Business Decision Calculators

Make informed business financial decisions with calculators for loans, startup costs, ROI analysis, and business valuation.

Versus Calculators

Etsy vs Shopify Fee Calculator

Compare Etsy and Shopify fees at your sales volume. Find the tipping point with listing fees, payment processing, Offsite Ads, subscriptions and customer acquisition costs.

Key Features:

  • Sales-volume tipping point slider
  • Monthly and annual cost difference
  • Offsite Ads attribution and fee cap
  • Shareable scenarios

Amazon FBA vs FBM Profit Calculator

Compare Amazon fulfillment and merchant-fulfilled profit using 2026 FBA fees, dimensional weight, storage, postage, labor, returns, and product margins.

Key Features:

  • 2026 FBA rate card
  • Automatic size tier
  • Dimensional billable weight
  • FBA vs FBM profit
  • Shipping break-even

Tuition Reimbursement Clawback

Compare leaving now and repaying employer tuition assistance with staying through the service commitment using salary, bonuses, vesting, and taxes.

Key Features:

  • Full or prorated clawback
  • Service-period timing
  • After-tax pay comparison
  • Signing bonus and vesting
  • 2026 Section 127 limit

Universal Decision Comparator

Compare two to five options using weighted costs, measurable factors, and qualitative ratings. See the winner, decision drivers, and sensitivity thresholds.

Key Features:

  • Two-to-five option comparisons
  • Weighted quantitative and qualitative criteria
  • Decision-driver and sensitivity analysis
  • Shareable links and printable reports

W2 vs 1099 Calculator

Compare the financial implications of W2 employment versus 1099 contractor work. Analyze take-home pay, tax obligations, benefits costs, and total compensation.

Key Features:

  • Tax liability comparison
  • Benefits cost analysis
  • Self-employment tax calculations
  • Net income comparison

Job Offer Comparison Calculator

Compare two job offers using salary, bonuses, equity, benefits, paid time off, retirement match, commute costs, and effective hourly compensation.

Key Features:

  • Total compensation comparison
  • Equity, bonus, and PTO valuation
  • Health and retirement benefit analysis
  • Remote work and commute cost modeling

Shopify vs Stripe vs Square Fee Calculator

Compare payment and plan fees using monthly sales, average order value, online and in-person mix, percentage rates, and fixed transaction charges.

Key Features:

  • Three-provider payment fee comparison
  • Online and in-person sales mix
  • Editable plan and transaction rates
  • Monthly sales break-even points

Substack vs beehiiv vs ConvertKit Calculator

Compare paid-newsletter fees and net revenue for Substack, beehiiv, and Kit using subscriber count, billing cadence, platform fees, processing, and growth.

Key Features:

  • Paid-newsletter platform comparison
  • Monthly and annual billing cadence
  • Platform and payment fee detail
  • Multi-year subscriber growth

Full-Service Gross vs NNN Lease Calculator

Compare commercial leases using base rent, CAM, taxes, insurance, utilities, escalations, free rent, upfront tenant costs, and present value.

Key Features:

  • Gross versus triple-net lease comparison
  • CAM, taxes, insurance, and utilities
  • Rent and expense escalations
  • Nominal and present-value schedules

LLC vs S-Corp Tax Break-Even Calculator

Estimate when an LLC S-corp election may save money after reasonable salary, payroll tax, payroll service, CPA fees, state entity taxes, and the QBI deduction.

Key Features:

  • 2026 payroll-tax comparison
  • Reasonable salary and distributions
  • Payroll, CPA, and state costs
  • QBI-adjusted profit break-even

Cash Discount vs 0% Financing

Compare a lower cash price with true 0% or deferred-interest promotional financing, including payoff timing, retroactive-interest exposure, fees, and savings opportunity cost.

Key Features:

  • True 0% and deferred-interest modeling
  • Implicit APR of forfeiting a cash discount
  • Safe promotional payoff amount
  • Delayed-payoff and opportunity-cost scenarios

W2 vs C2C Contractor Calculator

Compare a W2 employee offer with a C2C contract using billable time, benefits, business overhead, health coverage, taxes, and a break-even hourly rate.

Key Features:

  • W2 cash and employer-benefit value
  • C2C revenue and business overhead
  • Explicit entity-specific tax assumption
  • Break-even C2C hourly rate

Locum Tenens vs Employed W2 Calculator

Compare locum shift pay with an employed physician package using benefits, malpractice, travel, health coverage, 2026 payroll taxes, and a break-even rate.

Key Features:

  • Employed cash and benefits
  • Locum shifts and business costs
  • 2026 payroll and self-employment tax
  • Break-even locum shift rate

Solo 401(k) vs SEP IRA Calculator

Compare owner-only retirement contribution limits with business profit, an existing W2 job, employee deferrals and age-based catch-up contributions.

Key Features:

  • 2026 contribution limits
  • W2 job and shared deferral limit
  • Self-employed earnings adjustments
  • Catch-up contribution room

S Corp vs Sole Proprietor Calculator

Compare payroll taxes, owner salary, outside W2 wages, administration costs and entered income-tax assumptions to explore S corporation break-even scenarios.

Key Features:

  • Owner salary and distributions
  • Outside W2 wage coordination
  • Payroll and administration costs
  • Profit break-even scenarios

Bonus vs Raise Calculator

Compare a one-time bonus with a permanent salary raise over multiple years, including future raises, bonus probability, tax assumptions and retirement match.

Key Features:

  • One-time bonus versus recurring raise
  • Multi-year compensation
  • Bonus probability and employer match
  • Cumulative break-even

Salary vs Hourly Pay & Overtime Calculator

Compare a salary offer with hourly pay, overtime, paid and unpaid time, benefits and costs. Find break-even hourly pay and weekly overtime.

Key Features:

  • Salary and hourly offers
  • Weekly overtime premiums
  • Paid versus worked weeks
  • Break-even rate and overtime hours

PRN / Per-Diem vs Full-Time Pay Calculator

Compare PRN shift pay with full-time salary, benefits, replacement insurance, canceled shifts, unpaid time, and W2 or 1099 tax treatment.

Key Features:

  • Minimum PRN hourly rate
  • Completed and offered shifts needed
  • Cancellation downside scenarios
  • W2 and 1099 arrangements

Leave Now vs Wait for Vesting Calculator

Compare leaving a job now with waiting for a 401(k) match, RSUs, bonus, or other compensation to vest. Find the make-whole signing bonus and break-even new salary.

Key Features:

  • 401(k), RSU, and bonus vesting
  • Value per day of waiting
  • Signing-bonus make-whole target
  • Break-even new annual pay

Company Car vs Allowance vs Mileage Calculator

Compare a company car, taxable car allowance, and mileage reimbursement using ownership costs, taxes, personal use, and business miles.

Key Features:

  • Three-way vehicle-benefit comparison
  • After-tax car allowance
  • Actual vehicle cost per mile
  • Mileage break-even threshold

General Calculators

Education ROI Calculator

Compare one educational program with a no-program career baseline using incremental earnings, payback, and NPV.

Key Features:

  • Career earning potential
  • Education cost analysis
  • Payback period calculation
  • Lifetime value comparison

Business Loan Calculator

Calculate business-loan payments, interest-only periods, origination costs, and estimated debt-service coverage.

Key Features:

  • Amortization and interest-only periods
  • Origination fee analysis
  • Cash flow and DSCR analysis
  • Detailed payment schedule

Startup Cost Calculator

Estimate startup costs and funding requirements for your new business venture.

Key Features:

  • Runway and funding-gap projection
  • One-time vs recurring costs
  • Cash flow projections
  • Funding requirement analysis

ROI Calculator

Calculate return on investment for business projects, marketing campaigns, or investments.

Key Features:

  • Dollar and percentage ROI
  • Money-weighted IRR
  • Monthly or yearly periods
  • Recurring contribution timing

Break-Even Analysis

Calculate the break-even point for your business or product launch.

Key Features:

  • Fixed and variable costs
  • Unit-price and margin what-if analysis
  • Sales volume requirements
  • Profit margin analysis

Business Valuation

Estimate business value using multiple valuation methods and financial metrics.

Key Features:

  • Multiple valuation methods
  • Revenue and profit multiples
  • DCF terminal-value modeling
  • Market comparison analysis

2026 Paycheck & Take-Home Pay Calculator

Estimate take-home pay using 2026 federal brackets, FICA, filing status, pay frequency, deductions, and adjustable state and local tax estimates.

Key Features:

  • 2026 federal income-tax estimate
  • Social Security and Medicare withholding
  • Pre-tax and post-tax deductions
  • State, local, and pay-frequency controls

W2 + 1099 Safe Harbor Calculator

Estimate a 2026 federal safe-harbor shortfall and spread it across extra W-4 withholding or remaining estimated-tax installments.

Key Features:

  • 90% current-year safe-harbor test
  • 100% or 110% prior-year test
  • Extra withholding per paycheck
  • Estimated-payment installment target