Cost calculator
What does the current way cost you?
Pick who you are and what hurts. Put in your own numbers: hours, people, orders. The result appears straight away, with the source of every number we add. No email needed to see it.
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Who are you?
How we count
Your numbers go in as you enter them. We add an hourly cost from Eurostat and a few effect sizes from published research and our own projects. We count only half of the hours freed in money, take 15% off for risk and assume nothing changes in the first month. We don't count market growth or better decisions in money, even when they are the bigger effect.
All the numbers we use
| What | Value | Source | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working weeks a year | 46 | Our estimate | Our estimate |
| Share of the hours freed that we count in moneyOnly half of the hours freed are counted in money. | 50% | Forrester Consulting for Microsoft, 2024 | Industry vendor estimate |
| Risk adjustment on every benefitAll benefits are reduced by 15% for risk. | −15% | Forrester Consulting for Microsoft, 2024 | Industry vendor estimate |
| Ramp-up: no effect in the first month, full effect by month | More sales: 6 · Unblock: 4 · See the business: 4 · Run it yourself: 4 | World Economic Forum, 2025Kristjansdottir et al., Technical University of Denmark, 2018Our estimate | Large industry surveyOfficial statistics or peer-reviewed researchOur estimate |
| Share of orders that move online | 10% (5%–30%) | McKinsey B2B Pulse, 2024 | Large industry survey |
| Time saved on an order that moves online | 50% | Our estimate | Our estimate |
| Less work on each quote | conservative 50% · realistic 75% | Hvam et al., Technical University of Denmark, 2013Kristjansdottir et al., Technical University of Denmark, 2018Haug, Hvam, Mortensen, AI EDAM, 2011 | Official statistics or peer-reviewed research |
| Less time from a request to a quote | conservative 50% · realistic 64% | Kristjansdottir et al., Technical University of Denmark, 2018Haug, Hvam, Mortensen, AI EDAM, 2011 | Official statistics or peer-reviewed research |
| Hours a week each person waits for one key person, in the current cost onlyLess than half of the vendor figure of 5.3 hours. Counted in the current cost only. | 2 | Panopto | Industry vendor estimate |
| Requests without a quote today that start getting oneHalf of the requests that get no quote today start getting one. Shown as a count, not counted in money. | 50% | Hvam et al., Technical University of Denmark, 2013 | Official statistics or peer-reviewed research |
| Less time putting reports together by hand | 50% | Our estimate | Our estimate |
| Less admin time for the owner | conservative 33% · realistic 50% | Thnkers, 2026 | Our client data |
| Fewer missed lessons and bookingsOdds ratio 1.48 at a 10% no-show rate gives about 30%. Default is lower. | conservative 25% · realistic 30% | Systematic review and meta-analysis, PubMed Central | Official statistics or peer-reviewed research |
| Software you pay for and don't use, by your answer. Shown only, not countedDisplay only. Not counted as a saving. | 10% / 50% / 70% | Our estimate | Our estimate |
| Projects that beat expectations: without the practices, with all of them | 11% · 50%+ | McKinsey | Large industry survey |
Hourly cost by country
Eurostat, 2026 · Official statistics or peer-reviewed research
| Country | Per hour |
|---|---|
| EU average | €34.90 |
| Euro area average | €38.20 |
| Italy | €32 |
| Germany | €45 |
| France | €44.30 |
| Belgium | €38.20 (euro area average) |
| Spain | €26.40 |
| Netherlands | €47.90 |
| Austria | €46.30 (provisional) |
| Ireland | €44.20 |
| Portugal | €19.40 |
| Poland | €19.10 |
| Sweden | €43.10 |
| Denmark | €51.70 |
| Finland | €39.40 |
| Luxembourg | €56.80 |
| Greece | €18.20 |
| Czechia | €19.80 |
| Norway | €56.20 |
Questions
Why don't you show your price?
Because the same request can be a few days of work or a few months. We give a fixed price after the first call and a look at your process, in one email.
Where do your numbers come from?
From you, mostly. We add an hourly cost from Eurostat and a few effect sizes from published research and our own projects. Each one has its source next to it.
Why are the savings so modest?
On purpose. We count half of the hours freed, take 15% off for risk, and assume nothing changes in the first month. If the number still matters, it is worth a call.
Do you store what I enter?
No. The calculation stays in your browser. If you ask for the PDF, we use your email to send it and to reply if you write back.
Can I send this to a colleague?
Yes. Copy the link under the result. It opens the same calculation, and they can change any number.
Your numbers are a starting point.
On a call we go through them with you, find what the calculator can't see, and tell you what we'd build first.