Meeting Cost Timer
Start the timer. Make every minute visible.
The average freelancer spends 8 hours/week in unbilled meetings. That is $800+ at $100/hr.
About the Meeting Cost Timer
Start a live timer that shows the real cost of every meeting in real-time. Watch the dollars tick and share the screenshot to reset how clients value your time.
What you can do with it
- Live cost-per-second timer
- Multi-currency support
- Session history
- Projection cards
Frequently asked questions
What is a meeting actually worth in freelancer time?
At a $100/hour rate, a 30-minute call costs $50 — money you can't bill. At $150/hour, a one-hour meeting is $150 of capacity gone. Over a year, unpriced internal and client meetings routinely consume the equivalent of 100–200 billable hours. This timer makes that visible, live, in dollars.
How can I reduce the cost of client meetings?
Batch meetings into blocks, cap recurring status calls at 15–20 minutes, replace status updates with an async written report, and send an agenda in advance (agendas that don't justify the invite get shorter). The screenshot this timer produces is a gentle, non-confrontational way to make the cost visible to a client who keeps expanding calls.
Should I bill time spent in client meetings?
It depends on your model. Hourly freelancers often bill call time (it's client-directed work). Project-based freelancers rarely do — the cost is already in the project price, which means you should keep calls short and prepare in advance. Either way, knowing the real cost per call changes how you schedule them.
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What is a meeting actually worth in freelancer time?
At a $100/hour rate, a 30-minute call costs $50 — money you can't bill. At $150/hour, a one-hour meeting is $150 of capacity gone. Over a year, unpriced internal and client meetings routinely consume the equivalent of 100–200 billable hours. This timer makes that visible, live, in dollars.
How can I reduce the cost of client meetings?
Batch meetings into blocks, cap recurring status calls at 15–20 minutes, replace status updates with an async written report, and send an agenda in advance (agendas that don't justify the invite get shorter). The screenshot this timer produces is a gentle, non-confrontational way to make the cost visible to a client who keeps expanding calls.
Should I bill time spent in client meetings?
It depends on your model. Hourly freelancers often bill call time (it's client-directed work). Project-based freelancers rarely do — the cost is already in the project price, which means you should keep calls short and prepare in advance. Either way, knowing the real cost per call changes how you schedule them.
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