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Cost of Downtime Calculator

When your systems go down, the meter keeps running — idle staff, missed sales and stalled work. This free calculator turns unplanned IT downtime into a real dollar figure for your business, so you can weigh it against the cost of doing it properly. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent until you choose to.

Adjust the figures below to match your business. Rough estimates are fine — the result updates live as you type.

People who can’t work productively during an outage.

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Wages plus on-costs (super, overheads). Rule of thumb: salary ÷ 1,600.

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Not everyone stops entirely — 50% is a common estimate.

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Revenue you’d lose outright while systems are down (leave 0 if unsure).

How many separate incidents you’d expect in a typical year.

Typical length of one outage, in hours.

Cost per hour of downtime

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Estimated annual downtime cost

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A single day’s outage could cost your business a lot more than you think.

Cost per outage

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Downtime hours / year

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Lost productivity / year

$0

Lost revenue / year

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Estimates only, based on the figures you entered — a planning guide, not a quote.

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Most of this cost is avoidable. Our Newcastle team keeps businesses running with proactive monitoring, fast response, and tested backups that get you back online in minutes, not days. Send your numbers through and we’ll show you how to cut them.

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