The Problem
The average company wastes $25,000 per employee per year on unproductive meetings. The number of meetings has tripled since 2020, and 71% of them are considered unproductive by the people sitting in them. That is a staggering amount of time and money disappearing into conference rooms and video calls every single day.
How It Works
Four steps. No signup. No data collected.
1. Set the Room
Enter the number of attendees and their average annual salary.
2. Start the Clock
Hit start when the meeting begins. The calculator runs in real time.
3. Watch the Total
See the dollar amount climb second by second as the meeting continues.
4. Decide Smarter
Use the final number to evaluate whether the meeting was worth its cost.
Why Calculate Meeting Costs?
$25K Wasted Per Employee
The average organization spends $25,000 per employee annually on meetings that do not produce results.
71% Are Unproductive
Nearly three out of four meetings are considered unproductive by the people attending them.
Meetings Tripled Since 2020
Remote work drove a 3x increase in meetings. More calls, fewer outcomes.
Could Have Been an Email
Seeing a dollar amount tick upward makes it obvious when a meeting should have been a message.
Features
Real-Time Cost Tracking
Watch the cost accumulate second by second as your meeting runs. Updates every 100 milliseconds.
Zero Data Collection
All calculations happen in your browser. No salary data, no meeting info -- nothing leaves your device.
Works Everywhere
Desktop, tablet, phone. Any modern browser. No install, no account, no plugins.
Completely Free
No subscriptions, no limits, no upsells. Just a calculator that does its job.
Privacy First
Every calculation runs locally in your browser. No salary data, meeting details, or personal information is ever sent to a server. We use anonymous analytics to understand traffic patterns, but your meeting data stays on your device.
About the Creator
CostlyMeeting.com was created by RJ Lindelof, a global software development leader who spent too many years sitting in meetings that should have been emails. This tool exists because putting a dollar amount on wasted time changes the conversation.
See What Your Next Meeting Really Costs
It takes five seconds to set up and zero seconds to understand the results.
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