Content Development Budget Planner

All figures are in your own currency. Nothing here is transmitted or stored. Adjust any input and the model updates immediately.

1. Content scope Number of modules or courses Average length per module (minutes) Interactivity level Languages required Media produced in-house or outsourced

2. Effort and rate assumptions

Set these from your own quotes, internal rates or benchmark conversations. Leaving them at the default means you have not yet formed a view, which is worth knowing before you brief anyone.

Design hours per module Build hours per module Media hours per module Blended rate per hour Interactivity multiplier on build hours Translation cost per language per module Additional language multiplier on effort

3. Programme and non-delivery costs Design and programme management overhead (percent) Review rounds included Cost per additional review round (percent of build cost) Annual maintenance (percent of build cost)

Your modelled budget

This is a model of your assumptions, not a price estimate. Every input above is editable, and the total changes with them. Treat the output as a structure for a conversation with providers: a supplier quoting against a scope you have specified in this detail will produce a comparable proposal, which is worth more than any number this tool could generate for you.

Next step

Use the cost drivers guide to check whether your assumptions reflect the real drivers, then the evaluation checklist to compare the proposals you get back.

Read the cost guide