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Know what to charge before the client asks.

Find the rate that pays your life, price each project from it, and send a quote you can defend.

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Your rate

What you must charge to live well

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The project price

Hours, buffer and fees in one price

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The check

Catch what quotes usually forget

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The quote

A document your client can sign

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What should I charge?

Start from what your life costs and the hours you can really bill, not from what others charge.

  • checkSurvival, safe and target rates
  • checkTaxes and business costs counted
  • checkHourly, daily, weekly or monthly

Try it · live, simplified

Monthly pay you want$3,000
Billable hours a week25 h
Monthly costs$1,450
$31/hTarget rate: pays the income you want
$23/hSafe rate: costs plus 20% for slow months
$19/hSurvival rate: never go below

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What should this project cost?

Turn hours into a price you can defend, with a buffer for surprises and the platform's cut.

  • checkA price and a range to propose
  • checkWhat you really earn per hour
  • checkYour personal floor, never go below it

Try it · live, simplified

Estimated hours40 h
Your hourly rate$50/h
Buffer for surprises20%
Quote about$2,400

Propose $2,400 to $2,640

Your work $2,000Buffer $400

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Freelance or salary: which pays more?

Compare a job offer with freelancing on equal terms: benefits, taxes and the hours you can really bill.

  • checkThe rate that matches the job
  • checkThe rate that beats it
  • checkTwo pay slips, side by side

Try it · live, simplified

Gross salary, monthly$3,500
Benefits on top$300
Your billable hours a week25 h
$46/hTo beat the job (+15% security)
$40/hTo match the full package
$20/hThe naive math (salary ÷ 2,080h)

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Ready to send the quote?

Your price is set. Check what quotes usually forget, then turn it into a document your client can sign. Both start from the numbers you already entered.

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Quote Check

Is this quote safe to send?

Your floor, the buffer, the platform fee, a deposit, limited revisions, the scope, payment terms and a validity date: checked in thirty seconds.

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Ready to send the quote?

A professional quote, prefilled from your calculators: itemized lines, deposit and payment plan, terms, validity. Print it as a PDF or copy it into an email.

Free, honest, and yours.

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The calculators show every formula they use, right under the tool. Check the math, or disagree with it.

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