GC SurgeDocsROI Calculator
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ROI Calculator

The ROI Calculator estimates the financial impact of GC Surge before you commit. Enter your current operation details and it shows projected savings — in operator hours, cost, and billing — based on real platform data. To open it, click ROI Calculator in the left sidebar. Covers: Why It Matters, How It Works, Inputs.

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Why It Matters

Most monitoring stations do not know the real cost of false alarms. The ROI Calculator makes the case with numbers specific to your operation. Its projections are grounded in real results: GC Surge reduced Alarm Processing Time by 85% to 97%, returning over 45 minutes to each operator per shift and enabling 40% more cameras per operator. You see exactly what those gains mean for your team size, camera count, and current costs before starting a trial.

How It Works

The calculator has two sections: your setup on the left, your results on the right. Enter your current operation details and the results update instantly.

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Inputs

  • Number of cameras — the total cameras in your operation.
  • Current cameras per operator (CPO) — how many cameras each operator monitors today.
  • Existing billing per camera — what you currently pay per camera per month, in euros.
  • Alarm processing time (APT) — the average seconds your operators spend handling one alarm today.
  • Hourly cost per operator — your average operator hourly rate, in euros.

Outputs

  • New CPO — projected cameras per operator after GC Surge, based on a 40% improvement.
  • Operator time saved per month — total hours your team saves by not handling false alarms.
  • Operator cost saved — the monetary value of those saved hours.
  • Billing saving — the difference between your current billing and your projected GC Surge cost.
  • Monthly saving — the total combined saving per month.

How Your Results Are Calculated

  • New CPO — current CPO × 1.4. The “fewer operators needed” figure compares your current team size (cameras ÷ current CPO) to your projected team size (cameras ÷ new CPO).
  • Operator time saved — total false alarms eliminated each month × your APT input, converted to hours.
  • Operator cost saved — operator time saved (hours) × hourly cost per operator.
  • Billing saving — current total billing (cameras × existing billing per camera) minus projected GC Surge cost at €3 per camera per month.
  • Monthly saving — operator cost saved + billing saving.

What to Do with Your Results

  • Share with your Rollout Stakeholder — the monthly saving figure is the clearest input for a go/no-go decision. Note the results before closing the calculator.
  • Start your free trial — use it to collect real alarm data that will confirm or refine these projections.
  • Revisit after your trial — once you have 7 days of data, update your APT input with your real figure from the Analytics Dashboard for an output that reflects actual performance.
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