Am I Saving?


Should I invest in equipment to brew coffee at home or is it cheaper to buy coffee at Starbucks? Should I purchase a car or Uber everywhere? This calculator is meant to help you make these types of decisions.


Let's focus on the coffee example. I have 2 options:

  1. Purchase equipment and brew at home.
  2. Don't buy any equipment and purchase a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

For option 1, I would need to buy things like a kettle, a french press, and maybe some filters. For each additional cup of coffee the only cost would be the coffee beans themselves.

For option 2, I don't buy any equipment, but need to pay Starbucks for each cup of coffee.


Let's define a few terms and add concrete numbers:

The below fields are populated with the numbers in the coffee example. Feel free to change them to make your own decisions.