Downtime Cost Calculator
Calculate the financial impact of website downtime
Cost of Downtime
Per Minute
$2.31
Every minute counts
Per Hour
$138.89
Critical threshold
Per Day
$3,333.33
Full day outage
Monthly Cost at Different Uptime Levels
See how much downtime costs at different SLA targets
$1,000.00
Monthly downtime cost
$100.00
Monthly downtime cost
$10.00
Monthly downtime cost
Downtime Scenarios
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Note: This calculator provides estimates based on direct revenue loss. Actual costs may be 2-10x higher when factoring in customer churn, reputation damage, SLA penalties, and recovery expenses.
Uptime Monitoring
Find out about downtime sooner
Every minute of downtime costs real revenue. UptimeIO checks your service every minute on Pro and Scale (every 5 minutes on Free), confirms failures from multiple locations, and alerts your team by email, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, or webhook.
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About the Downtime Cost Calculator
What is a Downtime Cost Calculator?
A downtime cost calculator estimates the financial impact of website outages based on your revenue. It shows what each minute, hour, and day of downtime costs your business.
How to use
Enter your monthly or annual revenue and the calculator instantly shows your cost per minute, hour, and day of downtime. You can also see costs at different uptime levels like 99% and 99.9%.
Why it matters
Knowing your downtime costs helps justify investments in monitoring and redundancy. It also informs SLA negotiations and helps prioritize incident response based on real dollar impact.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this tool
It provides a baseline estimate. Actual costs often run 2-10x higher when factoring in customer churn, reputation damage, and recovery expenses.
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