creative · local-first tool
Compare Creative Project Time and Cost with the Original Estimate
A project can use its budget without producing the planned scope; keep both facts in the same ledger.
Track planned versus actual time or spend by project stage and surface the largest variance.
What changes the result: your project stages, unit, original estimate, and actual inputs.
Privacy: Calculations run in this browser tab. This tool has no input-upload, account, or AI endpoint. The site may send a page-view signal to Cloudflare; this tool does not add form entries to that signal. A draft is stored only if you choose “Save draft on this device”; that browser storage is not encrypted. Avoid identifiers or sensitive details, and delete saved drafts when finished.
Your entries
The starting rows below are fictional examples. Edit them, replace them with non-sensitive labels and values, or load the sample again. The result is not advice or a source verification.
Amount fields use the same units you enter; the app does not choose a currency. Dates are the ones you provide. Up to 100 rows per run.
Calculated output
What the calculation does
For each line, subtract the entered planned amount from the entered actual amount. The summary adds the plan and actual columns separately, then reports their difference. It does not label a charge valid or decide whether a change was authorized.
Question to keep open: Should a project's success be judged by staying on budget or by whether the intended work was delivered?
Boundary: This is transparent arithmetic from user-entered assumptions, not financial, legal, accounting, tax, contract, or purchasing advice. Verify the source documents and decide with the responsible person.
Copy includes the headline, aggregate metrics, and boundary—not the row-by-row input. The CSV contains entries you choose to download. Review it before sharing.