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A free freelance rate calculator that starts from the income you want

Ratecard Lite is a freelance rate calculator in one file. Enter the money you want to keep, your business costs, tax, days off and billable share. It works out your hourly, day and project rate and shows what other rates would leave you with in a year.

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Ratecard Lite: Free Freelance Rate Calculator

What Ratecard Lite does

  • Hourly, day and project rate

    Rounded up the way you choose.

  • Where each hour goes

    What you keep, tax, costs and a safety buffer.

  • A ladder of rates

    What the rates around yours mean per year.

  • Try any rate

    See how far a rate lands from your goal.

  • A one-page PDF summary

    Your numbers on one page, to keep or share.

  • Any currency

    Any currency and number format, in light or dark mode.

Who it is for

  • Freelancers who have never worked out what an hour should cost
  • People moving from a salary to self-employed work
  • Anyone about to raise their rates who wants the numbers first

Details

Works in
Chrome or Edge, no install
Exports
One-page PDF summary
Currency
Any, with your number format
Price
Free, or pay what you want

How it works

  1. 1

    Get it on Gumroad: type 0 as the price at checkout.

  2. 2

    Open Ratecard-Lite.html in Chrome or Edge. It works offline.

  3. 3

    Replace the example numbers with yours, then download the PDF summary.

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. Enter 0 at checkout. If it helps you, you can pay what you like.

Does it suggest market rates?

No. It works from your own numbers: the income you want, your costs, tax, days off and billable hours.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs in your browser on your computer.

What does the full Ratecard add?

A quote builder that starts from your rate, 7 job templates, rush and revision fees, discounts, tax and a deposit, PDF quotes with your logo, and project files you can save and open again.

Can I upgrade later?

Yes. In Chrome or Edge, the full version opens with the numbers you typed in Lite.

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Free Freelance Rate Calculator

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