The subscription audit: twenty minutes that hurts in three figures
How to take an honest inventory of recurring charges, why we refuse to tell you how much of it is waste, and the…
$1,166 per year
Add your subscriptions to calculate monthly and yearly costs. Mark unused services to see how much canceling them could save.
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Every amount is scaled to a year: monthly times 12, quarterly times 4, yearly times 1. All rows added up are the annual cost, divided by twelve the monthly cost.
What you marked as “never”, “rarely” and “often” used is shown separately. Only “never” counts as waste; whether a rarely used subscription can go is your call.
The reasoning behind these numbers, with sources, is in the article: Subscription Audit: Find Costs and Cancel Unused Plans.
Monthly amounts times 12, quarterly times 4, yearly times 1 – then all rows added up. That is the number no single charge on your statement shows.
That is your call, not the calculator’s. It shows separately what you marked as “never”, “rarely” and “often” used, and counts only “never” as waste.
Press “More rows” to add four, up to 24 rows. Beyond that, do the rest in a second pass and add the two annual figures.
No. This calculation runs on our server and is not stored – neither your result nor your entry.
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