How much does manual slide-building cost a GTM team?

A 100-person GTM team wastes approximately $3M per year on manual data entry and slide preparation. Leaders spend 41% of their day on admin work that doesn't move the needle — time that should be spent on customer conversations, expansion, and renewals.

What is the ROI of automating QBR and EBR presentations?

For a 250-person team at $25M ARR, Steerco delivers an estimated $848K return on a $40K annual investment — a 21x ROI. The primary drivers are reclaimed billable hours, reduced headcount pressure, and higher-quality customer conversations that improve expansion and renewal rates.

ROI Calculator

Find Out What Slide-Building
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Three inputs. Thirty seconds. The exact dollar figure your team is paying to build presentations by hand — and what you get back when you stop.

Used by CS and GTM leaders at enterprise teams to justify the conversation.

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Customer-facing team size 25 people

Average fully-loaded salary $120,000

Hours per week spent on presentations 5 hrs / week

Annual Presentation Tax

What slide-building costs your team per year

Hours Lost Per Year

Team hours spent on slide production

Est. Steerco ROI

Return on Steerco investment

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Your Presentation Tax Report

Your team is paying a year
to build slides.

Here's exactly where it goes — and what Steerco pays back.

Annual Presentation Tax

Total cost of manual presentation work per year

Hours Lost Per Year

Team hours spent building slides instead of driving outcomes

Estimated ROI with Steerco
Return on your Steerco investment — typically in year one

How We Got There

Team size
Avg. fully-loaded salary
Hours/week on presentations
Effective hourly rate (salary ÷ 2,080)
Total hours lost per year
Est. Steerco annual cost
Net annual return with Steerco

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How we calculate this

Hourly rate: Annual salary ÷ 2,080 working hours. This represents the true cost of an hour of your team's time.

Annual hours lost: (Hours/week on presentations) × 52 weeks × team size.

Annual Presentation Tax: Total hours lost × effective hourly rate.

Steerco annual cost estimate: Based on Steerco's Strategic Tier ($42,000/year for up to 1,000 customers), scaled proportionally to team size as a proxy. Actual pricing varies by customer count.

Net annual return: Annual Presentation Tax reclaimed minus estimated Steerco cost.

ROI multiple: Net annual return ÷ estimated Steerco cost. Conservative estimate — does not include downstream revenue impact from more strategic customer conversations.

About the Calculator

How much does manual slide-building actually cost a GTM team?

A 100-person GTM team wastes approximately $3M per year on manual data entry and slide prep. Leaders spend 41% of their day on admin that doesn't move the needle. The calculator uses your specific team size and salary to show your exact number.

Is the ROI estimate conservative or aggressive?

Conservative. The model only counts reclaimed labor costs — it doesn't include downstream revenue impact from more strategic customer conversations, higher renewal rates, or expansion pipeline. The real ROI is typically higher.

What is the Presentation Tax?

The Presentation Tax is the hidden cost every high-performing GTM team pays in manual data entry, slide prep, and report-writing — time that should be spent on strategy, relationships, and growth. Steerco eliminates it by generating executive-ready presentations automatically from live data.

What does Steerco actually cost?

Steerco starts at $25,000/year for up to 500 customers (Focused Tier) and goes up to $50,000/year for up to 1,500 customers (Executive Tier). The calculator uses a proportional estimate based on your team size. Book a demo for an exact quote.

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