Free planning tool · The Profit journey
The Profit Engine Diagnostic.
Find out whether your pricing, unit economics, sales volume, or overhead is holding back profit. Bring seven numbers and get a clear monthly picture of one revenue stream.
Analyzing one revenue stream at a time keeps the math honest. If parts of your business have substantially different economics, run the diagnostic separately for each major stream.
How it works
A guided financial model built from your numbers.
You bring seven numbers you already know. The diagnostic builds your unit economics, finds your break-even point, and models the four levers every profit conversation comes down to.
Your profit waterfall
Monthly revenue, minus variable costs, minus fixed costs. One clean chart shows where the money goes.
Your break-even point
The exact monthly volume and revenue where operating profit equals zero, and how much cushion you have above it.
The four levers, ranked
Price, variable cost, volume, and overhead, each modeled against your numbers and ranked by monthly dollar impact.
The math, in plain terms
The diagnostic is standard cost-volume-profit analysis. Contribution margin per unit is revenue per unit minus variable cost per unit. Monthly operating profit is contribution margin per unit times monthly volume, minus monthly fixed costs. Break-even volume is monthly fixed costs divided by contribution margin per unit.
Four possible results
Every set of inputs lands in one of four states. Unsustainable unit economics: each sale costs more than it brings in, so price or variable costs must change before volume can help. Contribution gap: each sale contributes margin, but total contribution does not cover monthly fixed costs. Profit target gap: the model is profitable but short of your stated target. Target achieved: the current model meets or exceeds the target at the numbers entered. All figures are monthly planning estimates built from your inputs, not accounting statements.
Navigator Insight
A calculator can expose the gap. Deciding which lever is realistic is judgment work: what the market will bear, what capacity allows, what costs can move. That’s the conversation we have on a call.
Good to know
Questions owners ask
What is the Profit Engine Diagnostic?
A free calculator that runs in your browser. You enter seven numbers you already know and get a clear monthly picture: a profit waterfall from revenue down to net profit, your break-even point, your margin of safety, and four profit levers ranked by modeled monthly impact.
What numbers do I need?
Your average sale or unit price, the variable cost of delivering one sale, roughly how many you sell per month, your monthly fixed costs, and your monthly profit target. Estimates are fine to start — you can refine them and rerun in seconds.
What is a break-even point?
The level of monthly sales at which revenue exactly covers all costs — below it the business loses money, above it every additional sale contributes profit. The diagnostic shows yours in both units and dollars, plus your margin of safety: how far sales can fall before you hit it.
What are profit levers?
The four numbers that drive profit: price, volume, variable cost per sale, and fixed costs. The diagnostic models what a change in each would mean for your monthly profit, using your own inputs, and ranks them so you can see where attention pays off most.
My business isn't unit-based. Can I still use it?
Yes. Service businesses use an average engagement, project, or client-month as the unit. The diagnostic asks how your business model works and adjusts its language to match.
What happens to the numbers I type?
The calculation happens in your browser. If you choose to submit the contact step, your inputs and results are included with your details so a navigator can pick up exactly where the tool left off. Details are in our privacy policy.