Free tool
Calculate gross burn, net burn, and cash runway for your startup. Add monthly revenue and expenses, optionally amortize one-time costs, and project cash for the next 18 months.
Gross burn / month
$60,000
Net burn / month
$40,000
Runway
12.5 months
Cash on hand
$500,000
Cash projection (next 18 months)
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Workflow
Three quick steps from input to a result you can use in your stack.
Step 1
Enter cash on hand, monthly revenue, and monthly expenses.
Step 2
Optionally add one-time costs to spread over the next year.
Step 3
Read gross burn, net burn, runway, and the eighteen-month trend.
Why teams use it
Overview
Burn Rate Calculator is a practical online utility for day-to-day business and content workflows. It is designed to reduce friction in common tasks so you can move from input to result quickly. Instead of installing heavy desktop tools, you can run the process in-browser and export output immediately.
Teams often need fast one-off tools without onboarding overhead. Burn Rate Calculator helps with exactly that: quick execution, straightforward controls, and downloadable output. It works well for freelancers, small teams, and operators who need reliable utility actions inside modern workflow stacks.
For the best results, use clear input data, verify final output before publishing, and keep copies of generated assets in your project folders. If you use the output in client-facing documents, review labels and formatting for consistency with your brand and compliance requirements.
Answers
Burn rate measures how fast cash is spent. Gross burn is all monthly expenses; net burn subtracts monthly revenue. Runway is roughly cash on hand divided by net monthly burn.
Runway ≈ cash on hand ÷ net monthly burn. When net burn is zero or negative you are at or past break-even; the tool treats that as effectively unlimited runway for the current pace.
Yes. One-time spend is spread over twelve months inside gross burn so hiring, hardware, or prepayments look realistic in forward models.
If you would run out of cash in under eighteen months, bars stop at zero. If you remain profitable, balances stay steady instead of declining.
No — all math runs in your browser; numbers are not uploaded or stored.
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