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AI ROI Calculator · 2026

What's the actual revenue lift from AI for your business?

Drag the sliders below. The math is real — same model we use during paid Riptide engagements, just with the proprietary stuff stripped out. Updates live as you adjust.

● Your business today

80
Forms, calls, Google LSA, Facebook, referrals — combined.
$8,000
Total revenue from a single closed customer.
20%
Of all leads, what % become paying customers today?
5 hrs
First reply to inbound lead. Industry avg for SMB: 5+ hours.
30
Estimates / proposals you send each month.
28%
Of quotes you send, what % close? Most SMBs run 20-35%.

Projected year-1 revenue lift

$0
Conservative estimate. Annual revenue you'd add by deploying AI lead response + 18-day quote follow-up + review automation.
0
Extra jobs / mo
$0
Extra revenue / mo
Where the lift comes from
From faster lead response (60s vs current)$0
From AI quote follow-up (recovers ghosted)$0
From review automation (organic compounding)$0
Year-1 total$0

How the math works

This calculator uses the same conservative model we run during paid Riptide engagements. It's deliberately under-promising — better to under-promise and over-deliver than the reverse. Here are the assumptions baked in:

Lead response uplift

Industry data on response time → close rate is consistent: response under 60 seconds yields ~30-40% higher close rates than response in 1-5 hours (see the data). We model a 30% relative lift on close rate when response goes from your current time to ~60 seconds. So if you're at 20% close today, you'd land at ~26% with AI lead response.

Quote follow-up recovery

Of quotes you send, most "ghosted" quotes (~70% in typical SMB) die quietly because no one followed up. AI follow-up sequences (7 touches over 18 days) recover ~15% of ghosted quotes. We apply that 15% to the quotes that aren't closing today.

Review automation compounding

Reviews drive Google local pack ranking. Local pack ranking drives organic leads. AI review automation typically produces 5-7× more reviews/month than manual asking. We conservatively model 8% added inbound from local pack ranking improvement over 12 months.

What this calculator does NOT include

Real-world results in our paid engagements typically exceed these projections by 30-50%. We deliberately keep this calculator conservative.

Want to validate against your actual numbers?

Our AI Clarity Sprint is 2 weeks, ~$2,500 (refundable if no actionable plan delivered), and walks through your specific operation. We'll model the same numbers against your real CRM data and tell you what the actual ROI projection looks like for your business.