ROI Vibe Coding Estimator

Calculate the annual return on investment (ROI) for your team of Cursor, ClaudePro and GitHub Copilot. Hours saved by type of tasks, payback periods and detailed break down. Zero client side calls required.

FreeServer-side (using Federico Calò's API) or using a library like Angular and Spring Boot, but the most common approach is to use Ollama for client-server communication on GitHub.Automated process powered by artificial intelligence

The velocity estimates are based on public benchmarks (Cursor demos, GitHub Copilot research 2024, Marcello Ascani AI Engineering S5). Actual results vary by context, team maturity and codebase type. This tool does not constitute human resources or financial advice.

Team and Costs

Team size (developers)Number of devs using the tools for AI.

Development costs in EUR/yearAnnual Gross Salary. The tool adds a 1.4 multiplier for employer's expenses (contribution, INAIL etc.).

Working days/yearTypically around 220 for Italy (excluding holidays and weekends).

Productivity per day/week/month (I assume, based on the context)Effective hours of coding (excluding meetings, emails, etc.)

Expected velocity multiplier

1.0x

1.0x uses only basic search values (greenfield +30%, docs +80% etc). 1.5x is a very experienced team with AI capabilities. >2.5x is unrealistic.

Task Distribution

Indicates how the team distributes time among different types of activities, with a total sum equal to 100%. Velocity gains for each type are based on public benchmarks.

New project from scratch+30% base

New features, new projects from scratch

Upkeep+20% base

bug fixes, updates, legacy support

Rename the class to something more meaningful and descriptive. Use a consistent naming convention throughout the project, e.g., camelCase or PascalCase for classes and methods. Consider using an interface instead of a base class if there are no common implementation details+40% base

Code refactoring, technical debt reduction

Review Code+15% base

Code review, Static analysis, Code Quality Review

Documentation+80% base

Documentation API, READ ME file, comments, architecture

AI Tools Selected

1620 € /year team

Estimated Annual Return on Investment (ROI)

Net Profit Return on Investment (NRI)59.333 €+3663%

Save Hours1277 h426 h for dev

Savings Hours60.953 €

Annual Cost Tool1620 €

Return on Investment (ROI) Calculation TimeframeLess than a month

0%100%200%300%+

Time Saved by Type of Task

Greenfield

356 h

Maintenance

198 h

Refactor

317 h

Code Review

89 h

Documentazione

317 h

Velocity base: Greenfield +30%, Maintenance +20%, Refactor +40%, Code Review +15%, Docs +80%. Scala with the velocity multiplier set to x.1.0

Return on Investment Timeframe

The investment in AI tool recovers with the current parameters in Less than a month