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Planning Toolkit

Six calculators for the numbers a continuity plan keeps asking for. Each one ends in a summary table you can download as CSV.

Each tool works in two steps: enter your own figures, then read the summary and download it for the plan, the budget request or the next exercise. The formulas are stated on every page, with a worked example, the limits of the estimate and the sources behind the defaults. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent to us.

Power and equipment

  • Power station runtime

    How long a portable power station runs your devices, and the capacity a full day or weekend needs.

  • UPS size and runtime

    The watt and VA rating your desk or network closet needs, and minutes of battery at your load.

  • Generator size

    Running watts, the starting surge of the biggest motor and the generator rating that covers both.

Planning and recovery

  • Downtime cost

    Lost revenue, idle staff time and one-off recovery costs for an outage of any length.

  • Emergency water and food

    Gallons of water, containers and calories for a household or an office sheltering in place.

  • Backup and restore time

    Hours to upload a full backup and to pull it back, checked against your recovery time objective.