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Tenterai Freelance Quote Calculator
Price Your Work With Confidence.
Calculate project costs, set profitable prices, and create professional quotations in minutes.
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Project pricing calculator
Start with cost. Price for a sustainable margin.
Enter your project assumptions. Tenterai calculates locally and updates your quotation preview as you work.
Scenario comparison
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Quotation details
Your Studio
hello@yourstudio.com
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Project
Scope of work
| Service / cost | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Professional services | ||
| Expenses and materials | Project-related costs | |
| Contingency allowance | ||
| Profit margin |
Subtotal
Contingency
Profit margin
Pre-discount total
Discount
Total quotation
Deposit due
Remaining balance
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Notes and assumptions
Pricing guide
A practical foundation for project pricing.
A good freelance quote accounts for your time, direct costs, uncertainty, and the profit needed to keep your work sustainable.
01
Estimate the real work
Include planning, communication, revisions, administration, and delivery—not just production time.
02
Include direct costs
Materials, contractors, software, travel, and other project costs should be visible in your pricing.
03
Protect against uncertainty
Contingency is a planned allowance for reasonable unknowns, calculated from labor and direct expenses.
04
Use margin, not markup
A profit margin is a share of the selling price. To target 20%, divide cost by 0.80.
Questions
Freelance quote calculator FAQ
How does Tenterai calculate the recommended selling price?
It adds labor, expenses, and contingency to find total cost, then divides by one minus the desired margin. If a discount is used, the pre-discount price is increased so the discounted total still meets the target margin.
How are discounts handled?
The quotation's itemized lines add up to the pre-discount total. The discount is then subtracted to produce the final quotation total. This preserves the requested margin after discount.
What is the difference between profit margin and markup?
Markup is added to cost, while margin is calculated from the final selling price. This calculator uses profit margin.
Does changing currency convert my prices?
No. Currency selection only changes formatting and the currency symbol.
Is my data private?
Yes. Calculations happen in your browser. Saved details use local storage on this device.