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AI Implementation Cost Calculator

Estimate the cost, payback time, and year-1 ROI of an AI project for your SME — in under a minute.

Built for Dutch and European SMEs evaluating AI investments. Numbers are grounded in real 2025-2026 implementation data — not vendor marketing.

01What do you want to automate?Pick the closest match — many projects cut across categories.
02How big is your company?
03What's your monthly volume?Roughly how many of these you handle per month — emails, invoices, leads, transactions.
04How many systems need to connect?CRM, ERP, accounting, email, calendar, inventory — count systems the AI needs to read or write.
05Preferred approachNot sure? Pick "Recommend for me" and we'll suggest the right fit based on your inputs.

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How we calculate this

Cost ranges, payback estimates, and savings figures are grounded in real 2025-2026 SME implementation data, including our pricing benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and case studies. The full methodology — including hourly rates, integration multipliers, and the AI agent vs SaaS trade-off — is documented in our article on AI implementation cost.

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