AI Code Review ROI Calculator

How much is slow, manual code review costing your team? Enter your numbers and see the projected savings from switching to Optibot.

Your team
Developers: 10
Loaded cost / dev: $150k
Fully-loaded annual salary: $80k, $190k, $300k
Review hrs / dev / wk: 5h
Hours on code review weekly: 20
Review time saved: 40%
Projected savings: 10%, 45%, 80%
Hours saved / week: 20
Saved per year: $75,000
Optibot cost / year: $3,480
Net annual savings: $71,520
Payback period: < 1 month

Illustrative model based on industry estimates. Money saved uses your fully-loaded developer cost divided by working hours (52 weeks, 40 hrs/wk). Optibot is $29/user/month billed annually, flat rate, unlimited reviews. Actual savings depend on team velocity, code complexity, and existing review process.

Behind the numbers
Average time developers spend on code review: 5 hrs/week
Reduction in review cycle time: 40%
Typical loaded developer cost per year: $150k+

How the calculator works

Step 1
Enter your team size and cost
Input how many engineers are on your team and your average fully-loaded developer salary.

Step 2
Set your review hours
Tell us how many hours per week your team spends on code review today: time in review, waiting for review, and context-switching.

Step 3
See your savings
The calculator projects time saved, money recovered, Optibot's annual cost, and your net return, updated as you adjust.

AI Code Review ROI: Common Questions

How accurate is this ROI calculator?
The calculator uses industry-standard estimates: average developer loaded cost, typical review hours, and the Atlassian internal study finding a 30-45% cycle time reduction for AI-assisted review. Your actual savings depend on team velocity, code complexity, and how consistently the tool is used. The model is designed to be conservative. Most actively shipping teams see results at or above these estimates.

What does Optibot cost?
Optibot is $29 per user per month, billed annually. That is a flat rate: unlimited reviews, no per-PR charges, no per-file pricing. A 10-person team pays $290/month or $3,480/year, regardless of how many PRs they ship.

What counts as 'review time' in this calculator?
Review time includes the hours a developer spends actively reviewing a PR, plus the time spent waiting for a review (unblocked work time lost to the PR queue), plus context-switching time when a review request interrupts other work. Research from UC Irvine (Gloria Mark) shows context-switching recovery takes approximately 23 minutes. So even a brief review request has a larger time cost than it appears.

Does AI code review actually save time?
Yes, across multiple studies. The Atlassian internal study found a 30-45% reduction in review cycle time for teams using AI-assisted review. The time savings come from two sources: faster first-pass review (Optibot reviews PRs instantly on push) and fewer back-and-forth cycles (Optibot catches bugs before the human reviewer even opens the PR).

What is a loaded developer cost?
Loaded cost is the total employer cost of a developer, not just their salary. It includes salary, payroll taxes, benefits, equipment, office space, and overhead, typically 1.25-1.4x the base salary. A developer earning $120k/year has a loaded cost of approximately $150-168k/year. This is the number to use when calculating the cost of developer time.

How does Optibot reduce code review time?
Optibot reviews every PR automatically the moment it is opened, with no waiting for a teammate to get to it. It catches bugs, flags security issues, and surfaces the most important findings first so human reviewers spend less time on each PR. Teams typically see fewer review cycles per PR (bugs caught before the first human review), faster time to approval, and less context-switching for reviewers.

Is there a free trial?
Yes. All Optibot plans include a free trial, no credit card required. Every trial starts on the Max plan so you can experience full codebase context, all agents, and engineering insights before choosing a plan.