Free tools for freelancers
Price your work.
Understand your profit.
Calculate project quotes, price extra work and see what you earn after costs. Seven practical tools for independent developers and designers.
No sign-up. No saved inputs. Calculations stay in your browser.
Calculators
What are you working on?
Choose a tool for the decision in front of you.
Plan & price
Protect your scope
Review & improve
Effective hourly rate
Find what your project actually paid per hour after expenses and fees.
Open calculatorProject profit
Look beyond cash in the bank. Include the value of your working time.
Open calculatorBreak-even hours
Know the hour limit before your fixed-price project stops covering its modeled costs.
Open calculator
Every calculator includes its formula, assumptions and a worked example. Read about our methodology.
Connected tools
Use your numbers in the next step.
Use each tool independently, or choose to transfer relevant values to a related calculator.
Estimate the project
Start with your expected hours, billable rate and direct costs. Review the quote before sharing it with a client.
Account for changes
Compare absorbing extra work with charging for it. Keep included revisions separate from additional scope.
Review the outcome
Use actual hours and costs to calculate cash earnings and economic profit. Carry those lessons into your next estimate.
Practical guides
Make an informed pricing decision.
Worked examples and useful questions to consider before you agree a price.
How to price a freelance web development project
Define the scope, estimate the work and check whether the quote covers your costs and time.
Read the guidePricing modelsFixed price vs. hourly: which fits the project?
Compare how each approach handles uncertainty, time overruns and changing requirements.
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