What will this actually cost to own?
Purchase, setup, running and repair costs over a period you choose. Cash, resale assumptions and your own time stay on separate lines — and anything you leave blank stays unknown rather than quietly becoming zero.
Compare A and B
Check the periods and missing costs before comparing. An incomplete subtotal is not a cheaper total.
Calculation method & worked example
How this is calculated
cash_cost = acquisition + setup + operating_cash + repairs
+ included_interest_and_fees − included_recoveries
cash_after_sale = cash_cost − sale_proceeds
economic_view = cash_after_sale + imputed_time_value
cost_per_use = selected_cost_view ÷ uses_in_same_periodFictional worked example: $12,000 initial cost + 3 × $2,600 annual net cash = $19,800. Subtracting $2,000 assumed resale gives $17,800. Adding 90 unpaid hours × $25 gives a $20,050 economic view. Cash per use at 900 uses is $22. These inputs are illustrative, not product predictions.
Money is calculated in decimal at full precision and rounded only when shown. A missing required input means there is no total. An unknown optional category produces an incomplete subtotal that says which categories are missing — never an unqualified total that happens to be smaller. A zero denominator returns "not calculable" with the reason.
Lost business from downtime is a separate calculation, in Downtime impact, and is only ever added here as a labeled optional line after the two have been reconciled.
What's kept apart
Historical sale proceeds and an assumed resale carry different labels. Loan principal is excluded when the full purchase is included, because that would count the same money twice. Depreciation is not another cash cost.
What's not in here
No industry average, failure rate, useful-life assumption or energy figure. Every number comes from you. The three-year example is fictional and unrelated to any real owner, business or manufacturer.