Recommended price
Healthy$16,813
Project quote before any GST or sales tax treatment.
Project Pricing
Project Price & Scope Buffer Calculator
A project pricing calculator that protects freelancers from underquoting by making scope risk, revisions, and margin visible before proposal.
Decision report included
Review the decision summary, key metrics, assumptions, and action items, then create a printable report for a lender, broker, household, or client discussion.
Use the report to document the scenario, explain the tradeoff, and agree on the next action.
Inputs
Enter your scenario.
Decision Summary
Recommended project price
$16,813
Recommended project price is $16,813, including $2,205 in scope buffers and $4,708 in gross profit.
Decision index
HealthyKey metric comparison
Recommended price$16,813
Gross profit$4,708
Effective hourly rate$250
Scope buffer$2,205
Deposit amount$5,884
Gross profit
Healthy$4,708
Project price less labour value, external costs, and buffers.
Effective hourly rate
Healthy$250
Project price less external costs divided by estimated delivery hours.
Scope buffer
Healthy$2,205
Combined revision and scope-risk allowance.
Deposit amount
Healthy$5,884
Recommended upfront payment based on the deposit percentage.
Project margin
Healthy28.0%
Gross profit as a share of project price.
Quote confidence score
Healthy98/100
Blends margin, scope buffer, deposit strength, and hourly rate protection.
Assumptions
Review the assumptions behind the result.
- Labour is valued at the entered internal hourly rate.
- Scope and revision buffers are added before target margin.
- Deposit is calculated from the recommended project price.
How To Use The Result
Turn the output into a practical next step.
- Use the buffer to price uncertainty before the client sees the quote.
- Separate pass-through costs from your labour economics.
- Use the deposit amount to reduce cashflow risk before work begins.
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