Meeting Cost Calculator
Free Chrome extension that calculates meeting costs in real-time. Enter attendee count and salaries, watch the cost tick up live. Make every meeting count.
Every meeting has a price tag — most teams just never see it. Meeting Cost Calculator makes that cost visible in real time. Enter the number of attendees and an average salary, hit start, and a live ticker shows the accumulating cost as the meeting runs with per-minute and per-hour breakdowns. The timer keeps running even when you close the popup, so you can check back anytime. Use it before scheduling to decide if a meeting is worth the cost, during to keep things focused, or after to see what that "quick sync" actually cost the company. No data collection. No account required. Built on Manifest V3.
Key Features
Everything you need to maximize your productivity and workflow.
Live Cost Ticker
Watch the dollar amount climb in real time as your meeting runs, updating every 100ms.
Persistent Timer
Timer keeps running even when you close the popup. Check back anytime for the running total.
Rate Display
See per-minute and per-hour cost breakdowns so you can put a real number on time spent.
Attendee Count
Set the number of people in the meeting to calculate the true aggregate cost.
Start / Stop / Reset
Simple controls to manage the timer. Pause and resume without losing your running total.
Privacy First
No data collection, no accounts, no permissions beyond local storage. 100% private.
How to use Meeting Cost Calculator
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Add Meeting Cost Calculator to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store.
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Click the icon when your meeting starts.
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Enter the number of attendees and an average hourly cost or salary.
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Press start and watch the cost climb in real time.
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Pause, resume, or reset as needed; the timer keeps running even if you close the popup.
Meeting Cost Calculator vs the alternatives
Other ways to do the same job, and where each one fits.
Spreadsheets
Fine for estimating meetings afterwards, but nobody sees the cost while the meeting runs.
Calendar analytics tools
Report meeting time across a team, usually as paid tools with calendar access.
Our free web calculator
Estimates a meeting's cost in the browser without installing anything.
Read the comparison →Meeting Cost Calculator guides
How-tos and explainers from the blog.
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How to Calculate the Real Cost of a One-Hour Meeting
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How Much Meetings Actually Cost Your Company Per Hour
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Why Your Daily Standup Meeting Costs More Than You Think
A 15-minute standup with 10 engineers costs over $50,000 a year. Here's the math and what to do about it.
How to Show the Live Cost of a Meeting During Work Calls
Want your team to see how much a meeting costs in real time? Here's how to display a running cost ticker during any video call.
How to Calculate the True Cost of Your Recurring Meetings Annually
That weekly sync costs way more than you think when you calculate the annual total. Here's how to audit your meeting calendar.
Visual Showcase
See Meeting Cost Calculator in action across different contexts.
Live Cost Ticker
Watch meeting costs accumulate in real time with per-minute and per-hour breakdowns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Meeting Cost Calculator.
How does it calculate meeting cost?
It divides the annual salary by 2,080 working hours to get an hourly rate, multiplies by the number of attendees, then tracks cost per second in real time.
Does the timer stop when I close the popup?
No. The timer persists to chrome.storage.local with a timestamp. When you reopen the popup, it calculates the correct elapsed time automatically.
Does it collect any data?
No. Everything runs locally. No external servers, no analytics, no tracking.
How much does a meeting cost?
Multiply the number of attendees by their average hourly cost and the meeting length. The extension does this live, per minute.
Do I need everyone's exact salary?
No. An average hourly cost is enough to show the scale of the cost.
Ready to Get Started?
Meeting Cost Calculator is free, installs in seconds, and has no account to sign up for.
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