prest

ROI for marketing agencies

$653 a month for a full-time employee. unlimited human seats.*

a full-time hire costs $11,011 a month, all overhead in.

$124,297 saved a year on each one

modeled · see the math

* each, three on the annual plan, billed monthly.

Prest0n employees in a marketing agency or an in-house marketing team, modeled: value after fees, the full range and the limits.

in short

the smaller firm the report starts with, in its first year.

every firm

each firm the report models, side by side.

if things go better or worse

what each firm nets in year one if one assumption is off. each line changes one assumption, for the worse and for the better; the last changes two at once.

role by role

one full-time person in each role, every listed task given to Prest0n but the ones kept by hand.

what Prest0n does not do here

Prest0n prepares the work; your people review it and decide.

sources

the public data the report’s wages and task hours rest on.

the modeled return

modeled first-year return for marketing agencies
firm (modeled)planhours of work a month, once up to speed (modeled)first-year value (modeled)first-year costfirst-year net (modeled)the month the cost is covered (modeled)first-year net if one assumption is off (modeled)
Small agency (about 10 people)3 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly274$220,056$32,443$187,613month 2$57,287 to $324,891
Mid-size agency (about 40 people)9 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly1,033$830,026$106,568$723,458month 1$236,639 to $1,245,971
Small in-house marketing team (6 people)1 Prest0n, annual, billed monthly104$113,813$15,818$97,995month 3$27,734 to $205,789
Mid-size in-house marketing team (18 people)2 Prest0ns, annual, billed monthly331$352,037$31,787$320,250month 1$105,443 to $610,320

modeled estimates from the open ROI report, version 2026-11, prices as of 1 November 2026. returned hours are capacity, not cash; these are modeled, not guaranteed, and not a promise of results.

by role (modeled, one full-time person)

modeled return per role
rolehours returned a month (modeled)net value a month (modeled)share of one Prest0n's month
Copywriter / content writer38$5,62524%
Public relations specialist37$5,20360%
Strategist / researcher37$5,23243%
Account / project manager37$5,04076%
Marketing analyst32$4,19380%
Content marketing specialist / writer31$5,65223%
Demand-generation / email marketing specialist26$4,66923%
Graphic designer (image creative)25$2,83137%
Graphic designer (in-house)19$2,28220%
Social media specialist18$3,31319%
Head of marketing / marketing manager17$5,11619%
Marketing operations analyst17$2,89631%
Events / product-marketing coordinator14$1,7348.6%

evidence

89 tasks; 73 rest on grade-C (weakest) evidence, 73% of the lead firm's modeled value.

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