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Moderation ROI calculator

Estimate how many moderator hours and dollars Checkstep could save your operation. Adjust the sliders to match your current setup. Numbers update live.

100,000 items

User-generated posts, comments, images, or messages processed each day.

Full-time equivalents currently handling moderation work.

Per moderator hour, in USD. Include benefits, overhead, and management costs.

20%

Share of content currently auto-actioned without human review.

70%

Realistic target with tuned thresholds, ModBot, and refined labels.

60

Average review throughput. Lower for complex media, higher for simple text.

Annual savings$10,500,000Estimated USD savings per year
Monthly savings$875,000
Moderator hours saved per month25,000 hrs
FTE capacity freed142.0 FTEs
Current monthly review hours40,000 hrs
Future monthly review hours15,000 hrs
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Calculation assumptions

Working month: 22 days × 8 hours per FTE = 176 hours. Default throughput: 60 cases per moderator-hour (1 per minute), adjustable above for your content mix.

Calculator estimates the difference between current and target automation; actual savings depend on policy quality, threshold tuning, and content mix. For a tailored projection using your real data, talk to your Checkstep account team.

Built for Checkstep by Player Driven. Methodology grounded in the crawl/walk/run measurement framework.