Cost Avoidance Calculator

Enter the old cost, new cost and number of periods to get the cost avoidance.

How to use

  1. Enter your values in the fields above.
  2. Press Calculate to see your result instantly.
  3. Use the Share button to copy a link to your result.

About this calculator

This calculator quantifies cost avoidance — savings from preventing a future cost increase from ever happening, as opposed to cost reduction, which cuts a cost you're already paying. Given an old cost, a new (avoided) cost, and a number of periods, it reports both the per-period saving and the cumulative avoidance over time.

Procurement and finance teams track cost avoidance separately from realized savings on financial statements — locking in a supplier rate before a price hike, or negotiating a renewal below the market's new going rate, are classic examples that never show up as a cash outflow reduction but still represent real value delivered.

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