Start the timer and watch the cost pile up in real time. Make your team aware of the true cost of unnecessary meetings.
Enter the number of participants and the average hourly cost per person. A useful benchmark: net monthly salary × 2 ÷ 151 hours.
Click "Start meeting" when the session begins. The cost counter updates every second — in real time, live, for everyone to see.
Stop the timer at the end. Share the total to spark awareness — or simply observe how the number changes meeting behavior over time.
<strong>Meeting Cost Calculator</strong> is a free tool that makes the hidden cost of meetings visible in real time. The moment you start the timer, you can see exactly how many euros are consumed — second by second — during each session.
The formula is simple: number of participants × average hourly cost per person, divided by 3600, multiplied by elapsed seconds. A team of 8 people at €50/h racking up one hour together costs <strong>€400</strong>. Two hours: <strong>€800</strong>. Multiply that by the weekly meeting cadence of a typical company and the numbers become striking.
According to estimates, large organizations lose <strong>billions every year</strong> to ineffective meetings. The problem isn't meetings themselves — some are indispensable for alignment, decision-making, and culture — but the ones that could have been an email, or the 90-minute sessions that should have been 30.
This tool is designed to raise awareness, not create guilt. By making the cost tangible, it helps teams make more intentional decisions: invite fewer people, prepare proper agendas, and end meetings the moment their purpose is achieved.