Vendor-commissioned source
Project & work management: SaaS ROI 2026
Task management, docs, knowledge bases, coordination. Asana, monday, ClickUp, Notion, Linear.
Mins/user/day (low)
3
Mid
10
High
20
Cited ROI
200-336%
Forrester TEI
Source status
Google Workspace TEI (Forrester) — 1.5 hr/wk per user.
What this means for your buy decision
Project tool savings concentrate in coordination overhead reduction. Independent SMB studies put real recapture at ~40-55% of time-saved. Tool-jump risk is real — switching project management platforms mid-project carries 20-30% productivity hit for 60-90 days.
Year-2 price escalation
Typical Year-2 SaaS price escalation in this category: 5%. Account for this when modelling multi-year NPV — the calculator does this automatically using a 10% discount rate.
Source
↗ https://workspace.google.com/blog/productivity-collaboration/forrester-tei-google-workspaceVerified 2026-06-02.
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