A 40-hour week is not 40 billable hours. Sales, admin, research, invoicing, and unpaid communication reduce the hours you can actually sell.
Freelance pricing calculator
Calculate the freelance rate you actually need to charge.
Stop guessing your prices. BillableWise helps you calculate hourly rates, project needs, billable day rates, and revenue targets based on your income goals, expenses, taxes, and billable hours.
Why freelancers undercharge
Most pricing mistakes happen because freelancers price only the visible client work. A sustainable rate also needs to cover the quiet parts of the business.
Software, equipment, contractors, payment fees, marketing, accounting, and learning time need to be recovered through client pricing.
Holidays, sick days, vacations, slow months, and gaps between projects should be built into the rate before you send a quote.
How BillableWise calculates rates
Your price needs to cover more than client work. BillableWise accounts for unpaid time, business costs, taxes, and the billable hours you can realistically sell.
Enter the income you want to take home and the expenses required to run your freelance business.
Add taxes, time off, and weekly billable hours so the result reflects how freelancers actually work.
Get an hourly rate, billable day rate, annual revenue target, monthly target, project plan, and calculation breakdown.
Useful for hourly, project, day-rate, and retainer pricing
Use the calculator result as the floor for different ways of selling your work, then package your pricing around the way clients buy.
Use the hourly rate as your minimum billable rate for support, consulting, revisions, maintenance, and flexible scope work.
Estimate project fees by multiplying your internal hourly rate by realistic scope, then compare the result with the project plan.
Use the billable day rate for booked client days and the monthly revenue target to shape retainers that support your goals.
Useful for freelancers, consultants, and small agencies
Use it before a client call, while preparing a proposal, or when reviewing whether your current rate still supports your goals.
Turn annual goals and project capacity into hourly and day-rate pricing.
Check whether retainers and project quotes are covering the full cost of your work.
Estimate rates that include non-billable time, sales work, admin, and business growth.
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Read guideReady to price your next client project?
Open the calculator, enter your numbers, and get a clear rate plan you can copy or share.