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Check a quote before you send it. We count the discount, payment fees, project costs, revisions and a buffer, then tell you what you'll really earn per hour and the lowest price that still clears your floor.
The lowest hourly rate that still pays your bills, taxes and costs.
Your floor: –
The price you plan to send and your honest estimate of the work.
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What you'll really earn per hour
| Quote price | |
| After discount | |
| Fees | |
| Project costs | |
| You keep | |
| Real hours (incl. revisions + buffer) |
Proposeroo makes clean quotes and PDF proposals in your browser. No account, no subscription: $12, pay once.
See Proposeroo →A quote can look fine at "$75 an hour" and still pay you $48 once the real costs come out.
A 10% discount plus 3% card fees takes 13% off before you start. Marketplaces can take 10–20%.
Revisions, calls and email rarely make it into the estimate, but you still work them.
Projects often run past the first estimate. A buffer keeps the overrun from coming out of your rate.
It's the lowest hourly rate that covers your take-home goal, taxes and business costs over the hours you can realistically bill. Below it, you're losing money on the work, even if the quote looks fine.
Yes. Everything on this page is free, with no account, no limits and no email required.
No. The math runs in your browser. Your last inputs are saved only in your own browser, so they're there next time. A simple counter image counts page views (no cookies, no personal data).
(Take-home goal ÷ (1 − tax rate) + yearly costs) ÷ (working weeks × hours per week × billable share). It's the same math as our free Rate Calculator.
No. It's a quick sanity check. Tax rules vary, so check the details for where you live.