How to Show the Live Cost of a Meeting During Work Calls

Most people have no idea what a meeting costs because the cost is invisible. Salaries come out of payroll. Meeting rooms are a sunk cost. Calendar invites are free. There's no line item that says "this meeting cost the company $1,200."

Meeting Cost Calculator changes that by showing a live cost ticker that runs during any meeting. Set the number of attendees and an approximate average salary, and a running dollar amount appears in your browser. Share your screen during a Google Meet or Zoom call, and everyone in the meeting can watch the number climb.

The psychological effect is powerful. When a meeting that was supposed to be 30 minutes hits the 45-minute mark and the cost ticker shows $900, people start wrapping up. Tangents get cut. Side conversations get tabled. The meeting finds its point faster.

Teams that have tried this report shorter meetings within the first week. Not because of a mandate — because seeing the cost creates natural accountability. Nobody wants to be the person who just added $200 to the meeting cost with a five-minute tangent about something that could have been a Slack message.

The extension runs in your browser tab and works alongside any video conferencing tool. It doesn't integrate with your calendar or access any company data — you manually enter the attendee count and salary range, so there are no privacy concerns.

Try it for one week. Share the cost at the end of each meeting. Watch how quickly your meeting culture shifts when the cost stops being invisible.