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What is AI actually returning?
Most AI ROI calculators inflate one number and hope you do not look closely. A credible one measures three kinds of value, stays honest about cost, and gives you a number you can take to a board. Here is how it should work, and a calculator built that way for your industry.
The calculator's default scenario, all workflows on. Your mix and ramp will differ.
The three kinds of value
A real return is more than hours saved. The strongest cases account for all three, and the third is the one productivity tools always forget.
Time given back, in dollars
Time saved per workflow, times how often it happens, times the people who do it, times a fully loaded hourly rate. Prior authorizations, documentation, call summaries, contract review. This is the board-ready number, and the floor of the case.
More done with the same team
The hours returned do not have to mean fewer people. Expressed as full-time-equivalent capacity, they mean more patients contacted, faster turnaround, shorter backlogs. In healthcare, framing AI as capacity rather than headcount is what makes adoption survive change management.
The breach that did not happen
A governed AI path carries value a pure productivity model misses: the cost of a PHI exposure or compliance incident you did not have because staff used a sanctioned tool instead of pasting data into a consumer app. This is where ROI meets governance.
What keeps the number honest
The difference between a business case and a sales pitch is in the parts most calculators quietly skip.
Total cost, not just the license
Implementation, integration, training and change management, governance overhead, and ongoing monitoring all count. A number that only adds up software fees will not survive a CFO's first question.
Editable assumptions and a real ramp
No tool delivers full value on day one. Credible models let you change every input, assume adoption climbs over months, and report a payback period and a conservative range, not one inflated headline.
A bridge to measurement
A projection is only the start. The estimate becomes the baseline you measure actuals against, which feeds the same board reporting that tracks AI risk. Projected return becomes proven return.
Return is the value half of governance
In the SAFE framework, the Executive Oversight layer owns both the risk and the return on AI. Measuring ROI is not separate from governing AI well. It is the other half of the job. See where your organization stands across all four layers.
Calculators by industry
Each calculator models the workflows, roles, and benchmarks specific to its industry. Want yours first? Tell us.
Healthcare
LivePrior auths, clinical documentation, contact center, and treatment planning. Model the hours and dollars AI returns across the workflows that actually move in a health system.
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Underwriting, claims, FNOL, fraud review.
Research, document review, discovery, contracts.
KYC and AML, advisory, compliance review.
Get the number for your organization.
The calculators use industry benchmarks. AuthenTech AI runs the full model on your actual departments, workflows, and salaries, and hands you a board-ready business case, alongside the governance to back it up.
Questions about measuring AI ROI
What makes an AI ROI calculation credible?
Three things: an honest cost side that includes implementation, training, and governance rather than just license fees; value measured as realized savings, capacity gained, and risk avoided rather than one inflated number; and transparent, editable assumptions with an adoption ramp and a payback period. A calculator that assumes full value on day one is a sales tool, not a business case.
Why a separate calculator for each industry?
The workflows, labor rates, volumes, and risk costs that drive AI ROI differ sharply by industry. Healthcare prior authorizations are not insurance claims are not legal document review. A single generic calculator cannot model any of them well, so each industry has its own roles, workflows, and benchmarks.
How does AI ROI relate to AI governance?
Measuring return is the value half of governance. In the SAFE framework, the Executive Oversight layer owns both the risk and the return on AI across the organization. The ROI calculator is how the return side gets measured, and the projection becomes the baseline a board later reviews against actuals.
Is the calculator's number a guarantee?
No. The calculators produce modeled estimates from your inputs and industry benchmarks. Your actual results will differ. For a number built on your real departments, workflows, and salaries, AuthenTech AI runs the full model and hands you a board-ready business case.