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Bookkeeping Savings Calculator
How much time and money does manual bookkeeping actually cost you? Enter your monthly volume and hourly rate to see what AI-assisted bookkeeping saves, with the assumptions printed below the result.
Estimated savings per month
2 hr 3 min
worth about $102 of your time
$1,230 per year at your current rate
How this estimate works
- •Manual data entry plus categorization takes about 45 seconds per transaction. AI-assisted review takes about 10 seconds per transaction.
- •An invoice built from a Word or Excel template takes about 12 minutes. Generating one from a one-sentence description and reviewing it takes about 1 minute.
- •The savings figure is time, valued at your hourly rate. It is not a cash refund and it is not a guarantee.
These assumptions are the same ones documented on our methodology page, where you can also verify them yourself. Your real savings depend on your transaction volume, file quality, and how carefully you review.
Questions
Is this the same as a promise of hours saved?
No. It is a midpoint estimate built from the assumptions above. Users with fewer than 30 transactions a month will save less; users with messy files or complex invoicing will save more.
What does AI-assisted bookkeeping actually involve?
Uploading bank CSVs as-is and reviewing the AI's categorization, or describing an invoice in one sentence and reviewing the line items. The review step stays with you, which is why the estimate uses 10 seconds and 1 minute rather than zero.
Does this count time spent on payment reminders and follow-ups?
No. Automated payment reminders remove a separate block of manual time that is hard to estimate, so it is left out of this calculator entirely.
Get the actual time back
Import any bank CSV and Tally Assistant categorizes it, generates invoices from one sentence, and chases late payments automatically. The free plan covers 100 transactions a month.