Downtime Cost
When your internet goes down, you lose money. See exactly how much you lose per hour so you know what your backup plan needs to be.
Business Impact
Total annual revenue for the business
Total hours business operates annually (default: 8760 = 24/7)
How long the system was/will be down
Must be at least 0.01 hours
Percentage of lost revenue that can be recovered or deferred (0-100%)
Recovery Costs
Number of people working to recover the system
All-in hourly cost for one engineer (salary + benefits + overhead)
Third-party costs to restore the system (consultants, tools, etc.)
Any other costs directly attributable to this outage
Outage Cost Analysis
Total financial impact of this downtime scenario
Cost Breakdown
Assumptions▼
This is a simplified financial model. Real downtime often has cascading effects including customer churn, reduced future revenue, regulatory penalties, and brand damage that are not captured here. Use this as a lower-bound estimate for risk assessment.
Why this number matters
Most businesses think about downtime as "annoying" but don't calculate the actual cost. This makes it impossible to decide what to spend on redundancy.
Example: If downtime costs you $5,000/hour, spending $2,000/month on a backup internet connection pays for itself in under an hour of avoided outage.
Use this number to justify backup systems, redundant providers, or disaster recovery plans.
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