Project Pricing Engine
Turn your freelance hourly rate into a realistic fixed-project price. Account for production time, administration, revisions, expenses, and project buffer before sending a quote.
What should you charge for this project?
Build a project quote from your hourly rate, estimated work, expenses, revisions, and a buffer for unexpected work.
Project details
Enter your estimated project requirements to calculate a recommended quote.
Your quote should account for more than hands-on production. Meetings, communication, revisions, expenses, and unexpected work all affect the real cost of delivering a project.
Recommended project quote
Recommended project price
Your final quote works out to approximately $90/hr across all estimated project hours.
Where your project quote comes from
Your final price combines labor, project expenses, and a buffer designed to protect you from unexpected work.
Production, administration, and revision time.
Your estimated hours multiplied by your hourly rate.
Software, contractors, materials, travel, and other costs.
Protection against scope changes and unexpected work.
Your project quote
Based on your current assumptions, this project should be quoted around $3,510.
- Make sure your production estimate includes all deliverables.
- Include meetings, emails, project management, and communication time.
- Clarify how many revision rounds are included in the project.
- Confirm whether project expenses are paid by you or the client.
- Use a buffer when scope or requirements are uncertain.
(39 hours × $75) + $0 expenses + $585 buffer = $3,510
The anatomy of a fixed-price project.
A realistic project quote accounts for everything required to take a project from the first conversation to final delivery.
Professional Tooling for Fixed-Price Projects
Once you have your project price calculated, use these platforms to draft a professional proposal, build a compliant contract, and collect the final payment.
FreshBooks
Proposals & Invoicing
Turn your estimate into a professional proposal, collect digital signatures, and automatically convert it into an invoice.
Wise Business
Global Payments
Collect large milestone payments from international clients with zero hidden exchange markup and low fees.
Deel
Contracts & Milestones
Protect your project scope with compliant independent contractor agreements and milestone-based payments.