Stop wondering what
meetings cost.
Burnmeter is the meeting cost calculator that turns every calendar invite into a dollar figure live inside Google Meet, synced with Google Calendar, so your team can finally make informed decisions about time.
average monthly meeting spend · based on real salaries
Meeting spend
$48,920
12% this month
Meetings
312
this month
Hours burned
1,204h
across the team
Cost by day
Last 30 daysAI insight — your Thursday all-hands costs $2,340 each week. Trimming it to 30 min would save $60k/yr.
Features
The meeting cost tracker that turns time into money saved.
Real cost, not estimates
Every meeting priced from actual team salaries. See the exact dollar cost of that 12-person sync.
Live cost inside Google Meet
A running dollar total ticks up in real time during the call — the same Burnmeter extension, running live inside Google Meet.
Calendar sync that stays current
Connect Google Calendar once and Burnmeter keeps pulling new meetings automatically — no manual re-import.
AI that finds the waste
Get concrete, dollar-backed recommendations on what to cut, shorten, or skip entirely.
Budget before it breaks
Set monthly meeting budgets per team. Get alerted before you blow past them — not after.
See exactly who's expensive
A per-attendee cost breakdown shows which roles and teams are driving the spend on every meeting.
Use cases
Built for anyone who pays for time.
Engineering & product managers
Turn 'this standup runs long' into a number. See what daily syncs, sprint planning, and all-hands really cost per month and trim the ones that aren't earning their keep.
Chrome extension
See meeting cost directly inside Google Calendar.
Burnmeter injects cost context into event popups so your team sees spend and attendee status without ever leaving the calendar.
Temporary manual install: Install via ZIP using Chrome Developer mode — Web Store listing pending.
One-click setup
Import for free. Connect once with Pro.
Import Calendar meetings manually on Free. With Pro, keep Google connected and reconcile scheduled costs with verified Meet attendance and duration.
- Manual Calendar import on Free
- Persistent Google connection on Pro
- Verified Meet attendance on Pro
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How it works
Three steps to stop the bleed.
Import or connect your calendar
Import manually on Free, or connect once on Pro to verify meeting costs with actual Meet attendance.
See every meeting's price
A live dashboard shows you exactly what each meeting costs — as it happens.
Cut the expensive ones
Act on AI insights and budget alerts to eliminate meetings that aren't worth their cost.
Burnmeter vs. guessing
A spreadsheet won't tell you what a meeting costs.
Free tool · No signup required
Free meeting cost calculator.
Estimate what any meeting costs by role averages, or add your own team by name — no account needed. Create a free Burnmeter account to price it from your team's real numbers automatically instead.
This meeting costs
$175.00
5 people · 30 min
Held weekly, that's $9,100/year
Role rates default to average U.S. salaries; member rates start at $65/hr — edit any of them. Sign up to calculate cost from your team's actual pay automatically instead.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Stop guessing what meetings cost.
Join teams turning wasted hours into numbers they can do something about.
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