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Project Cost Estimator

Build a project estimate and the price to quote.

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  • No sign-up
  • Nothing is sent or stored
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Result

Price to quote
$34,471
20% margin on cost of $27,577
Labour
$19,300
270 hours
Direct cost (labour + materials)
$21,800
With overhead
$23,980
With contingency (total cost)
$27,577
Profit
$6,894
Labour breakdown
RoleHoursRateCost
Designer40$65.00$2,600
Developer160$80.00$12,800
Project manager30$70.00$2,100
QA tester40$45.00$1,800

The calculation happens instantly in your browser. The numbers you enter are not sent to our servers or saved.

How to use the Project Cost Estimator

  1. List each role with its hours and hourly rate.
  2. Add materials and set overhead, contingency and margin.
  3. Read the total cost and the price to quote.

What does this tool do?

A solid estimate starts with labour — hours times rate for every role — then adds materials and software, overhead for running the business and contingency for the unexpected (10–20% is common).

The price is set so that your chosen margin is a share of the final price, not a markup on cost.

Why use it?

  • Role-by-role labour.
  • Overhead and contingency.
  • Margin-based pricing.

Privacy

The calculation happens instantly in your browser. The numbers you enter are not sent to our servers or saved. There's no account to create and nothing to install.

Last reviewed by the M2Toolkit team.

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