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Side hustle income calculator: what the hours actually pay

Work out what a side hustle earns per month and per year once you account for the hours, the costs, and the tax you have not set aside yet.

Affiliate revenue calculator: what traffic converts to

Estimate affiliate earnings from traffic, click-through rate, conversion rate and commission — and see which of those actually moves the result.

Freelance rate calculator: the hourly rate a salary target actually needs

Work backward from the income you want to the rate you must charge, once unbillable time, expenses, holiday and tax are accounted for.

AI subscription ROI calculator: is the tool paying for itself?

Work out whether an AI subscription earns back its cost in time saved, and how many hours a month it has to save to break even.

Business startup cost calculator: what it takes to get going and stay going

Add up one-off setup costs and monthly running costs to see the total needed before revenue, and how long your available funds last.

YouTube revenue estimator: what views are worth

Estimate ad revenue from monthly views and RPM, and see how many views a given income target actually requires.

Newsletter growth calculator: subscribers, churn and what remains

Project a subscriber list forward with realistic churn, and see the size it settles at if signups stay flat.

Website revenue calculator: what a traffic level is worth

Estimate what a site earns per month from ads and affiliate income at a given traffic level, and what it earns per thousand visitors.

What hourly rate does your side-income goal actually require?

Work backward from a monthly income target to the hourly rate you'd need — a sanity check, not a promise.