Who it is for
Owners drowning in repeat tasks: answering, scheduling, quoting, following up, reminding.
Business and Money · Scorecard · Free
Do you need a person or a system?Hire vs Automate Calculator
Compare the cost of a hire against the cost of building a system that does the same repetitive work.
Runs in your browser. Nothing to install. Save the result or embed it on your site.
What to score
Your score
Saved over 3 years by building the system: $114,453
$114,453
Saved over 3 years by building the system
$181,053
Hire, 3 years
$66,600
System, 3 years
$29,800
Year one difference
2.8 months
System pays for itself in
Hire someone$181,053
Build the system$66,600
Under 80 percent coverage you still need a human for the judgment calls. Build the system for the repetitive part and hire smaller.
A system does not call in sick, but it also does not solve a problem it was never built for. Best answer is usually both: build the repeatable part, hire for the rest.
What this assumed
- Assumes the system covers the share of the work you enter, and that the rest still needs a person.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
What this tool actually does for you
The problem it points at
The default answer to being busy is hiring. Sometimes that is right. Often you are about to pay $50,000 a year for something that should have been built once.
What you walk away with
A side-by-side over three years so the decision is numbers, not vibes.
How to use it
Answer honestly. The score only helps if the inputs are true.
- Enter the loaded yearly cost of the person you would hire.
- Enter the build cost and monthly cost of the system.
- Enter what percent of the work a system can genuinely handle.
- Compare the three-year lines.
Put this tool on your own website
Free forever. I host it. You keep it.
This is a real lead magnet you can run on your own site tonight. Somebody lands on your page, plays with the numbers, sees what their problem costs, and now they are on your website instead of a competitor's. Costs you nothing, and I keep it working.
- Scroll up and press Put this tool on my website. The code appears right there, no form.
- Copy the one line you get.
- In your website editor, add an Embed, HTML or Custom Code block on whatever page you want it on.
- Paste it in, save, publish.
- Check it on your phone, then send people to that page.
Works on
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, GoDaddy, Webflow, Duda, HubSpot, ClickFunnels, or plain HTML. Anywhere that takes an embed code.
What it costs you
Nothing. No monthly fee, no expiring trial, no watermark you have to pay to remove. If you get stuck putting it in, text me at (903) 500-8898 and I will help you place it.
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