What is AI actually worth to your business?

Indicative only, on conservative assumptions (46 working weeks a year). Real numbers come out of the audit. This tool doesn't collect anything you enter, it all stays in your browser.

What does the AI cost calculator do?

The AI cost calculator is a free interactive tool published by Simplepage AI that puts a rough number on what AI could be worth to your business. You answer five questions: how many people AI could help, the hours each spends per week on repetitive work, your average loaded cost per hour, the share of that work AI could realistically take on, and how many people already use AI tools with company data. The figures move as you type: the hours your team could get back each year, what that time is worth in pounds, and how quickly the readiness audit, from £1,450, would pay for itself in recovered time. It also shows how many of your people are currently putting company information into AI tools with no access control and no audit trail. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent anywhere.

How is the estimate worked out?

The estimate is built from your own inputs multiplied together: people whose work AI could help, hours each spends per week on repetitive tasks such as reports, summaries, research and inbox triage, your average loaded cost per hour - salary plus overheads, where £30 to £45 is typical for professional staff - and the share of that work AI can realistically take on. Annual figures use 46 working weeks rather than 52, which keeps the result deliberately conservative. Our client work has found that most teams land between 40% and 60% of that repetitive work taken on in the first year, so the default share is kept modest. Payback is then measured against the fixed-price readiness audit: the calculator shows how many weeks of recovered time would cover it. Every figure is a starting point, confirmed in writing before anything begins.

How accurate is the estimate?

The output is indicative, not a quote, and it is built on deliberately conservative assumptions: 46 working weeks a year rather than 52, a modest share of work handed to AI, and only the repetitive tasks your team already does - no speculative new revenue. As of 2026, loaded costs of £30 to £45 an hour are typical for professional staff, but yours may differ, which is exactly why every slider is yours to move. Real numbers come out of the AI readiness audit, a fixed-scope two-week engagement that turns this estimate into a costed, prioritised plan for your specific business: which tasks to hand to AI first, which tools suit your confidentiality position, and where your data is already exposed. Every figure the calculator or the audit produces is confirmed in writing on the call before anything begins.

What happens to the numbers I type in?

Nothing you type is sent anywhere: the calculator runs entirely in your browser, and the figures stay on the page - close the tab and they are gone. That is deliberate. Simplepage AI sells confidential AI to fiduciary, legal, finance and eGaming firms, and according to Isle of Man data-protection legislation, which is GDPR-aligned, a business remains responsible for where the information it holds ends up. A cost model of your own team is exactly the kind of detail that should not leak from a marketing page. If you want the numbers examined properly, that is a conversation you choose to start, not data we collect.

What should I do with the number?

Treat it as a reason to look closer, not a promise. The readiness audit turns the estimate into a costed, prioritised plan for your business, delivered by the team behind Simplepage Limited's production software - data from our project history: Sumlo was built in three days and Patch in three weeks - so the plan comes from people who ship, not people who advise and leave.