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Downtime Impact Calculator

Quantify the financial impact of technology downtime on your business

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STEP 1 Financial Data

Base value for all impact calculations

Personnel cost during downtime represents wasted payroll

STEP 2 Impact Factors

Select a scenario to auto-adjust the percentages based on industry benchmarks.

80%

Final risk factor. If downtime only affects 50% of critical processes, the impact is reduced by half.

15%

Proportion of sales stopped or lost due to technology failure (e.g., website down).

20%

Proportion of billing or collections activities interrupted (e.g., ERP system down).

10%

Percentage of payroll inactive or unproductive if the system fails. Represents wasted salaries.