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What would automating one task return in your business?
Three inputs. Honest arithmetic. Decide for yourself.

This is the same arithmetic we put in front of every client before a Build — hours reclaimed, dollar value, payback against a fixed price you can see on this site. It's a projection, not a promise. If your numbers don't stack up, we'll be the first to say so.

The task you'd automate

People doing this task5

Everyone who touches this task regularly — not your whole headcount.

Hours per person, per week4

Be honest — most teams underestimate. Neoscape's PCG reports were ~3 hours each, ~120 a month.

Loaded hourly rate$100

Salary + on-costs, per hour. We use a conservative blended A$100/hr in client reporting.

Build scope (published pricing)

All + GST · builds carry a 6-month support retainer (from $200/mo, priced to complexity) not counted here.

Projected · your numbers · per year

A$0

Value of time returned / year

0 hrs

Hours reclaimed / year

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Payback on the Build

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Return multiple · year one

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Hours back / week, team-wide

Straight answer: at this scale, a Build may not pay for itself quickly. That's worth knowing before you spend a dollar. One question to an engineer will tell you whether a different process — or no automation at all — is the better first move. "No action needed" is a real outcome.

Indicative only — assumes automation returns ~75% of task time (Neoscape saw ~83%) across 46 working weeks. Not a quote, not a guarantee. Your Build is scoped and priced before you commit.

The arithmetic, in the open

Hours reclaimed = people × hours/week × 46 working weeks × 75% time-reclaim. We assume the automated task still needs a human review pass — Neoscape's 3-hour reports became 30 minutes, an ~83% reclaim; we project at 75% to stay conservative.
Value = hours reclaimed × your loaded hourly rate. This is time returned to higher-value work, not cash in hand — the same convention our Management Dashboard reports against.
Payback = build cost ÷ monthly value. Published build pricing, + GST. Every Build carries a 6-month support retainer (from $200/mo, priced to complexity); the retainer isn't counted here.
What this can't know: whether your task is actually automatable, data quality, edge cases, and change management. That's what asking an engineer and a scoped discovery are for.

What would automating one task return in your business? Three inputs. Honest arithmetic. Decide for yourself.

The task you'd automate

The arithmetic, in the open

Find out if they'd hold up in your business.

What would automating one task return in your business?
Three inputs. Honest arithmetic. Decide for yourself.