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RateForge is a free calculator that turns your income goals, expenses, billable hours, and time off into the hourly and day rate you should actually charge. Get an AI-generated, shareable rate report in seconds, no sign-up, no spreadsheet gymnastics.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built RateForge because most freelancers set their rates by guessing, copying someone else's, or just accepting whatever a client offers. Then they wonder why they're working 50-hour weeks and barely breaking even.
RateForge does the math properly. You enter your income goal, business expenses, billable hours, and time off, it calculates the hourly and day rate you actually need to charge. Not a generic "industry average," but your number.
A few things I focused on:
Real math, accounts for non-billable time, taxes, expenses, and vacation (the stuff most freelancers forget to price in)
AI-generated rate report, a shareable breakdown you can use to justify your rate to clients or just sanity-check yourself
Zero friction, no sign-up, no email wall, free
Would love your feedback on:
Is the calculation missing anything you factor into your own rate?
Would you actually share the report with a client?
Anything confusing in the flow?
Thanks for checking it out! 🙏
finally a rate calculator that doesn't make me build a spreadsheet from scratch, threw in my numbers and got a sensible hourly rate back in like ten seconds. the shareable report is a nice touch too
Would love to see a benchmark comparison built in, so the report shows how my calculated rate stacks up against industry averages for similar roles or experience levels in my city. Would help me know if I'm pricing myself too low without needing to dig around elsewhere.
Love how clean the report output feels - the way it splits your real rate from recommended rate side by side makes the "what should I charge" question click instantly. And no signup wall behind the good stuff is a really thoughtful choice.
Finally a rate calculator that doesn't make me build a whole spreadsheet just to see if I'm undercharging. Plugged in my numbers and the AI report actually called out the vacation gap I always forget to factor in.
Love how quick this is, no sign-up friction is huge. One thing that would take it further for me: letting me compare two rate scenarios side by side, like what happens if I cut to 25 billable hours a week versus 30, so I can see the actual lifestyle tradeoffs instead of guessing.
The no-signup approach is so refreshing, just punch in my numbers and get a clean rate report in seconds. Love that it factors in time off too, something I always forget when pricing projects.
honestly love that there's zero sign-up friction here, just straight to the calculator. the way it factors in time off alongside billable hours is a smart touch that most rate calculators completely skip over.
About RateForge on Product Hunt
“Freelance rates backed by math, not gut feeling.”
RateForge was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 20 upvotes and 17 comments, placing #36 on the daily leaderboard. RateForge is a free calculator that turns your income goals, expenses, billable hours, and time off into the hourly and day rate you should actually charge. Get an AI-generated, shareable rate report in seconds, no sign-up, no spreadsheet gymnastics.
RateForge was featured in Productivity (656.2k followers), Freelance (31.2k followers) and Fintech (47.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 168.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted RateForge?
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