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Calculate Your Real ROI
Conservative estimates based on measured time savings. No marketing fluff.
All calculations use lower-bound estimates to ensure realistic projections
Your Team Details
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UK average: £40-70/hour • US: $60-100/hour
Weekly Activity (per developer)
"Why did we choose X?" searches
8/wk
Debugging problems that were already solved
2/wk
Switching between projects/tasks
10/wk
Developers joining per year
2/yr
Monthly Time Saved
180 hours
36.1 hours per developer
14h
Decisions
7h
Issues
14h
Context
Annual Return on Investment
+14293% ROI
Payback in 0.1 months
Annual Cost:£779.88
• ACE subscription:£480
• Infrastructure:£300
Cost Savings:£112,250
Net Benefit:£111,470.12
Annual Savings Breakdown
Total Hours Saved:2,245h
• Ongoing efficiency:2165h
• Onboarding (2 hires):80h
Value at £50/hour:£112,250
Our Conservative Methodology
Time savings are based on lower-bound estimates:
- Decision lookups: 25 min saved (30 min manual → 5 min with ACE)
- Issue resolution: 50 min saved (60 min debugging → 10 min with context)
- Context switching: 20 min saved (30 min ramp-up → 10 min with memory)
- Onboarding: 40 hours saved per hire (2 weeks → 1 week, conservative)
Costs include: ACE subscription + realistic infrastructure estimates. We don't hide costs - you get the full picture.