Every enterprise knows that training employees on complex software is expensive. But when asked how expensive, most L&D managers and IT leaders can only shrug. They have a vague sense that content creation takes too long, that translating materials into multiple languages is a budget nightmare, and that maintaining training assets after every software update is a never-ending drain. But the actual number? That's usually a mystery.
It doesn't have to be.
The Hidden Costs of Enterprise Software Training
When organizations roll out platforms like SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, Workday, or Oracle Cloud, the technology investment gets all the attention. But the real long-term cost often lives in what comes after go-live: getting hundreds or thousands of employees trained, keeping materials current through every update, and doing it all across multiple languages and geographies.
These costs accumulate across four key areas that most teams underestimate:
Content creation — Building effective training lessons from scratch for every application and role is time-intensive and resource-heavy.
Translation — Multilingual organizations face exponential effort when every lesson needs to be adapted for different languages and regional contexts.
Asset maintenance — Software changes constantly. Every update means training materials need to be revisited, revised, and redistributed.
IT training environments — Maintaining sandboxed environments for employees to practice in is a significant infrastructure cost that often flies under the radar.
Calculate Your Savings in Under a Minute
Assima has built a free ROI Calculator that takes these four cost drivers and turns them into a clear, personalized savings estimate — based on real data from organizations already using the platform.
All you need to enter is:
- How many applications you train employees on
- How many employees need training
- How many lessons need to be created
- How many languages your materials need to cover
From there, the calculator maps your inputs against outcomes seen by actual Assima customers and shows you a breakdown of potential savings in each category, along with a total figure for what you could save in your first year.
Built on Real Customer Results
This isn't a theoretical exercise. Assima has a 20-year track record working with enterprises across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, retail, and more. The calculator's estimates are grounded in the real reductions customers have seen in training costs, onboarding time, training delivery speed, and help desk call volume.
That means when you see a number at the end, it's a credible benchmark — not a marketing figure pulled from thin air.
What to Do With Your Number
Once you have your estimate, you have something genuinely useful: a starting point for a business case. Whether you're trying to justify a new training platform to leadership, evaluate vendors, or simply understand where your current process is bleeding money, a concrete ROI figure changes the conversation.
And if you want to go deeper, Assima also offers a free custom ROI consultation where their team will walk you through a more detailed, tailored analysis specific to your organization's situation.
Try It Now
If you're responsible for software training at scale, there's no reason not to know this number. It takes less than a minute, it's free, and it might be the most useful data point you pick up this week.