Value-Based Pricing Calculator | Corryvreckan Consulting

Estimates a market-anchored rate and tests your proposed fee against your own economics. Use as a guide, not a tariff – rates are not a proxy for value.

📝 Engagement Inputs

Context

Geography

Service / Specialism

Consultant Tier

Client Type

Engagement Complexity

Urgency

Hours & Proposed Fee

Lead consultant hours

Support / junior hours

Proposed project fee (£)

Your Economics

Target annual income (£)

Net fee retention rate

Realisation / collection rate

Support / outsourced cost (£/yr)

BD / marketing / travel (£/yr)

Other annual practice costs (£)

Annual billable hours target

📊 Rate & Fee Analysis

Market Benchmark

Geographic anchor (£/hr) –

Specialism multiplier –

All multipliers combined –

Market benchmark rate (£/hr) –

Economics Floor

Economics floor rate (£/hr) –

Suggested NHR – higher of above (£/hr) –

Suggested Rate Range

Range – low (£/hr) –

Range – high (£/hr) –

Fee Analysis

Equivalent lead-consultant hours –

Implied rate per equivalent hour (£/hr) –

Implied rate per total team hour (£/hr) –

Suggested Fee Corridor

Suggested fee – low (£) –

Suggested fee – high (£) –

Enter inputs to see the sense-check.

Compare the proposed fee's implied rate against the suggested range. If below the economics floor the engagement is likely underpriced. If above the range, ensure the value case is explicit.

Quantify the client-side value – incremental success, risk avoided, efficiency gains, time acceleration – to support value-based pricing conversations.

📝 Value Inputs

Engagement & Outcome

Proposed consulting fee (£)

Value of successful outcome to client (£)

P(success) WITHOUT you

50%

P(success) WITH you

70%

Risk & Downside

Downside exposure if goals not met (£)

P(downside) WITHOUT you

30%

P(downside) WITH you

15%

Operational & Efficiency Value

Client internal hours saved

Client blended internal rate (£/hr)

Days accelerated / delay avoided

Value per day of acceleration (£)

Other Quantified Value

Third-party costs avoided / recovered (£)

Revenue uplift / price gain / cash benefit (£)

Financing / cash-flow cost saved (£)

Confidence & Value Capture

Conservative haircut on quantified value

25%

Low value-capture %

High value-capture %

15%

📊 Value Analysis

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Client ROI Multiple

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Client ROI %

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Fee as % of Value

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Gross Quantified Value

Value Decomposition

Incremental success value –

Risk avoided value –

Internal efficiency value –

Time acceleration value –

Other quantified value –

Totals

Gross quantified value –

Confidence-adjusted value (25% haircut applied) –

Value-Based Fee Corridor

Suggested fee – low (£) –

Suggested fee – high (£) –

Opportunity cost of not engaging (operational) –

Enter inputs to see the analysis.

Use the confidence-adjusted value – not the gross figure – when discussing ROI with clients. Zero out components that don't apply to your engagement. The fee corridor is a commercial anchor, not a tariff.

Combined view of both analyses. Use for printing, briefing notes, or sharing with your team.

Rate Sense-Check

Market benchmark rate –

Economics floor rate –

Suggested rate range –

Proposed fee –

Rate-based fee corridor –

Verdict –

Value Quantification

Gross quantified value –

Confidence-adjusted value –

Client ROI –

Proposed fee –

Value-based fee corridor –

Opportunity cost (operational) –

Complete both modules above to see the combined interpretation here.