ABOUT & DISCLOSURES

About Tool Cost Guide

A small independent resource for understanding software purchase costs.

Tool Cost Guide combines an editable cost calculator with focused buying guides. The first guides cover video editing software, with an emphasis on subscriptions, one-time licenses and optional expenses.

How the calculator works

It calculates cash paid over your selected number of months. Annual billing uses whole-year payments, including a full renewal when a new year begins. Monthly charges run for the selected number of months. The one-time plan includes its license price, monthly add-ons and the total you enter for other costs over the chosen period. Other costs can include planned paid upgrades and full annual add-on payments; you must recalculate that total if you change the period.

All figures use US dollars. The calculator uses the amounts you enter; it does not fetch live prices or predict future price changes. It excludes tax, refunds, financing and any expenses you have not included. The lower total is not a product recommendation.

Our source standard

Product guides identify their region and platform, link to official price or support pages, and show a verification date. A dated advertised price is not a promise that an offer remains available. Final prices and terms belong to the vendor’s checkout.

These guides summarize published purchasing information. We have not conducted hands-on performance testing of the featured products, and do not present star ratings or claims of personal product experience.

Commercial links

We participate in the Movavi affiliate program. We may earn a commission when you purchase through a link labelled as a Movavi affiliate link. Those links use the tracking destination supplied by Movavi and take you to its website. We disclose this relationship beside each affected recommendation. Our Filmora and PowerDirector links currently earn no commission. We do not display advertisements.

Commercial relationships do not determine the calculator result. We use the prices and assumptions you enter, and our guides follow the stated source evidence.

Purchases and product support

Software purchases take place on the vendor’s website. The vendor handles payment, delivery, licenses, cancellations and technical support. This site does not sell software licenses or access customers’ vendor accounts.

Last updated October 3, 2026. See our privacy information for how this website handles calculator inputs and ordinary web requests.