ROI CALCULATOR // SHOP DIAGNOSTICS
Every uncertified tech costs your shop billable hours. Plug in your numbers and see the annual revenue FixedIntel Academy recovers.
Shop Configuration
U.S. franchised dealership average
ELR — what you bill per hour of flag time
Default reflects 40 flag hrs/week × 50 working weeks
ASE-trained technicians average 15–20% productivity gain
$199/mo full shop access ÷ 13-tech average shop = $15/mo per tech
Each certified tech recovers 340 billable hours per year — derived from your shop's flag hours × efficiency lift.
Annual Shop Returns
4,884
Recovered Hours
$732,600
Recovered Revenue
$61,050
Monthly Revenue
51.4x
Return on Investment
Payback Per Tech
4.5 min/month
Each tech only needs to save this many minutes of diagnostic time per month to break even on their seat.
Net Annual ROI
$718,344
Recovered revenue minus FixedIntel Academy cost
See FixedIntel Academy in action with your team
340
Hours recovered per tech per year
Certified techs diagnose faster and more accurately, recovering billable time previously lost to guesswork and comebacks.
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Your labor rate & tech count
Multiply recovered hours by your shop's effective labor rate and number of technicians for your total annual revenue lift.
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Your annual ROI
Subtract the FixedIntel Academy cost to see your net return. Most shops pay back their investment in less than a day.
ROI assumes recovered diagnostic hours are filled with billable customer work. Shops operating at or near capacity will see this lift; shops with chronic excess capacity will see slower revenue conversion.