What does Road map roi actually do?

Road map roi is a SaaS feature ROI calculator and product prioritization engine. You enter your candidate initiatives, the team's cost, and the expected outcomes. Road map roi runs NPV, FVI scoring, and build-vs-buy math, then assembles a board-ready slide.

Chief Product Officers, Heads of Product, and product leaders at Series B through enterprise companies who need to defend their roadmap with numbers, not narrative.

How is this different from a spreadsheet?

A spreadsheet captures the math once. Road map roi re-runs it every time an assumption changes, keeps every initiative scored the same way, and exports the presentation layer in the same click.

Can I model AI build vs buy decisions?

Yes. Road map roi ships with a 5-factor build-vs-buy framework that computes 3-year NPV, switching cost, and the maintenance tail for any AI capability you're evaluating.

Do I need to know NPV math?

No. Road map roi picks sensible defaults (10% discount rate, 36-month horizon) and lets you override them. The output is a single number with the formula visible.

How long does it take to get a first roadmap out?

About 60 seconds for a 10-initiative roadmap. Most teams have their first board-ready deck within an hour.

Is there a free tier?

You can run the public ROI and FVI calculators on this site without signing up. The Road map roi plan unlocks saving, sharing, team seats, and the slide export.

Rank your roadmap in dollars before the CFO asks.

For solo PMs at startups. Score any feature with NPV, RICE, and build-vs-buy in 60 seconds. No signup.

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Ranked by NPV

01
AI-assisted onboarding
RICE 84 · 6 wks
$1.24M
02
Team seats & roles
RICE 62 · 4 wks
$610k
03
SSO / SAML
RICE 31 · 8 wks
$185k
04
In-app changelog
RICE 12 · 3 wks
-$42k

Portfolio NPV

+$1.99M

See it work on your roadmap

Three features. Three verdicts. Zero guessing.

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Growth · B2B

ship

Auth SSO for enterprise

Annual lift: $180k/yr
Build cost: $45k
3-yr NPV: +$495k
RICE: 38

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Activation

ship

Onboarding v2 with checklist

Annual lift: $95k/yr
Build cost: $28k
3-yr NPV: +$257k
RICE: 24

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Platform

hold

Migrate legacy infra

Annual lift: $40k/yr
Build cost: $120k
3-yr NPV: -$0k
RICE: 6

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1,200+

Teams using Road map roi

6 hrs

Avg. time saved per decision

$420M+

In roadmap decisions evaluated

18,400+

Scenarios scored

Illustrative figures based on early-access usage.

Who it's for

Three operators. Same problem: which bet pays off?

From the solo founder one wrong feature away from bankruptcy, to the CPO drowning in backlog noise, to the investor who needs to move capital with conviction.

Solo AI founder

Pick the one feature that pays rent.

You have limited runway and a backlog full of requests. Score each idea on build cost, expected lift, and time horizon before you write code, so the feature you ship is the one with the strongest unit economics, not the loudest ask.

CPO or Head of Product

Kill the wrong bets before kickoff.

Force every initiative through the same axes (NPV, FVI, build-vs-buy) so quarterly planning stops being a shouting match. Walk into the exec review with one sheet and defend priorities with numbers instead of narrative.

Founder-investor or advisor

Compare roadmap paths on the same math.

Put two or three scenarios side by side with NPV per path and build-vs-buy clearly modelled. Turn board conversations from 'do you believe me?' into 'which assumption do we challenge?', without waiting weeks for a deck.

ROI calculator

NPV for every feature

Plug in dev cost, expected lift, and time horizon. Road map roi computes 3-year NPV at your discount rate, and shows the formula.

Prioritization

FVI scoring at scale

Score every backlog item the same way: value × confidence ÷ effort. Watch the matrix re-rank as inputs change.

Build vs Buy

AI decisions, defendable

The 5-factor build-vs-buy framework with maintenance tail baked in. Stop guessing on AI capability bets.

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Feature name

Build / setup cost

$1K$500M

Revenue lift / year

$1K$500M

Time horizon (yrs)

1 year10 yrs

3-year NPV @ 10%

$248.4K

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Frameworks

Drop in your initiatives

Paste your roadmap or import a CSV. Road map roi normalizes every line item.

Set the levers

Discount rate, time horizon, squad cost. Sensible defaults out of the box.

Export the board deck

Get a slide with the SCQA narrative, the FVI matrix, and the dollar number.

See the full walkthrough →

Pricing

Pick the tier that matches your job.

Free for one-off math. Pro for solo PMs & founders. Business when you defend a roadmap to a board.

Free

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€0

forever

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✓ Mini-Backlog Stack Ranker
✓ Up to 3 features ranked by NPV
· Nothing is saved

Compare every feature	Free	Pro · €39	Business · €89
Calculate
Mini-Backlog Stack Ranker (landing)	✓	✓	✓
All calculators: RICE, ICE, FVI, NPV, MoSCoW, Kano	·	✓	✓
Portfolio: Projects → Features → Sub-features	·	✓	✓
Save scenarios & compare side-by-side	·	✓	✓
Team
Seats	None	1 to 3	Unlimited
Active projects	None	10	Unlimited
Roles & approval gate (admin / member / viewer)	·	·	✓
AI & forecasting
AI ROI memos	None	5 / month	Unlimited
Monte-Carlo forecasting (P10 / P50 / P90 NPV)	·	·	✓
Board-ready
Shareable read-only board link (password-protected)	·	·	✓
Portfolio snapshots: version, restore, diff	·	·	✓
Export	None	CSV	CSV + branded PDF + audit log
Support
Response time	Community	Email, 48h	Priority, 8h + onboarding call

Frequently asked questions

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Rank your roadmap in dollars before the CFO asks.

Three features. Three verdicts. Zero guessing.

Auth SSO for enterprise

Onboarding v2 with checklist

Migrate legacy infra

Three operators. Same problem: which bet pays off?

Pick the one feature that pays rent.

Kill the wrong bets before kickoff.

Compare roadmap paths on the same math.

NPV for every feature

FVI scoring at scale

AI decisions, defendable

Score your first feature, free

The frameworks the best product orgs run on

Minto Pyramid Roadmap Template

FVI Product Prioritization Matrix

Marginal Cost of Software Squads

SCQA Board Presentation Framework

Build vs Buy vs Rent Decision Framework

RICE vs FVI: Product Prioritization Compared

RICE Prioritization Framework

Cost of Delay & WSJF Prioritization Guide

From backlog to board deck in three steps

Drop in your initiatives

Set the levers

Export the board deck

Pick the tier that matches your job.

Frequently asked questions

What does Road map roi actually do?

Who uses it?

How is this different from a spreadsheet?

Can I model AI build vs buy decisions?

Do I need to know NPV math?

How long does it take to get a first roadmap out?

Is there a free tier?

Get the Build vs Buy ROI template

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