Your meeting
Numbers stay in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Pro tip: add ~30% to base salary to account for benefits and taxes.
How it works
Thirty seconds, no account, no email. Built for managers who run the meeting and pay for it.
Count the heads
Enter the total number of participants in the room — or on the call.
Set the rate
Input the average hourly rate of the attendees. Add ~30% for benefits and taxes.
Start the clock
Hit start when the meeting begins — or enter a duration to price a past meeting.
Share the receipt
Download the image and post it to the team. A $500 “quick sync” changes behavior fast.
Why the number is always bigger than you think
Time is your most expensive asset, but it’s treated as free. The burn rate is the silent budget killer in every organization.
of senior managers call meetings unproductive and inefficient (Harvard Business Review).
wasted by U.S. companies every year on unnecessary meetings.
lost per employee, per month, to unproductive meetings — plus ~23 minutes to refocus after each interruption.
Skip the meeting entirely
These tools replace the meeting with async work — which is the whole point of seeing the price.
Monday.com
Replace status meetings with boards your team actually updates. No more “quick sync” to ask what everyone is doing.
Get organized →Loom
Record the update in five minutes instead of booking thirty. Your team watches when it suits them.
Record async →Deel
Hiring across borders? Pay a global team and stay compliant — without a single payroll meeting.
Scale faster →Disclosure: links above may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you, if you sign up through them. That keeps this calculator free.
Questions, answered
How is the cost of a meeting calculated?
Meeting cost = number of attendees × average hourly rate × duration in hours. Add roughly 30% to base salary to account for benefits and taxes for a fully loaded rate.
Why calculate meeting costs?
Time is an organization’s most expensive asset and is often treated as free. Seeing the dollar burn rate of a meeting changes behavior: fewer attendees, shorter meetings, and more async updates.