Will AI Training Pay For Itself?
To see the full cost of AI Training, and how quickly it pays you back, simply choose the training and fill in 3 numbers. Takes 2 minutes.
Most calculators start with a guess about how much time you’ll save. This one works backwards. It adds up the full cost, including the hours your team spends in the sessions, then shows how many minutes a day each person needs to save to generate positive ROI.
Your results
It pays for itself if each person saves about
6
minutes a day
Your ROI if each person saved 30 minutes a day
The starting figure of 30 minutes comes from Elansio’s example. Drag the slider to try your own.
1,200 hours
£30,000 a year
about 10 weeks
45 minutes · Free of charge · By video call
How this calculator works
This is the sum from my cost guide, How Much Does AI Training For A Team Cost?, turned into a calculator.
It works backwards. First it adds up the full cost: the price of the training plus the time your team spends in the sessions, because those hours cost you money too. Then it works out how many minutes a day each person would need to save over a working year to cover that cost. That number doesn’t depend on a guess, which is why I find it more useful than a forecast.
The starting figures (10 people saving 30 minutes a day at £25 an hour) come from a simple example in Elansio’s AI training cost guide. They’re there to get you started, so swap in your own.
Workshop hours. A half day runs 3 to 4 hours and a full day 6 to 8. I always round them up, so the cost of your team’s time is never understated.
Payback is counted in working weeks of 5 days, from when your team starts using what they’ve learned.
Prices are my published “from” prices, before VAT. Your fixed quote depends on team size and scope and comes in writing after a free call. Euro and dollar figures use £1 = €1.17 and £1 = $1.32, the European Central Bank’s rates on 1 October 2026. I’m happy to invoice in any currency, at the exchange rate on the day I invoice.
Your privacy. Everything is worked out in your browser and nothing you type is stored. I use Google Analytics to count how the calculator is used: which training people choose, a rough team size (such as 6 to 10) and which buttons they press. Your exact figures are never sent to anyone, anywhere. If you choose to submit your email address, I will see it with your calculator results so I can reply.
£6,000
