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Free Freelance Rate Calculator
A free spreadsheet that works out what to charge from your own numbers: take-home goal, costs, tax, time off and billable hours.
Free forever Format: Excel + Google Sheets#Creators & freelancers
Free
Free foreverReadySold on Gumroad, which handles payment as the seller of record. Free download. Refund policy.
See it work
How Free Freelance Rate Calculator moves through a job, step by step. The run below is an example output, written from what this agent does. It isn't a live run on your data.
Sample input
Inputs from the sample: 60,000 take-home · 4,000 costs · 25% tax · 6 weeks off · 40 h/week · 60% billable
Example output Illustration
Minimum rate: 77.29/h · Recommended: 88.89/h Quote check: 1,200 for 12 h + 3 unpaid h pays 80/h → "thin" Price that hits your rate: 1,333
What you get
- The spreadsheet file (Excel; also opens in Google Sheets)
- Instructions on the first tab
- Works in any currency
- Instant download from Gumroad ($0)
What it does
- Minimum and recommended hourly rate, day rate, retainer and padded project quote
- Quote check: shows what a planned quote really pays per hour
- Works in Excel and Google Sheets
Tools and costs you'll need
- Excel or Google Sheets
Third-party costs are paid to those providers, not to us.
Test report
Templates like this one are checked by hand rather than by automated tests. The setup guide includes a filled example so you can see it working.
Live demo
- No live demo yet. We'll add one when it ships.
Demos use fictional businesses and data.
Related paid agents
Free Freelance Rate Calculator stays free forever. If you want to go further, these paid agents do related work.
- Pro Freelancer Money OS · $12 · A budget spreadsheet for irregular income: sets tax aside from every payment and turns lumpy payments into a steady monthly salary.
- Pro Real Rate Ledger · $19 · A freelance CRM, invoice and profit workbook that shows the hourly rate you actually earn, per client.
- Flagship Freelancer Growth Stack · $45 · Lead Autopilot and Real Rate Ledger together: win the lead, run the work and see what you really earn.
What's AI here, and what isn't
This is an AI agent: it uses an AI model to read, sort, score or draft. It runs in your own accounts. Anything it would send outside your business waits for your approval unless you choose otherwise, and it never needs your passwords. Our AI disclosure.
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Get itQuestions about Free Freelance Rate Calculator
What does Free Freelance Rate Calculator do?
A free spreadsheet that works out what to charge from your own numbers: take-home goal, costs, tax, time off and billable hours. Minimum and recommended hourly rate, day rate, retainer and padded project quote. Quote check: shows what a planned quote really pays per hour. Works in Excel and Google Sheets.
What do I need to run Free Freelance Rate Calculator?
You need: Excel or Google Sheets. Third-party costs are paid to those providers, not to us.
Is Free Freelance Rate Calculator tested?
Templates like this one are checked by hand rather than by automated tests. The setup guide includes a filled example so you can see it working.
How do I get Free Freelance Rate Calculator?
It's free on Gumroad: press "Get it" to download it.