Free freelance profitability tool

Check whether a project price actually leaves enough profit.

Enter project revenue, delivery hours, your internal labor value, and direct costs. See profit, margin, markup, effective hourly profit, and break-even revenue.

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How the calculator works

Every result comes from the inputs above.

Labor value = delivery hours × internal hourly labor value.

Total cost base = labor value + direct project costs.

Project profit = revenue − total cost base.

Profit margin = project profit ÷ revenue.

Markup = project profit ÷ total cost base.

Margin checks the economics after you have a price.

If you still need to create the price, start with a project quote or a monthly retainer model instead.

Build the quote before you test the margin.

Use the pricing calculator for a project quote, then compare benchmark scenarios under the same published pricing method.

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