Cost savings calculator

Estimate the cost of manual signature management.

Adjust assumptions for manual updates, setup time, and tool costs, then compare the estimated year-one cost with Echosig's flat-rate pricing.

Takes about 30 seconds to adjust

This is a cost-planning tool, not an ROI calculation. It does not model revenue, conversion, brand impact, or financial return. Defaults are illustrative and can be adjusted to reflect your own process.

Your inputs

Adjust the numbers to match your team.

Number of employees

Everyone who sends business email.

Average fully-loaded hourly cost

Salary plus employer costs divided by 1,760 hours/year. European median benchmark: EUR 38.50/hr, about USD 44.50/hr.

44.5 USD

Hours spent on signature management per month

Chasing updates, onboarding new staff, and checking compliance.

Months since last rebrand or brand update

Longer usually means more mixed signatures in the wild.

Alternative tool per-user/month

Use your current vendor price or another planning assumption.

4 USD

Alternative setup time

Use your own estimate for implementation, review, and rollout.

Tool cost

Include modelled tool spend.

Setup

Include one-off IT setup.

Management

Include monthly admin work.

Estimated year-1 difference

$989

Based on these inputs, the Echosig estimate is roughly 74% below the alternative setup you modelled, and the modelled tool cost alone is roughly 75% below the alternative tool input.

Manual management

Monthly cost of manual management$106

Annual cost of manual management$1,268

Estimated year-1 difference$989

Cost typeAlternativeEchosig

Monthly tool cost$40$10

Annual tool cost$480$120

IT setup cost, one-off$356$45

Ongoing mgmt cost/yr$507$190

Total year-1 investment$1,343$355

Assumptions used in this calculation

10 employees · $44.50/hr fully-loaded cost · 2 hrs/mo manual management · 18 months since last rebrand · Alternative at $4.00/user/mo · 8 hrs alternative setup · Echosig plan: Starter ($10/mo) · Echosig management reduction assumption: 85% as an adjustable modelling assumption · Alternative management reduction: 60% · Brand drift multiplier: 1.19x