Consulting ROI calculator
Estimate what your engagement is actually worth to a client, then see the fee that value supports. No signup, no card — play with the numbers as much as you like.
Cost of inaction
What the problem costs your client every month it goes unsolved.
Revenue, churn, or waste per month
How long before it's fixed
Time-to-value compression
The value of getting there faster than they would alone.
Value earned per month after the fix
Timeline without you
Timeline with your engagement
Expected value
A big outcome, weighted by how much you shift the odds.
Total value if it lands
Probability without you
Probability with your engagement
Estimated client value
$48,000
Strongest anchor: Cost of Inaction — $4,000/mo unmet loss over 12 months
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Fee your ROI supports
Conservative
10.0x return
$4,800
Target
6.7x return
$7,200
Premium
5.0x return
$9,600
All four value frameworks
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How to read your consulting ROI
Cost of inaction multiplies the monthly loss your client absorbs by the months the problem stays unsolved. It is the easiest number for a buyer to verify, which makes it the safest anchor in a proposal.
Time-to-value compression values the months you remove from the timeline. If they would earn $6,000/month starting a year from now and you get them there in six, you created six months of upside.
Expected value weights a large, uncertain outcome by the probability lift you bring. Use it when the prize is big but the odds are the real conversation.
A defensible fee usually lands between 10% and 20% of the anchor value — a 5x to 10x return for the client. If your fee implies less than a 3x return, the engagement is hard to justify and worth rescoping.