Value & ROI methodology
How EvidentraIQ estimates ROI without manufacturing value
A signed-in workspace can estimate the value of EvidentraIQ from its own inputs — hours spent on evidence collection, reporting, supplier reviews and customer questionnaires, and related costs. Every input carries a source label. If credible inputs are missing, the page says "Insufficient data to calculate credible ROI" instead of showing a number. EvidentraIQ supplies no external benchmarks of its own.
Formulas
- Component value = baseline × improvement % × (months in package scope ÷ 12) for recurring work; one-off gap discovery is counted once.
- Annual value = sum of included components.
- Net value = annual value − annualised package cost.
- ROI % = (annual value − cost) ÷ cost × 100.
- Payback (months) = cost ÷ (annual value ÷ 12), only when annual value is above zero.
- No ROI is shown when cost is zero or missing, or when no component qualifies.
Scenarios
Conservative (default)
Accepts: Customer provided (documented), Customer provided (estimate), Observed in EvidentraIQ.
Expected
Accepts: Customer provided (documented), Customer provided (estimate), Observed in EvidentraIQ, Benchmark-derived.
Risk-adjusted
Accepts: Customer provided (documented), Customer provided (estimate), Observed in EvidentraIQ, Benchmark-derived, Scenario assumption.
Conservative never includes hypothetical cyber-loss avoidance or unconfirmed assumptions. Risk-related value appears only in Risk-adjusted, and is never blended into Conservative. Default improvement percentages are scenario assumptions until the customer confirms them.
Package cost and horizon
ROI is shown over a 12-month horizon so one-time and recurring packages are compared on the same basis: one-time prices are counted once, recurring prices for 12 months, and savings only for the months a package can actually affect them.
Essential — EUR 99 one-time
Essential is a one-time initial discovery and prioritisation. It counts only the one-off gap-discovery value, once. It includes no evidence maintenance, reporting or supplier work, so no recurring savings are attributed.
Professional — EUR 349 one-time
Professional is one-time and oriented to a 30/60/90-day action plan. Recurring savings (evidence, reporting, supplier reviews) are counted only for that 90-day / 3-month delivery window — without monitoring, we do not assume they continue for 12 months. Gap-discovery value is counted once.
Ultimate — EUR 799 onboarding + EUR 149/month
Ultimate is a recurring subscription. Its included recurring capabilities run for the whole year being costed, so their savings may be attributed for 12 months — matched against the full year-one cost (onboarding + 12 monthly charges). Gap-discovery value is counted once.
ROI Confidence
ROI Confidence = 70% average source quality of included components (documented or observed 1.0, customer estimate 0.67, benchmark 0.33, scenario 0) + 30% completeness (included components ÷ components in the package's scope). High ≥ 0.75, Moderate ≥ 0.45, otherwise Low. It reflects input quality, never how large the ROI is, and is not a scientific validation.
Why an estimate could be wrong
- Inputs may be estimates rather than documented figures.
- Improvement percentages are assumptions until measured.
- Savings depend on the organisation actually acting on findings.
- The methodology is at pilot / calibration stage and has not been externally validated.
Start with your own baseline
Run the free assessment first; ROI estimates are available inside a signed-in workspace.