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Freelance project quote calculator
Turn your hourly rate and an honest hours estimate into a fixed-price quote you can send. It adds the things that quietly erode a freelance project, the revision rounds, the direct expenses, and the marketplace fee, so the number you quote is the number you keep.
Typical range $3,789 – $5,473
- Labor (hours × rate)$3,400
- Revision buffer$510
- Direct expenses$300
- Marketplace fee$0
- Total$4,210
What this assumes, and where it could be wrong
Every one of these is a place the number could be off. They are here because you should be able to check our working, not because we are hedging.
THIS PRICES ONE JOB FROM YOUR NUMBERS.
Estimate the hours honestly and then round up. Freelance projects overrun far more often than they come in early, which is why the high end of the range sits well above your estimate and the low end barely below it.
The revision buffer is the line that saves fixed-bid work. Without it, every round of changes comes straight out of your effective rate. Fifteen percent of the labor is a conservative starting cushion; a client who cannot describe what they want needs more.
The marketplace fee grosses the quote up rather than shrinking your pay. If a platform takes 15% and you need to net the subtotal, the quote has to be higher so the fee comes off the client's payment, not your margin.
This is the price of the work, not a payment schedule. Most freelancers take a deposit up front (commonly a third to a half) and bill the balance on delivery or across milestones.