Free Tool
How Much Time Does Explaining Cost You?
Estimate the hours and dollars your team spends explaining things in meetings and long writeups — and what async visual updates could save.
Trusted by 5m+ people who would rather show than tell
How It Works
Three steps to get started
01
Enter Your Numbers
Team size, hours spent explaining per week, and an average hourly cost.
02
See the Estimate
The calculator shows hours reclaimed per week and dollars per year.
03
Do Something About It
Replace a chunk of those meetings with short recordings and measure the difference.
The Math
Meetings are
a line item.
A 30-minute meeting with six people is three person-hours. Multiply by every 'quick sync' on the calendar and the cost gets real, fast.
- Based on ~35% async time savings
- Weekly hours and yearly dollars
- Adjust the inputs to your team
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
It's a conservative estimate based on teams that replace status meetings and long writeups with short async recordings.
No — it's a directional estimate to make the cost of synchronous explaining visible. Your real number depends on how your team works.
Yes — free, no account needed.
Reclaim those
hours with Zight.
Record it once, share it everywhere, skip the meeting.