LaunchAF
Money

Runway & Default-Alive Calculator

See your runway and whether revenue catches costs in time.

  • Free
  • No signup
  • Runs in your browser

How to use Runway & Default-Alive Calculator

  1. Enter your cash in the bank and your monthly expenses.
  2. Enter your current MRR, its monthly growth, and your gross margin.
  3. Read net burn, runway at today's burn, the date cash runs out, and any break-even month.
  4. Check the chart of projected cash by month.

Tip: Default alive means that, at your current growth, revenue catches costs before the cash runs out.

$
$
$
%
%

Default dead

At this pace the cash runs out first. You need about 19.2% monthly MRR growth to reach break-even in time — or lower costs.

Net burn / month$2,575
Runway at today's burn7.8 mo
Cash runs outMonth 9Aug 2027
Break-even—

Cash over time

Default alive (Paul Graham): if costs stay flat and revenue keeps growing at the current rate, you reach profitability on the money you have.

Launched something?

List it on LaunchAF for a weekly launch and a permanent dofollow backlink.

Launch your product

Unlock The Vault: the founder growth toolkit

Everything we’d want on day one, free.