Burn Rate Optimization Forecaster
Find the month you hit break-even and the cash it takes to get there.
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Costs that don't scale with revenue.%
Months to break-even
14 mo
Gross profit ≥ burn
Break-even revenue
$213,333
Burn ÷ gross margin
Cash to get there
$790,282
Cumulative deficit
Current monthly net
$-100,000
Gross profit − burn
At 8% monthly growth you reach break-even in ~14 months, needing about $790,282 of cash to bridge the gap. Raising growth or margin, or trimming fixed burn, all pull that date forward.
Assumes fixed burn holds while revenue compounds. In reality some costs scale with growth — treat the break-even month as a best case.
About this calculator
Grow revenue against a fixed burn to find how many months until gross profit covers costs — and the cumulative cash you need to survive until break-even.
Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored. Use it to sanity-check a plan, pressure-test a channel, or brief a team before you commit budget.