AI Coding Tool ROI Calculator

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AI Coding Tool ROI Calculator

Estimate the financial return on investment of adopting an AI coding assistant (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine) for your software development team.

Number of Developers

Average Annual Developer Salary (USD)

Estimated Productivity Gain (%)

Industry studies report 20–55% gains. Conservative default: 25%.

AI Tool Cost per Developer per Month (USD)

Onboarding / Training Hours per Developer

Billable / Productive Hours per Developer per Year

Calculate ROI

function aiCalcROI() { // --- Read inputs --- const numDevs = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-num-devs').value); const avgSalary = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-avg-salary').value); const productivityPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-productivity-gain').value); const toolCostMonth = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-tool-cost').value); const onboardingHrs = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-onboarding-hours').value); const billingHrs = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ai-billing-hours').value);

// --- Validation --- const errors = []; if (isNaN(numDevs) || numDevs 100) errors.push("Productivity gain must be between 1% and 100%."); if (isNaN(toolCostMonth) || toolCostMonth 3000) errors.push("Billable hours must be between 100 and 3,000 per year.");

const resultDiv = document.getElementById('ai-result'); if (errors.length > 0) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please fix the following:' + errors.map(e => '').join('') + ''; return; }

// --- Core Formulas ---

// Hourly cost per developer // hourly_rate = avg_salary / billable_hours_per_year const hourlyRate = avgSalary / billingHrs;

// Value of productivity gain per developer per year // productivity_value_per_dev = hourly_rate * billable_hours * (productivity_gain_pct / 100) const productivityValuePerDev = hourlyRate * billingHrs * (productivityPct / 100);

// Total productivity value gained across all developers // total_productivity_value = productivity_value_per_dev * num_devs const totalProductivityValue = productivityValuePerDev * numDevs;

// Annual tool subscription cost // annual_tool_cost = tool_cost_per_month * 12 * num_devs const annualToolCost = toolCostMonth * 12 * numDevs;

// One-time onboarding cost (salary cost of training time) // onboarding_cost = hourly_rate * onboarding_hours * num_devs const onboardingCost = hourlyRate * onboardingHrs * numDevs;

// Total first-year cost // total_cost_year1 = annual_tool_cost + onboarding_cost const totalCostYear1 = annualToolCost + onboardingCost;

// Net benefit (Year 1) // net_benefit_year1 = total_productivity_value - total_cost_year1 const netBenefitYear1 = totalProductivityValue - totalCostYear1;

// ROI % (Year 1) // roi_pct = (net_benefit / total_cost) * 100 const roiPct = totalCostYear1 > 0 ? (netBenefitYear1 / totalCostYear1) * 100 : Infinity;

// Payback period in months // monthly_net_benefit = (total_productivity_value - annual_tool_cost) / 12 // payback_months = onboarding_cost / monthly_net_benefit const monthlyNetBenefit = (totalProductivityValue - annualToolCost) / 12; const paybackMonths = monthlyNetBenefit > 0 ? onboardingCost / monthlyNetBenefit : null;

// 3-year cumulative net benefit (onboarding is one-time) // net_benefit_3yr = (total_productivity_value * 3) - (annual_tool_cost * 3) - onboarding_cost const netBenefit3yr = (totalProductivityValue * 3) - (annualToolCost * 3) - onboardingCost;

// --- Format helpers --- const fmt = v => '$' + v.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits: 0, maximumFractionDigits: 0}); const fmtP = v => v.toFixed(1) + '%';

const paybackStr = paybackMonths === null
? 'Never (costs exceed gains)'
paybackMonths = 0;

resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = ` ### ROI Summary

Hourly Rate per Developer${fmt(hourlyRate)}/hr Productivity Value Gained (Year 1)${fmt(totalProductivityValue)} Annual Tool Subscription Cost${fmt(annualToolCost)} One-Time Onboarding Cost${fmt(onboardingCost)} Total First-Year Cost${fmt(totalCostYear1)}

Net Benefit (Year 1) ${fmt(netBenefitYear1)}

ROI (Year 1) ${roiStr}

Payback Period${paybackStr} 3-Year Cumulative Net Benefit${fmt(netBenefit3yr)}

`; }

#### Formulas Used

Hourly Rate = Annual Salary ÷ Billable Hours per Year

Productivity Value per Developer = Hourly Rate × Billable Hours × Productivity Gain %

Total Productivity Value = Productivity Value per Developer × Number of Developers

Annual Tool Cost = Tool Cost per Developer per Month × 12 × Number of Developers

Onboarding Cost = Hourly Rate × Onboarding Hours × Number of Developers

Total First-Year Cost = Annual Tool Cost + Onboarding Cost

Net Benefit (Year 1) = Total Productivity Value − Total First-Year Cost

ROI % = (Net Benefit ÷ Total First-Year Cost) × 100

Payback Period = Onboarding Cost ÷ Monthly Net Benefit

3-Year Net Benefit = (Total Productivity Value × 3) − (Annual Tool Cost × 3) − Onboarding Cost

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