Tangibles TCO Calculator

Unit cost is knowable at design time. Total Cost of Ownership is not: it hides in how often each part, refill or service falls due, who does the work, and what a replacement event costs under your service model. Browse the examples, or start your own case: enter each option's purchase price and life, list its downstream costs, compare, and download the result as an Excel file.

Educational sizing aid, not a cost quote. Example numbers are illustrative, shaped to tell the story in Chapter 13, not taken from any invoice. Your own cases stay in this browser.