New: The FLOWSTER ROI Calculator – Discover Your Savings Potential
With our interactive ROI calculator, you can find out in just a few minutes how much time, cost and capacity your IT team can gain through automation – individual, transparent and immediate.
Why an ROI calculator for IT automation?
"Automation sounds great – but what does it actually deliver?" We hear this question often. And it is a fair one. IT decision-makers don't need promises – they need numbers, data and facts.
That is exactly why we developed the FLOWSTER ROI Calculator: an interactive tool that shows you in just a few minutes how much time, budget and team capacity you can gain through IT process automation – based on your own processes and key figures.
Whether password resets, onboarding, user management or server restarts: the calculator works out how many hours your IT team saves per month, which costs are eliminated and how many "virtual team members" you gain through automation.
How the ROI calculator works: 3 steps to your result
Step 1: Enter your hourly rate
Enter the average cost per IT hour at your company. This figure is the basis for all further calculations.
Step 2: Select your use cases
From a list of typical IT processes, select the ones you want to automate – from "password reset" through "create new user" to "extend a virtual machine". For each process, enter how many tickets you handle per month and how much time a ticket takes on average.
Step 3: Review your results
The calculator immediately shows you:
- Hours saved per month – more time for strategic projects
- Costs saved per month – your budget put to efficient use
- Virtual team reinforcement – how many "additional colleagues" you gain through automation
- Top 5 automations compared – which processes have the greatest potential
- Annual savings potential – your long-term perspective
The calculation takes into account a realistically achievable level of automation per process – between 75% and 100%. So you don't get theoretical dream figures, but practical, hands-on results.
Example: What does automation actually deliver?
A mid-sized company with 10 selected use cases and an hourly rate of €75 saves the following through automation:
- 213 hours per month – the equivalent of 1.3 additional full-time employees
- €15,938 per month – almost €192,000 per year
- Top savings: onboarding (80 hrs/month), password resets (25 hrs/month), printer assignment (22.5 hrs/month)
These are not hypothetical figures – they are individual potential, based on concrete processes.
Who is the ROI calculator for?
The calculator is aimed at:
- CIOs and IT managers who want to evaluate automation projects on a solid basis
- IT operations teams looking to reduce routine work and free up capacity
- Controlling and management who need ROI calculations for budget decisions
- IT service providers who want to show their customers concrete savings potential
Transparency instead of a black box: how the calculator works
We believe in transparency. That's why the ROI calculator shows you not only results, but also:
- Which processes save how much time (before/after comparison)
- How realistic the automation rates are (75–100% per use case)
- Where your biggest leverage lies (top 5 automations compared)
This way, you can make well-founded decisions – and know exactly where to start.
Get started now: calculate your savings potential
How much time and budget can your IT team gain through automation? Find out – in just a few minutes, interactively and individually.