Small business & freelance calculators
Price your work and know your numbers. Margin, markup, break-even and freelance rates — with the formula shown under every result.
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- Plain-English guides pricing without jargon
Calculator categories
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Pricing & Margin
Margin, markup and product price — from cost to selling price and back.
Margin = (Price − Cost) / Price
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Break-Even
Break-even units and revenue, contribution margin and target profit.
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Freelance Rates
Hourly, day and project rates from your income goal, expenses and time.
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E-commerce
Order contribution, payment fees, delivery costs and customer acquisition.
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Hiring & Payroll
Employer budgets, productive capacity and comparable contractor costs.
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Cash Flow
Receipts, payments, working capital and explicit operating scenarios.
Most popular calculators
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Profit Margin Calculator
Find the gross margin, profit and markup from cost and price — or the price you need for a…
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Markup Calculator
Turn a cost and a markup percentage into a selling price, with the profit and the gross…
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Break-Even Calculator
Find how many units you must sell to cover fixed and variable costs, and the revenue at…
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Freelance Rate Calculator
Work out the hourly rate that covers your income goal, time off, business expenses and the…
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Shipping Cost Calculator
Add a carrier quote, packaging and handling for one order, then compare that total with…
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Employee Cost Calculator
Add your own pay, employer charges, benefits and operating costs to estimate an employee…
Real examples, clear comparisons
Two pricing choices side by side — what changes in your numbers.
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Markup vs Margin: What Is the Difference?
Markup and margin compared: what each measures, how to convert one into the other and when to use which.
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Hourly vs Project Pricing: Which to Choose
Hourly and fixed project pricing compared: who carries the risk, how to turn an hourly rate into a quote and when each fits.
Quick check
Profit Margin Calculator
Enter a cost and a selling price to see your gross margin, profit and markup.
Margin = (Price − Cost) / Price
Featured tool
Freelance Rate Calculator
Work out the hourly rate that covers your income goal, time off, business expenses and the tax rate you enter.
Latest guides
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How to Price a Product
Price a product from its full cost: unit costs, a share of overhead, a target margin and a check…
Pricing & Margin
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How to Set Your Freelance Rate
Set a freelance hourly rate from the income you need: billable hours, expenses, your tax rate and…
Freelance Rates
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How to Find Your Break-Even Point
Sort your costs into fixed and variable, find the contribution per unit and work out the sales you…
Break-Even
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How we calculate
- Formula shown under every result
Margin = (Price − Cost) / Price - Your own tax rate — you enter it We never assume a tax rate for you.
- Estimates for planning Not tax, legal or financial advice.
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Formula with every result check any number by hand
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You enter your own tax rate we never assume one
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US dollars, plain numbers no jargon, no rounding tricks
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between markup and margin?
Both compare profit with something else. Markup divides profit by cost, margin divides profit by price. An item that costs $40 and sells for $70 has a $30 profit: a 75% markup but a 42.9% margin. Whenever there is a profit, the margin is smaller than the markup.
How is profit margin calculated?
Gross margin = (price − cost) ÷ price × 100. Selling at $70 something that costs $40 gives (70 − 40) ÷ 70 = 42.9%. The profit margin calculator also works backwards, from a target margin to the price you need.
What is a break-even point?
The number of units at which revenue exactly covers fixed and variable costs, so profit is zero. Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ (price − variable cost per unit): $10,000 ÷ ($50 − $30) = 500 units.
How much should I charge per hour as a freelancer?
Enough to cover your income goal, business expenses and taxes across the hours you can actually bill. With a $72,000 after-tax goal, $12,000 of expenses, a 20% tax rate you entered and 1,500 billable hours a year, that is at least $68 an hour.
Do the calculators include taxes?
No tax rates are built in. Where taxes matter — the freelance rate calculator — you enter your own rate, and the result is only as good as that number. For your actual rate, ask a tax professional.
Is this tax or financial advice?
No. The calculators do arithmetic on the numbers you enter and the guides explain the formulas. Estimates for planning; not tax, legal or financial advice.