Charging by the word? See the hourly it actually pays before you say yes. Or work backwards from the hourly you need to the per-word rate you should quote. Built for freelance writers, editors and content creators — runs in your browser, nothing uploaded.
"$0.10 a word" sounds clean, but it hides the number that actually matters: how much you earn per hour. A 1,500-word piece at $0.10 is $150 — great if it takes you two hours, painful if the research drags it to six. This calculator turns a per-word rate into the effective hourly for a real piece, so you can spot the jobs that quietly underpay before you accept them.
It works in both directions. In price-a-project mode, enter your per-word rate and the word count and it shows the project total, the estimated hours at your writing speed, and the effective hourly. In find-my-rate mode, enter the hourly you want and your writing speed and it returns the per-word rate to quote — plus what common article lengths would bill at that rate.
Per-word rate × word count, formatted and ready to drop into a quote.
What the per-word quote really pays once you factor in your writing speed.
Work backwards from a target hourly so you never quote below your floor.
Set realistic finished words per hour — research and edits included, not raw typing speed.
See what 1,000- and 2,000-word pieces bill, so quoting is instant.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your rates never leave your computer.
Once your rate is set, the rest of the workflow stays offline too: lock the scope and revision limits in a contract, turn finished work into a clean invoice, track your hours to sanity-check that effective hourly on real jobs, and keep an eye on the money with the expense & tax tracker. All one-time purchases, no subscription. Get all five in the $39 Freelance Tools Suite · also on Payhip.
Part of a set of offline, no-subscription tools that cover the whole freelance workflow:
See the real hourly behind any per-word rate in two minutes. Free, no account, nothing uploaded.