Spend coverage
Start with the AI spend that can be assigned, reconciled, and reviewed. Do not substitute a guessed “waste” percentage.
AI spend and ROI readiness
Before you claim AI ROI, find the missing evidence.
Enter six portfolio-level inputs. See which spend lacks an owner, an operating outcome, or provider-bill reconciliation. The result also shows the work required to assemble the current view.
- Runs only in this browser
- USD portfolio baseline
- No invented ROI or savings
Build the first evidence baseline.
Use portfolio totals or one company. Nothing entered here is submitted or stored.
Coverage gaps overlap. They are shown separately and are never added together as “savings.”
AI Gateway HQAI value evidence baseline
8 companies · USD50/ 100
Evidence readinessFirst priority: link spend to a KPI or OKR30% has that evidence. Readiness is the simple average of the three entered coverage rates.
- Annual AI spend entered
- $1,200,000$150,000 average per company
- Without a named owner
- $540,00045% of entered spend
- Without KPI or OKR linkage
- $840,00070% of entered spend
- Not reconciled to provider billing
- $420,00035% of entered spend
Current manual consolidation480 hours / yearObserved workload. No labor saving is assumed.
Create a free workspace This browser-only baseline identifies missing operating evidence. It does not calculate or guarantee cost savings, productivity, EBITDA impact, valuation, or return on investment.
What the baseline can establish
Separate known spend from unsupported conclusions.
Invoices answer what was charged. An operating review also needs ownership, business intent, outcome evidence, and a reproducible source chain.
Read the measurement method Build the operating reviewOutcome linkage
Keep KPIs and OKRs distinct, and record the evidence that supports either one without treating correlation as causation.
Reviewer boundary
Use repeatable calculations for the baseline. Leave accounting, valuation, materiality, and investment judgment with named reviewers.
Straight answers
What this result means, and what it does not.
Does this calculator measure AI ROI?
No. It identifies how much entered spend lacks a named owner, KPI or OKR link, or provider-bill reconciliation. Resolve those gaps before drawing a conclusion about ROI.
Are the amounts I enter uploaded?
No. The public calculator runs in the browser and does not submit or store the values entered.
Can a private-equity firm use it across portfolio companies?
Yes. Use combined portfolio totals for an initial baseline, then establish company-approved source and access boundaries before comparing individual portfolio companies in the product.
Move from assumptions to evidence
Start with one company, one reporting period, and one decision.
Use a free workspace for governed operating evidence, or define a bounded portfolio review before any company shares financial or AI usage data.