ROI calculator

The hours you would get back, priced on your numbers

Count your RFPs, DDQs and security questionnaires, say how long one takes, and the page does the rest.

It assumes Tribble removes half the hours, which is less than our customers report, and shows every step of the sum so your finance team can check it. There is nothing to fill in before you see the result.

Starting numbers for

A starting mix of projects, not a benchmark. Replace every number with yours.

Projects a year

Each one is a project on Tribble Respond, which is how it is priced.

Clarification and best-and-final rounds of the same RFP count as one.

Investor, operational and vendor due diligence.

SIG, CAIQ, or the spreadsheet a buyer built themselves.

Hours on a typical one

Everyone’s time, start to finish: drafting, chasing experts, review and formatting.

Your team

Writers, reviewers and the experts you pull in. Start covers up to 10.

The part of the hours above that falls on subject matter experts.

Salary, benefits and overhead, averaged across the people above.

The one assumption

It starts at half. TaskUs: “85% of RFP response content automated in the pilot.” Half leaves the review with your team.

Your year on Tribble Respond

1,025 hours back a year

Half of the 2,050 hours your team puts into 60 projects a year.

$97,375what those hours cost you today
180expert hours back
30more projects the same team could take on

What it would cost

StartWorth a conversationNot a fitUp to 10 people, a firm limit. More is Team.
TeamLowest for you$15,000Respond $15,000
BrainWorth a conversationFrom $50,000Includes 150 projects, 50 Engage users and coaching for 25

Team comes to $15,000 a year for these numbers. The hours it hands back cost you $97,375 today, so it pays for itself in about 8 weeks.

Talk to us about Team Open the one-page case

Prices are the ones on the pricing page. Implementation is included in every plan.

Add revenue from the extra projects Kept out of the numbers above

$600,000 a yearif you won 20% of 30 more projects at $100,000 each. It is left out of the case because it depends on deals, not on hours.

How the sum works

Every step of the sum, with your numbers in it

Nothing here is a benchmark. Change a number in the calculator and these steps change with it.

  1. Hours a year now

    40 RFPs x 40 hours, 10 DDQs x 30 hours, 10 security questionnaires x 15 hours

    2,050 hours

  2. Hours back

    2,050 hours x 50% removed

    1,025 hours

  3. What those hours cost

    1,025 hours x $95 an hour

    $97,375

  4. Expert hours back

    6 expert hours on each of 60 projects x 50%

    180 hours

  5. More projects, same team

    1,025 hours back ÷ 34 hours on an average project

    30 projects

  6. Payback

    $15,000 on Team ÷ $8,115 of hours a month

    about 8 weeks

Left out on purpose: revenue from bids you answer faster or take on, answers given in Slack and Teams outside a project, and the cost of content going stale. All of them are real. None of them is a number you could check today, so none of them is counted.

Why the sum starts at half

Customers report more than half. Content drafted is not the same as hours saved, because someone on your team still reads every answer, so the calculator starts lower.

85% 85% of RFP response content automated in the pilot. TaskUs
85%+ 85%+ of questions answered straight from approved sources, no one drafting by hand. BrightSign
5 min 5 min from request to a submission-ready response, drawn from approved knowledge. Rightway

Rated by the teams that use it.

4.7/5G2 rating
175reviews on G2
21Fall 2026 badges across five G2 categories
  • G2 Best Estimated ROI, Enterprise RFP Software, Fall 2026
  • G2 Fastest Implementation, Enterprise RFP Software, Fall 2026
  • G2 Momentum Leader, RFP Software, Fall 2026
  • G2 Best Relationship, RFP Software, Fall 2026
  • G2 High Performer, Enterprise AI Sales Assistant, Fall 2026
  • G2 High Performer, Enterprise AI Meeting Assistants, Fall 2026

Fall 2026, across RFP, AI Sales Assistant, AI Meeting Assistants, AI Proposal Generator Tools and Sales Analytics. Source: G2.com, Inc. Read the reviews on G2 →

FAQ

Common questions.

What does the ROI calculator count?

The hours your team spends on RFPs, DDQs and security questionnaires, the share of them Tribble removes, and what those hours cost you. It then prices the plan that fits your numbers, using the prices on the pricing page. Revenue is left out unless you add it yourself.

Why does it assume Tribble removes half the hours?

Because half is below what customers report and still leaves time for review. Content drafted is not the same as hours saved: someone still reads every answer. You can set the assumption higher or lower yourself.

What counts as a project?

Each RFP, DDQ or security questionnaire you answer with Tribble Respond. Clarification and best-and-final rounds of the same RFP stay one project; a separate questionnaire for the same deal is its own.

Can I send the result to my manager or finance team?

Yes. Open the one-page case and print it or save it as a PDF, or copy the link. The link carries your numbers, so whoever opens it sees the same case and can change any of them.

Is implementation included in the price?

Yes. Implementation support is included in every plan’s price, with no setup fee and no onboarding package to buy.

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Check the hours against one of your own RFPs

Thirty minutes. We run Tribble on a recent RFP or questionnaire, yours if it is handy, so the hours in this case can be checked against real work.

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