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ROI Calculator

See what automation saves you.

2,500
50020,000

Include supplier invoices across all entities and sites.

10
320

From receiving the invoice to posting it in Sage, Xero or SAP, including data entry, coding, matching and chasing approvals.

80%
0%100%

PO-backed invoices match automatically; non-PO invoices need more review. Most AP teams run 60 to 85% PO-backed.

3
120

People whose time goes into accounts payable, full-time equivalent.

£38,000
£24,000£60,000

Salary plus employer NI and pension. UK finance-admin roles are typically £28k to £45k fully loaded.

4%
1%10%

Duplicates, keying errors, wrong nominal codes, missing approvals.

12
240

Archiving invoices, plus digging them out for supplier queries, approvals and audits. With Stratas these are archived automatically and retrieved in one click.

Estimated saving per year£79,800AP Automation
Hours freed up each month≈341 hrs
Cost per invoice£3.80 → £1.14
Rework avoided each year£4,997
Filing & retrieval saved each year£2,467

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These are generalised models using conservative automation rates, kept within a realistic share of what the work costs today. They deliberately leave out software costs and any early-payment discounts. Book a demo and we will build the full ROI breakdown on your own volumes and ERP.

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How the AP automation ROI calculation works

The calculator works entirely from your own numbers. You tell it your monthly invoice volume, how long an invoice takes to process by hand, how much of that volume is backed by a purchase order, the size and cost of your AP team, and how much time goes into rework and filing.

From there it adds up three separate savings: the processing time that automates away, the rework you stop doing when fewer invoices go wrong, and the hours spent filing invoices and digging them out again. Invoices that match a PO first time flow straight through, so we apply a conservative match rate to those and a lower rate to non-PO invoices. The three figures are then capped together, so the total can never claim more than a realistic share of what your AP team costs today.

It is deliberately generalised, and it leaves out software costs, duplicate payment savings and early payment discounts. Treat it as a first estimate: book a demo and we will build the full breakdown on your own volumes and ERP.

What drives AP automation ROI

Most AP cost is people. When capture, coding and matching run automatically, your team stops keying invoices and chasing approvals by email. The hours go back to work that needs judgement: query resolution, supplier relationships and month end.

Manual keying introduces errors and the occasional duplicate payment. Automated matching checks each invoice against the purchase order and flags exceptions before they post, so fewer mistakes reach your ledger and fewer payments go out twice.

Invoices that once sat in inboxes move through approval in hours. Faster cycle times mean you capture early payment discounts, avoid late fees, and give the business a clear view of what it owes.

Common questions

How accurate is the estimate?

It is illustrative. The model works from your own volumes, team size, salary cost and PO mix, and applies deliberately conservative automation rates. The total is capped so it can never claim more than a realistic share of what your AP team costs today, and it still leaves out software costs, duplicate payment savings and early payment discounts. We firm the figures up in a demo against your own data.

What does AP automation typically save?

It varies by volume and process, so we do not publish a single number. Most of the saving comes from labour released from manual keying and chasing, fewer errors and duplicate payments, and faster approval cycles. Tell us your volumes and ERP and we will talk through comparable rollouts.

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Bring your volumes and we will build the full breakdown with you, on the finance system you already run.