Project Pricing Calculator
Enter your estimated hours, internal costs, and target margin to get a recommended project price — and see exactly what happens to your margin if hours run over.
Project Details
Project Type
Total hours you expect to spend on this project
Internal cost per hour: loaded salary + overhead ÷ billable hours
% of the final price you want to keep as profit (not a markup)
Buffer for scope creep and unknowns — typically 10–20%
Licenses, freelancers, tools, or other pass-through expenses
How to price a project correctly
The most common agency pricing mistake is calculating price by adding a profit percentage on top of cost — a markup. This results in a real margin lower than intended. The correct approach is to price so that profit represents the desired percentage of the final price.
For example: if your costs are €8,000 and you want a 25% margin, the correct price is not €10,000 (25% over costs) — it's €10,667 (costs ÷ 0.75). That difference compounds across every project you deliver.
Risk contingency is equally critical. Without a 15–20% buffer, a 20% hours overrun can wipe out the entire project profit. Monton lets you see actual hours vs. estimates in real time so you can act before it's too late.