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ROI Calculator — CENTO Software

Estimate the value CENTO can deliver to your operation

Pick your industry, set your facility's parameters, and see annual savings in energy, downtime, maintenance and resource use.

How it works

1. Select your industry

Mining, metals, power, data centers, oil & gas, machinery and chemicals. Each preset loads benchmarks calibrated to that sector.

2. Tune your facility's numbers

Annual energy use, energy price, cost per downtime hour and reactive maintenance spend. Defaults reflect the median facility in each sector.

3. Read your results

Total annual savings, broken down by source. Tweak the improvement factors to model conservative or aggressive scenarios.

Where your savings come from

Four independent levers behind every CENTO deployment — each rooted in measurable, audited outcomes from real customer sites.

Energy reduction

Real-time monitoring of power quality, load profiles and consumption patterns surfaces waste your current systems can't see — idle equipment, inefficient drive cycles, peak-time misuse. Typical range: 5–15% of annual energy spend.

Downtime prevention

Predictive analytics and disturbance recording catch faults before they cascade. Fewer unplanned stoppages — and faster root-cause analysis when something does go wrong. Typical range: 30–55% fewer unplanned hours.

Preventive maintenance

Condition-based maintenance replaces calendar-based schedules. Crews work on equipment that actually needs attention — not on intervals that under- or over-service assets. Typical range: 20–35% of reactive maintenance cost.

Industry-specific gains

PUE overhead in data centers, compliance penalty exposure for power utilities, raw-material overuse in chemicals — CENTO targets the cost line that matters most in your sector. The calculator adds the relevant lever automatically.

Common questions & answers

Everything you'd want to know before bringing the estimate to your finance team.

How accurate is the calculator?

It's calibrated against real outcomes across CENTO's 70+ deployment base, but it remains an estimate. Customers who run a paid pilot typically land within ±15% of the projected savings in their first full year. For a tighter figure, request a custom business case.

Does the result include the CENTO license cost?

No — the figure shown is gross annual savings. The license is a one-time investment; payback for most customers is under twelve months, and the platform continues delivering the savings stream year over year.

My facility doesn't fit any of the seven sectors — what now?

Pick the closest sector to get a directional read, then book a call. CENTO has been deployed in cement, glass, food & beverage, water treatment and other adjacent verticals where the same savings drivers apply.

Can I share the estimate with my finance team?

Yes. Take a screenshot of the breakdown panel, or contact us for a formatted business-case PDF that includes assumptions, sensitivity analysis and a deployment timeline tailored to your numbers.

How long does deployment take?

Single-site pilots typically go from contract to live monitoring in six to ten weeks. Multi-site rollouts are sequenced based on your priorities and existing instrumentation. CENTO's no-code configuration removes most of the engineering bottleneck.

Do I need to replace my existing SCADA / EMS / CMMS?

No. CENTO is designed to integrate alongside existing systems via standard industrial protocols (Modbus, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, OPC UA, SQL and more). Most customers see value within weeks of connecting the first feeds, without ripping out anything they already use.

Are there hidden licensing fees beyond the figure shown?

No. CENTO offers unlimited user access without extra licensing costs and runs on standard infrastructure. The calculator's license slider reflects the full one-time investment for the scope you select.