Model a business
What business are you starting?
Work out what it costs to start, what each job earns, and when you break even, before you spend.
Pick a template and its costs arrive in segments, each line an example to replace with your own quotes. Change any figure and the start-up total, break-even and payback move as you type.
Starting outKnow the cash you need before you buy the first tool.
Adding a serviceSee whether a new line of work pays for its own kit.
Agencies and advisersRun estimates for clients and send them the plan.
Every plan, in four segments of start-up costs
- EquipmentWhat you buy to do the work
- Licences and insuranceBefore the first job
- SetupWebsite, branding, uniforms
- Working cashKept for slow months
Then the cost of each job, your monthly running costs, and how busy each month is.
Landscaping, as it opensExample
Start-up costs$22,120not counting working cash
Break-even24 cutsa week
Pays back in17 monthsfrom opening in March
The template’s example figures, before any quote is entered. Your own figures will differ.
How it works
Four steps, a few minutes with your quotes to hand
- Pick a businessChoose a template below, ask Snow for one, or start from scratch. Its costs arrive in four segments.
- Enter your quotesReplace each Example figure with the prices you were quoted. Results move as you type.
- Test the leversRaise the price, add a second crew, lease instead of buy: up to 3 alternatives beside your plan.
- Save, share or sendSave the plan, download the PDF report, or share a read-only link with a partner, lender or adviser.
Choose a template
Each one is kept up to date by Snow AI
LandscapingMowing, trimming and seasonal clean-upsMower, trimmers, blower, trailer, truck; cost per cut; busy and quiet seasons15 start-up lines · 6 running costsCleaningHomes and small officesVacuums, supplies, a car or van; bond and insurance; cost per clean9 start-up lines · 6 running costsFood truckA truck or trailer kitchenTruck, kitchen fit-out, generator; health permit; cost per order10 start-up lines · 6 running costsMobile auto detailingWashing and detailing at the customer’s doorPressure washer, water tank, van; cost per detail9 start-up lines · 6 running costsBookkeeping practiceMonthly books for small businessesLaptop and software; professional liability; cost per client job6 start-up lines · 6 running costsInsurance agencyAn independent agency writing personal and business coverProducer licence, errors and omissions, office; cost per policy7 start-up lines · 6 running costsHair salonChairs, stations and a front deskChairs, wash stations, fit-out; salon licences; cost per appointment9 start-up lines · 6 running costsMoving companyLocal moves with a box truckBox truck, dollies, blankets; mover’s authority; cost per move9 start-up lines · 6 running costsTakeout jointA counter that sells food to take awayKitchen equipment, counter and till, fit-out; health permit; cost per order9 start-up lines · 7 running costsStart from scratchYour own segments and linesThe same four segments, empty: add the lines your business needs0 lines to start
What you get
From the figures you enter, worked out live
- Cash to startStart-up costs by segment, plus the working cash to keep in the bank.
- Break-even a weekHow many jobs a week cover your running costs, against what one crew can do.
- PaybackThe month your start-up costs are paid back for good, seasons included.
- 3-year viewRevenue, costs, estimated profit and cash for each of the first three years.
- Levers side by sideYour plan and up to 3 alternatives in one table, the best one marked.
- PDF reportA tidy report of the plan, its charts and its start-up segments.
- Read-only linkSomeone can see the plan without being able to change it.
Figures are examples until you enter your own quotes. The estimator works out what you tell it: it is not a quote, and not tax, lending or financial advice.
Model · paid
Plans and pricing
The business estimator is part of Model, sold as a paid product. Try it free for 3 days first.
Free to try for 3 days
Card at the start- Sign inThe family’s one login, at snowai.app/try. It creates the account.
- Card at the startNot charged until the 3 days end, and not before the price is set and shown to you. Cancel anytime.
- 3 days in ModelEvery template, plans, reports and share links, with plain limits.
One person
Pricing is being setFor someone modelling their own business
- Every industry template, and start from scratch
- Start-up costs, per-job economics, seasonality and a 3-year outlook
- Levers side by side
- PDF reports and read-only share links
- Ask Snow, included
- Plans sent to you by your adviser
Agency, with clients
Pricing is being setFor an insurance agent, accountant, adviser or lender working for clients
- Everything in One person
- A client list, each client’s plans
- Your logo on reports
- Send a plan to the client’s own Model
- Your team, with roles
- Ask Snow, included
What’s included where
| One person | Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Business estimator | ||
| Scenarios (income, filing and the levers) | ||
| Ask Snow | Included | Included |
| Clients, branded reports, sending to clients | — |
A Snow AI customer never pays for the same thing twice. Ask Snow comes with the account, and a capability you already have in another Snow AI product is not charged again here.