Life Events Calculators

Plan and budget for life's major milestones including weddings, babies, vacations, and other important life events.

Versus Calculators

Universal Decision Comparator

Compare two to five options using weighted costs, measurable factors, and qualitative ratings. See the winner, decision drivers, and sensitivity thresholds.

Key Features:

  • Two-to-five option comparisons
  • Weighted quantitative and qualitative criteria
  • Decision-driver and sensitivity analysis
  • Shareable links and printable reports

Daycare vs Nanny Calculator

Compare the true costs of daycare versus hiring a nanny. Includes tax benefits (DCFSA & CDCC), commute time, mileage costs, and productivity impacts.

Key Features:

  • DCFSA tax savings analysis
  • Child and Dependent Care Credit calculations
  • Commute time and mileage costs
  • Productivity impact valuation

BNPL vs Credit Card vs Save to Buy Calculator

Compare Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), credit card payments, and saving to buy. Analyze true costs with NPV, fees, interest rates, and timing to make the best financial decision.

Key Features:

  • NPV cost comparison analysis
  • BNPL fee and late payment modeling
  • Credit card grace period calculations
  • Save-to-buy with inflation adjustments

HSA vs PPO vs FSA Calculator

Compare modeled HDHP + HSA and PPO + Health FSA costs, including tax effects, out-of-pocket costs, dependent care inputs, and paycheck impact.

Key Features:

  • HDHP vs PPO cost comparison
  • HSA and FSA tax benefit analysis
  • Dependent care FSA and tax credit interaction
  • Paycheck impact calculations

Spouse Health Insurance Calculator

Compare two employer health plans across four family enrollment arrangements using premiums, eligibility, deductibles, coinsurance, and employer health-account funds.

Key Features:

  • Four family enrollment arrangements
  • Employer premium and health-account comparison
  • Family deductible and out-of-pocket modeling
  • Low-use through worst-case scenarios

Is Dual Dental Insurance Worth It?

Compare one dental plan with carrying both plans using premiums, deductibles, annual maximums, procedure benefits, and coordination-of-benefits rules.

Key Features:

  • Plan A, Plan B, and dual-coverage comparison
  • Primary and secondary claim coordination
  • Procedure-level patient cost estimates
  • Second-plan break-even and ROI analysis

COBRA vs Spouse Plan vs Marketplace

Compare health coverage after a job loss using exact COBRA, spouse-plan, and Marketplace quotes, deductible progress, subsidies, and enrollment timing.

Key Features:

  • Three-way health coverage comparison
  • Partial-year deductible reset analysis
  • Expected and worst-case cost scenarios
  • Enrollment deadline planning timeline

Two-Parent Parental Leave Planner

Compare overlapping and staggered parental-leave schedules using each parent’s paid benefits, PTO, unpaid leave, household cash flow, and childcare timing.

Key Features:

  • Overlap, staggered, and income-first schedules
  • Two-parent benefit and PTO modeling
  • Weekly household cash-flow timeline
  • Emergency-fund and childcare-start planning

Working Parent vs Stay-at-Home Calculator

Compare the multi-year financial impact of returning to work versus staying home, including childcare, taxes, benefits, commuting, retirement, and career growth.

Key Features:

  • After-tax income and childcare analysis
  • Benefits and retirement contributions
  • Commute and work expense modeling
  • Multi-year career growth projection

Cost of Living & Salary Comparison

Compare the purchasing power of a salary between locations using regional price data and customizable housing, transportation, and everyday-cost assumptions.

Key Features:

  • Location-to-location salary equivalence
  • Regional price parity presets
  • Housing and expense category breakdown
  • Custom cost index support

Remodel vs Move Calculator

Compare renovating your current home with selling and moving, including financing, transaction costs, mortgage-rate changes, property value, and monthly cash flow.

Key Features:

  • Renovation cost and overrun modeling
  • Existing versus replacement mortgage analysis
  • Selling, buying, and moving costs
  • Projected equity and payment comparison

Cash Discount vs 0% Financing

Compare a lower cash price with true 0% or deferred-interest promotional financing, including payoff timing, retroactive-interest exposure, fees, and savings opportunity cost.

Key Features:

  • True 0% and deferred-interest modeling
  • Implicit APR of forfeiting a cash discount
  • Safe promotional payoff amount
  • Delayed-payoff and opportunity-cost scenarios

Embedded vs Aggregate Deductible

Run family claims in order to compare embedded and aggregate deductibles, premiums, coinsurance, and individual and family out-of-pocket thresholds.

Key Features:

  • Claim-by-claim family cost simulation
  • Embedded and aggregate threshold tracking
  • Individual and family out-of-pocket limits
  • Premium plus medical-cost comparison

Health Insurance Deductible Reset

Compare the remaining-year cost of keeping or changing health plans after accounting for deductible and out-of-pocket progress, confirmed transfer credits, premiums, and expected care.

Key Features:

  • Current-plan versus new-plan comparison
  • Lost deductible and out-of-pocket progress
  • Separate deductible and out-of-pocket transfer credits
  • Multiple remaining-spending crossover points

Au Pair vs Nanny vs Daycare Cost Calculator

Compare annual childcare costs for your family including au pair agency fees, room and board, nanny overtime, daycare tuition and backup care.

Key Features:

  • Au pair, nanny and daycare
  • Family versus per-child quotes
  • Paid vacation and coverage gaps
  • Backup care and overtime

Dependent Care FSA vs Tax Credit Optimizer

Optimize a 2026 dependent-care FSA election against the child and dependent care credit using household expenses, earned income, and tax rates.

Key Features:

  • 2026 dependent-care limits
  • FSA and credit coordination
  • Earned-income limits
  • Whole-dollar election optimization

General Calculators

Wedding Budget Calculator

Plan your wedding expenses and track costs across all categories to stay within budget.

Key Features:

  • Category-based budgeting
  • Guest count impact
  • Editable expense categories
  • Budget allocation breakdown

Baby Cost Calculator

Estimate the costs of having a baby including medical, gear, and ongoing expenses.

Key Features:

  • First-year cost breakdown
  • Medical expense estimates
  • Childcare cost projections
  • Feeding and childcare scenarios

Vacation Budget Planner

Plan and budget for your vacation including all travel, accommodation, and activity costs.

Key Features:

  • Trip cost breakdown
  • Savings timeline planning
  • Per-traveler cost estimates
  • Savings-gap projections

Insurance Needs Calculator

Estimate life-insurance coverage needs using income replacement, debts, education, final expenses, and existing resources.

Key Features:

  • Life insurance calculations
  • Income replacement analysis
  • Debt coverage planning
  • Emergency-expense reserve

Phone Plan Comparison

Compare cell phone plans and find the most cost-effective option for your usage.

Key Features:

  • Plan feature comparison
  • Usage requirement matching
  • Custom plan scenarios
  • Monthly and annual cost analysis

HSA Household Eligibility Navigator

Map monthly HSA contribution room for two spouses across HDHP changes, general-purpose FSAs or HRAs, employer deposits, age-55 catch-ups, and Medicare Part A timing.

Key Features:

  • Month-by-month eligibility calendar
  • Married-couple family-limit allocation
  • FSA, HRA, and Medicare timing flags
  • Prorated and last-month-rule estimates