founder, Rogue Digital

Pulled from the actual frameworks we use in client engagements — including the artefacts that we hand off at the end of each phase. Not theory. The version of the resource you'd see if we ran the work for you.

Questions before you sign up

The things people ask before clicking the button.

Are the API cost estimates current?
Yes — updated 2026-05 with current Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google pricing. The calculator surfaces token-usage assumptions so you can sanity check against your own data.
What if our use case is not one of the 6?
The underlying model (hours saved × hourly cost × adoption rate × time horizon) generalises. The 6 examples are starting templates, not constraints.
Will I get spam?
No. The PDF lands in your inbox within 60 seconds, then nothing unless you opt in. No drip campaign, no salesperson pinging you. Unsubscribe is one click and respected immediately.
Why are you giving this away?
We use these in client engagements every week. If you find them useful and ever decide you want help applying them, you know where to find us. If not, no obligation — we still hope they save you a meeting or two.

Want this applied to your business?

The PDF is a starting point. If you'd rather have us run the engagement, book a 30-minute discovery call and we'll scope it together.

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