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How Much Time Does Explaining Cost You?

Estimate the hours and dollars your team spends explaining things in meetings and long writeups — and what async visual updates could save.

Productivity Calculator

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Productivity Calculator

Free to use No signup required Estimates based on teams that switched to async video

How It Works

Three steps to get started

01

Enter Your Numbers

Team size, hours spent explaining per week, and an average hourly cost.

02

See the Estimate

The calculator shows hours reclaimed per week and dollars per year.

03

Do Something About It

Replace a chunk of those meetings with short recordings and measure the difference.

The Math

Meetings are
a line item.

A 30-minute meeting with six people is three person-hours. Multiply by every 'quick sync' on the calendar and the cost gets real, fast.

  • Based on ~35% async time savings
  • Weekly hours and yearly dollars
  • Adjust the inputs to your team
Productivity Calculator

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the 35% come from?

It's a conservative estimate based on teams that replace status meetings and long writeups with short async recordings.

Is this a precise measurement?

No — it's a directional estimate to make the cost of synchronous explaining visible. Your real number depends on how your team works.

Is the calculator free?

Yes — free, no account needed.

Reclaim those
hours with Zight.

Record it once, share it everywhere, skip the meeting.