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Enter your team size, HR hourly rate, and annual hiring volume to estimate how much your company could save each year with an LMS
Add your team size, hiring volume, HR time costs, and LMS investment. We’ll use these inputs to estimate your potential annual savings.
The company's total workforce, including executives and the administrative team
The average monthly salary of a single employee before taxes and deductions
How many new employees does the company plan to hire over the next 12 months
The percentage of employees who left the company over the past year. If you don't know, enter 15%—the median for service companies.
Estimated cost per hour of HR work. This can be calculated as the HR monthly salary ÷ 168 working hours.
How much time does HR spend each month manually compiling training reports: Excel spreadsheets, tables, surveys, and chat messages
How long does it take from a new hire's first day until they can perform their job effectively? The industry standard is 8–12 weeks.
How much time does a manager, mentor, or senior employee spend explaining, supervising, and supporting a single new hire? Typically, 20–40 hours per person.
Expected reduction in onboarding time following the implementation of the LMS. Industry research indicates a 30–50% reduction. We’re setting 25% as the lower limit.
What percentage of time does HR save on training administration after switching to an LMS?
Default values—adjust them to fit your case.
The standard Essential plan. We’ll calculate the exact price for your team during the demo.
Based on the Essential plan—adjust as needed.
One-time expense. Can be reduced to 0 for self-implementation.
Set this to 0 if you plan to implement the LMS in-house.
This calculator uses conservative assumptions to estimate potential savings, including HR time, mentor time, onboarding duration, employee turnover, and LMS costs. Your actual ROI may be higher or lower depending on your processes, team, and implementation quality.
Complete the form above and select “Calculate ROI” to view your estimate.
The calculator goes beyond a single headline number. It breaks the estimate down into LMS costs, HR time savings, reduced repetitive work for mentors, and faster new-hire onboarding.
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Which Costs Does the Calculator Include?
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How Do We Calculate HR Time Savings?
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How Do We Calculate Mentor Time Savings?
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How Do We Calculate the Value of Faster Onboarding?
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Which Assumptions Do We Use?
33%
of companies measure the ROI of training. The rest invest in employee development without knowing the financial return.
40–60% ↗
reduction in new-hire onboarding time. New hires reach productivity faster. Online learning can shorten training time compared with the traditional format.
82% ↗
better retention of new employees with structured onboarding. According to Brandon Hall Group, quality onboarding also improves new-hire productivity by 70%.
30–40% ↗
of HR tasks can be automated with AI. AI can reduce part of HR’s administrative work: preparing reports, finding information, analyzing data, and repetitive operational tasks.
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What Is an LMS ROI Calculator?
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What Is Training ROI, and Why Does It Matter?
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How Can an LMS Reduce Training Costs?
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How Can I Demonstrate the Value of an LMS to Leadership?
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