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Admin Cost Calculator for Freelance Developers

Find out how much admin work is really costing your business each year and see your ROI with Christine.

Your Admin Numbers

Adjust the defaults based on your actual workload. We pre-filled typical values for freelance developers.

Avg. for freelance developers: 8h/week

Typical for freelance developers: $110/hr

Weekly admin cost

$880

8h x $110/hr

Monthly admin cost

$3,810

~4.33 weeks/month

Yearly admin cost

$45,760

52 weeks/year

With Christine AI

Christine costs

$588/year

$49/month, cancel anytime

Your net savings

$45,172/year

416 hours recovered

77x

Return on Investment

Every $1 you spend on Christine saves you $78 in admin time

Start Saving $45,172/Year

What counts as admin for freelance developers?

Scope changes discussed but not documented

After a 45-minute Zoom with the Meridian Health client about their patient portal redesign

2 hours per week clarifying scope that was already discussed

Time tracking done from memory on Fridays

Friday afternoon logging hours across 3 active client projects

15% of billable hours lost from inaccurate time tracking

Status updates are a context-switching tax

When the BrightPath CTO emails asking for a project status update

45 minutes per client per week on status communication

Invoice generation postponed for days

End of month with $14,000 in uninvoiced work across clients

$3,000+ in delayed payments from late invoicing
Freelance Developers

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