Freelance Rate Card is a free prompt. Enter your costs, hours, and the income you need. Get a day rate, a project quote, and the sentence you send when asked.
It is not always the right tool. Here is when something else wins, and when it does not.
Dedicated tool
Online freelance rate calculators
Pick it if
You want a quick hourly figure.
Pick Freelance Rate Card if
You want a day rate, a project quote, and the exact sentence to send.
By hand
Asking other freelancers
Pick it if
You want to know the market.
Pick Freelance Rate Card if
You need your floor first, so you know which market rates you can accept.
0:00The check2400 EUR. Rent is already covered. Transit 60 and loan 200 are due. Buffer is already 300.
0:08The split60 transit, 200 loan, 0 more buffer, 200 laptop. The rest stays unassigned because they did not name another job for it.
0:16The sumAssigned 460. Left in the account: 1940. The lines add up to 2400.
0:24RefusedNo second buffer, no investment tip, no suggestion to delay rent. Rent is noted as a next-check problem.
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Questions
What are the alternatives to Freelance Rate Card?
Online freelance rate calculators (dedicated tool); Asking other freelancers (by hand). On One Agent a Day, Paycheck Allocator do a similar job.
When is Online freelance rate calculators better than Freelance Rate Card?
Online freelance rate calculators is the better pick when you want a quick hourly figure. Freelance Rate Card is the better pick when you want a day rate, a project quote, and the exact sentence to send.
When is asking other freelancers better than Freelance Rate Card?
Asking other freelancers is the better pick when you want to know the market. Freelance Rate Card is the better pick when you need your floor first, so you know which market rates you can accept.
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