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Burn Rate Simulator

See where your money goes month by month. Drag the sliders, watch the runway shrink — then see how the Mintodes model changes the math.

Total Budget$200K
Build Timeline6 months
Team Composition
Frontend Dev$8,000/mo
1
Backend Dev$9,000/mo
1
Full-Stack Dev$10,000/mo
0
AI/ML Engineer$13,000/mo
0
UI/UX Designer$6,500/mo
0
Product Manager$7,500/mo
0
DevOps Engineer$10,000/mo
0
QA Engineer$5,500/mo
0
Infrastructure
AI API Costs
Monthly Burn
$19,300
Total Cost
$115,800
Runway
10 mo
Remaining Capital Over 12 Months
$181k
M1
$161k
M2
$142k
M3
$123k
M4
$104k
M5
$84k
M6
$65k
M7
$46k
M8
$26k
M9
$7k
M10
—
M11
—
M12

⚠ Cash runs out at month 10.

The Mintodes Model
Mintodes Cost
$42,600
You Save
$73,200
Reduction
63%

Same product. 6-8 week delivery. No hiring, no overhead, no management tax. Your remaining $157,400 stays in the bank for marketing and growth.

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How the calculator works

How burn rate and runway are calculated

Monthly burn rate is calculated as the selected team cost plus infrastructure cost, AI or API cost, and the simulator's fixed $1,000 monthly operating allowance.

Monthly burn = team cost + infrastructure + AI/API cost + $1,000

Total cost is calculated by multiplying the estimated monthly burn by the selected build timeline. For example, a $25,000 monthly burn across a six-month build produces an estimated total cost of $150,000.

Total cost = monthly burn × build timeline

Runway is calculated by dividing the available funding by the estimated monthly burn. The result is rounded down to a whole month, because a partially funded month should not be treated as a full month of operating runway.

Runway = available funding ÷ monthly burn

These outputs are scenario estimates rather than accounting forecasts. Actual salaries, contractor rates, cloud infrastructure, AI usage, software licences, taxes and other operating expenses can differ from the assumptions used by the simulator.

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