Business case / Interactive tool
Software ROI and total-cost calculator
Model software cost, adoption, benefit, payback and sensitivity.
Business case tool · browser-only worksheet
Illustrative example: an annual software purchase with a 70% adoption assumption. Change any value to test your own case.
Costs, benefit and adoption
Enter the annual benefit before the license and ongoing costs above; those costs are already subtracted in the result.
First-year result
One-time cost$20,000
Annual recurring cost$22,000
Adjusted annual benefit before costs$50,400
First-year net$8,400
ROI20%
Payback8.5 months
Sensitivity: 50% adoption -$6,000 · 70% adoption $8,400 · 90% adoption $22,800. A non-positive operating net has no payback date.
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