Free tool · AI economics
AI Agent ROI Calculator
Custom AI agents are only worth building when the hours they remove outweigh the build and the monthly model spend. Three inputs tell you which side of that line you are on.
Free 15-minute fit check · no equity · no retainer
How this is calculated
No black box.
Saved hours, discounted
Volume times minutes saved, then reduced by 20–30% for review, exceptions and the tasks an agent hands back to a human.
Running cost included
Model usage scales with task volume and length, on top of hosting and monitoring. Ignoring it is the most common ROI error.
Build cost from our own pricing
A single-workflow agent is one fixed-price sprint. Deep system integration is priced as two, because it needs a second stage.
Every figure here is derived from Shiftmind Build's own fixed-price sprint model, not from third-party market surveys. It is an estimate for planning, not a quote. The written blueprint is where scope and price become fixed.
Next step
Find out if your idea fits in 14 days.
Tell us what you want to build. We reply within one business day with a straight yes, no, or here is what we would cut.