Who it is for
Trades, events, landscaping, construction, anybody renting the same thing over and over.
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When renting stops making sense Buy vs Rent Equipment Calculator
Find the exact number of days per year where buying the machine beats renting it, including maintenance and what you can sell it for.
Runs in your browser. Nothing to install. Save the result or embed it on your site.
What to score
Your score
Buying saves this over 5 years: $38,000
$38,000
Buying saves this over 5 years
$55,000
Rent, total
$17,000
Buy, net of resale
12.4 days/yr
Break-even
you use it 40
$85.00
Your cost per day owned
Rent it$55,000
Buy it$17,000
The entered costs are equal at 12.4 rental days per year. Compare the scenario with your job calendar and actual resale expectations.
Owning also means storage, insurance, transport and the day it breaks on a job. Rented gear gets swapped out. Weigh that against the number.
What this assumed
- Ownership cost includes upkeep and lost resale value, but not the interest on a loan. Run the loan tool for that.
- Assumes the machine is available when you need it, which is the real argument for owning.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
What this tool actually does for you
The problem it points at
Renting feels flexible until you look at how many times you rented it last year.
What you walk away with
A break-even day count you can check against your job calendar.
How to use it
Answer honestly. The score only helps if the inputs are true.
- Enter the rental day rate and how many days a year you need it.
- Enter the purchase price, upkeep and resale value.
- Compare over the years you would keep it.
Keep learning
Go a little deeper.
See how this tool fits a practical task, with a guide you can follow at your own pace.
Put this tool on your own website
Free forever. I host it. You keep it.
This is a real lead magnet you can run on your own site tonight. Somebody lands on your page, plays with the numbers, sees what their problem costs, and now they are on your website instead of a competitor's. Costs you nothing, and I keep it working.
- Scroll up and press Put this tool on my website. The code appears right there, no form.
- Copy the one line you get.
- In your website editor, add an Embed, HTML or Custom Code block on whatever page you want it on.
- Paste it in, save, publish.
- Check it on your phone, then send people to that page.
Works on
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, GoDaddy, Webflow, Duda, HubSpot, ClickFunnels, or plain HTML. Anywhere that takes an embed code.
What it costs you
Nothing. No monthly fee, no expiring trial, no watermark you have to pay to remove. If you get stuck putting it in, text me at (903) 500-8898 and I will help you place it.
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