Calculate Your ATS ROI
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See exactly how much time and money your company saves with a modern Applicant Tracking System. Adjust the inputs for your organisation and results update in real time.
Your recruitment profile
How many people does your company hire per year?
How many people spend time on recruitment in your company?
Average loaded hourly cost of your recruitment staff (salary + employer NI + benefits)
How many calendar days from job opening to offer accepted? (UK average is ~40 days)
Agency & salary data
What percentage of your roles are filled through external agencies? (Set to 0 if you never use agencies)
Average annual salary of the roles you typically hire for
Typical recruitment agency fee as a percentage of the candidate's first-year salary
Your estimated savings
Results update automatically as you change inputs
Savings breakdown
This calculator uses a combination of industry-standard benchmarks and your inputs to produce conservative estimates of the value an ATS delivers. All figures are estimates intended to aid planning decisions, not guarantees of specific outcomes.
Recruiter time savings
- Industry average without ATS: 12 hours of recruiter time per hire (sourcing, screening, scheduling, admin, coordination).
- Industry average with a modern ATS: 3.5 hours per hire (automation handles repetitive tasks).
- Saving = (12 − 3.5) × annual hires × hourly rate. This represents 8.5 hours saved per hire.
- Source: SHRM, Lever Benchmark Report 2024, LinkedIn Talent Trends.
Agency cost reduction
- A well-configured ATS with AI sourcing, an attractive careers page, and automated nurturing typically reduces agency reliance by ~30% by building a stronger direct-apply pipeline.
- Saving = (agency hires × avg. salary × agency fee %) × 30%.
Productivity value (faster hires)
- Every day a vacancy goes unfilled has a cost — work deferred, overloaded colleagues, missed revenue. We model this as the daily salary equivalent of the role.
- Treegarden reduces time-to-hire by approximately 55% (from automated screening, AI match scoring, and integrated interview scheduling) with a floor of 10 days.
- Saving = annual hires × days saved × (average salary ÷ 250 working days).
Estimated ATS cost
- We use a conservative estimate of £3,600/year as a baseline, scaling up by £50 per hire for larger organisations (reflecting typical ATS pricing tiers). This is a rough proxy — actual Treegarden pricing depends on your plan and team size. Book a demo for a precise quote.
ROI formula
- ROI = ((Total Annual Savings − Estimated ATS Cost) ÷ Estimated ATS Cost) × 100
- Payback Period = (Estimated ATS Cost ÷ Total Annual Savings) × 12 months
Numbers are rounded for readability. The calculator uses British Pounds (£) by default. All calculations run entirely in your browser — no data is sent to our servers.
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