What counts as manual document work?

Manual work includes reading documents, retyping or copying data, checking values against other systems, and handling exceptions. The calculator uses your estimated hours and hourly cost to compute the current cost of that work.

How is break-even calculated?

Break-even is when the cost of automation (e.g. DocLD subscription and usage) equals the cost of the manual work you replace. The calculator compares your manual cost to an estimated automation cost to show payback.

Should I use fully loaded labor cost?

Using a fully loaded hourly rate (salary, benefits, overhead) gives a more realistic ROI. If you use a lower rate, savings will look smaller but may be easier to explain to finance.

What if automation only handles part of the work?

Enter the hours for the portion you plan to automate. You can run the calculator multiple times with different volumes to model phased rollout or partial automation.

Is this calculator specific to DocLD?

The calculator is designed to illustrate ROI and break-even in general; you can compare the result to DocLD pricing or any other automation cost. For DocLD cost estimates, use the Document Processing Cost Calculator.

Document Automation ROI Calculator

See how much time and money you could save by automating manual document work. Enter your hours, hourly cost, and document volume to get your estimated ROI and break-even.

Your potential savings

Automation typically saves around 80% of manual document work. Adjust the inputs below to see your estimated ROI.

Manual work today

Hours on manual doc work per month

Time your team spends on data entry, extraction, and document handling

hrs

Hourly cost (fully loaded)

Average fully loaded cost per hour (wages + benefits + overhead)

USD

Documents per month

Volume of documents you process (for context)

docs

You could save $1,600.00/month

That’s about 32.0 hours back per month.

Time & money saved

Time saved: 32.0 hrs/month
Money saved: $1,600.00/month
Break-even: ~< 1 month

Break-even based on typical DocLD usage (~$99.00/month). See pricing to refine.

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About this calculator

This calculator helps you build the business case for document automation. Enter how many hours per month your team spends on manual document tasks and the hourly cost of that labor. Then compare that to the cost of automating with a platform like DocLD. You get an estimated ROI and break-even so you can present the numbers to stakeholders.

For actual DocLD usage and pricing, use the Document Processing Cost Calculator. For readiness (whether your processes are ready to automate), use the Document Automation Readiness Score.

Inputs and what they mean

Input	Description
Hours per month	Time spent on manual document handling (reading, data entry, checks).
Hourly cost	Fully loaded cost per hour (wages, benefits, overhead) for the people doing the work.
Documents per month	Volume of documents you plan to automate; used to estimate automation cost.

Frequently asked questions

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Document Processing Cost Calculator — Estimate monthly DocLD spend.
Document Automation Readiness Score — See if your workflows are ready for automation.

About this calculator

For actual DocLD usage and pricing, use the Document Processing Cost Calculator. For readiness (whether your processes are ready to automate), use the Document Automation Readiness Score.

Input

Description

Hours per month

Time spent on manual document handling (reading, data entry, checks).

Hourly cost

Fully loaded cost per hour (wages, benefits, overhead) for the people doing the work.

Documents per month

Volume of documents you plan to automate; used to estimate automation cost.