{"compare":false,"blog":false,"article":false,"page":{"title":"Free calculators for service businesses","lead":"Three calculators and a 21-question business scan that run in the page: the loaded cost of an hour and the rate to charge, profit margin and markup on a project, and the billable share of a team’s paid hours. Nothing you type leaves your browser.","sections":[{"heading":"Which calculator answers which question","html":"<p><a href=\"{{route:tools/hourly-rate-calculator}}\">The hourly rate calculator</a> answers “what does an hour of this person cost us, and what is the lowest rate that still leaves a margin?” <a href=\"{{route:tools/profit-margin-calculator}}\">The profit margin calculator</a> answers “did this price, with these hours and costs, leave the margin we wanted?” <a href=\"{{route:tools/utilization-rate-calculator}}\">The utilization calculator</a> answers “how much of our paid time is billable, and what is the gap worth?” <a href=\"{{route:scan}}\">The business scan</a> asks 21 questions across seven areas of the company and returns priorities for margin, cash, time and delivery.</p>"},{"heading":"How the numbers connect","html":"<p>The three calculators share one chain: utilization sets how many paid hours are billable, the loaded cost of an hour depends on it, and the margin on a project depends on that cost. Use the same hours in all three and the results agree. They take any currency.</p>"}]}}