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ConsultingRate

Consulting fee-structure tradeoffs and a rate calculator built for consulting's own cost structure -- not a relabeled freelance formula

Unify Dynamics LLC

Documentation
Tools5read-only
Sign-inNoneno account, no key
Data keptNoneprocessed in memory
PriceFreeoptional Pro limits
StatusLiveMCP + REST
Works withMCP · RESTany agent

Try asking

Real questions, and the tools your agent calls to answer them.

Hourly vs value-based pricing for consulting?
Tools called
fee_structure_comparison
What should my consulting rate be for $150,000 income and $20,000 overhead?
Tools called
consulting_rate_calculator
Estimate a monthly retainer for 15 hours a month at my rate
Tools called
retainer_estimate
How do I prevent scope creep in a consulting contract?
Tools called
scope_creep_prevention_reference
What's a billable ratio?
Tools called
consultingrate_glossary

About

ConsultingRate is a consulting-fee-structure and rate-setting toolkit. fee_structure_comparison compares hourly, project-based/fixed-fee, retainer, and value-based pricing with genuine pros/cons. consulting_rate_calculator computes an hourly/day rate from target income and overhead using a consulting-specific billable ratio (default 50%, range 30-65%) -- materially lower than an execution freelancer's typical ~75% -- so it produces a genuinely higher rate for the same inputs. retainer_estimate derives a monthly retainer from an hourly rate and committed hours, with an optional volume discount. scope_creep_prevention_reference covers real contract-clause concepts: defined deliverables, change-order process, revision limits, milestone payments. consultingrate_glossary defines billable ratio, change order, utilization rate, and day rate. Not financial, tax, or legal advice.

Sources: Computed locally / hand-curated consulting-rate-setting reference; fully local, zero upstream calls

Privacy

The publisher, Unify Dynamics LLC, states that tool inputs are processed in memory and not retained.

Data not collectedNo account, no profile, no stored prompts or results.
Privacy policyTerms

What it can do

5 tools, grouped by job. Every one is read-only or compute-only.

OpenAPI
Fee Structures & Rate2 tools
  • Fee structure comparisonA real comparison of the four common consulting fee structures -- hourly, project-based/fixed-fee, retainer, value-based -- each with how it works…
  • Consulting rate calculatorComputes a real hourly and day consulting rate from target income and overhead, dividing by required billable hours (working weeks x hours/week x…
Retainers1 tools
  • Retainer estimateEstimates a monthly retainer fee from an hourly rate and a committed monthly hour bucket, with an optional volume discount.
Contracts & Reference2 tools
  • Scope creep prevention referenceReal contract-clause concepts that prevent scope creep: defined deliverables, a change-order process, an out-of-scope-examples clause, revision…
  • Consultingrate glossaryDefinitions of consulting rate-setting terms: billable ratio, change order, utilization rate, day rate, value-based pricing, scope creep.

Information

PublisherUnify Dynamics LLC
CategoryMoney & business
LanguagesEnglish
Built forWorldwide
CompatibilityAny MCP client · any agent · REST
Version0.1.0
MCP endpointhttps://consultingrate.connectorbay.com/mcp
REST APIopenapi.json
SupportGet help · Status
CountryWorldwide

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Documentation

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What ConsultingRate is for

"Hourly vs. value-based pricing for consulting", "what should my consulting rate be if I want $150,000 with $20,000 in overhead", "estimate a monthly retainer for 15 hours a month", "how do I stop a project from scope-creeping" -- the fee-structure and rate-setting side of independent consulting, answered locally with a calculator built for consulting's own cost structure, not a relabeled freelance-execution formula.

What it does

fee_structure_comparison compares the four common consulting fee structures -- hourly, project-based/fixed- fee, retainer, value-based -- each with how it works and genuine tradeoffs (hourly is simple but caps your upside and can misalign incentives around speed; value-based has the highest potential upside but requires being able to credibly quantify the client's impact). consulting_rate_calculator computes a real hourly and day rate from target annual income and annual overhead, dividing by required billable hours. Its billable ratio defaults to 50% (range 30-65%) -- materially lower than an execution-focused freelancer's typical ~75%, because winning and managing consulting engagements requires far more non-billable time on business development, proposals, and relationship management. For the same income and overhead, this produces a genuinely higher rate than an execution-freelancer-style formula, not a copy with a different label. retainer_estimate derives a monthly retainer fee from an hourly rate, a committed monthly hour bucket, and an optional volume discount. scope_creep_prevention_reference covers real contract-clause concepts: defined deliverables, a change-order process, an out-of-scope-examples clause, revision limits, milestone-based payment, and an assumptions section. consultingrate_glossary defines terms like billable ratio, change order, utilization rate, and day rate.

What it is not

Not financial, tax, or legal advice, and not a quoted market rate -- actual consulting rates vary enormously by industry, geography, and specialization. Use the calculator to reason about your own cost structure (your target income, your real overhead, your realistic billable ratio), not as a benchmark of what the market will bear. The fee-structure comparison and scope-creep reference are general concepts to adapt with your own contract's specific language and, where it matters, a lawyer's review.

Built and maintained by Unify Dynamics LLC. Contact: agent@connectorbay.com.

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ConsultingRate — Privacy Policy

Effective 28 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What ConsultingRate is. ConsultingRate is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf to run a consulting rate/retainer calculation or a fee-structure reference lookup. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the numbers or lookup needed for that one tool call.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call — income and overhead figures, an hourly rate, hours, a fee-structure name, or a glossary term — the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs. We have no way to know, and do not ask, who you are or which client engagement a number refers to.

Everything is computed locally from the numbers you provide, and nothing is stored. There is no upstream call at all — this connector has no dataset of real market rates and no live lookups, it is arithmetic on the numbers you send plus a bundled reference — and no request, including income, overhead, or rate figures, is logged in request bodies, recorded, or used to train anything.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant, and we do not build a profile from your queries: each request is computed independently and nothing carries over between requests. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. None — every calculation runs locally with no dataset of real market rates and no upstream call of any kind. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. Our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. ConsultingRate is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Terms of service

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ConsultingRate — Terms of Service

Effective 28 September 2026. These terms govern use of the ConsultingRate connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

  1. The Service. ConsultingRate is a fully local consulting-fee-structure comparison, rate calculator, retainer estimator, and scope-creep-prevention reference. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP, and performs no lookups of real market rates — every result comes from the numbers supplied in that request or from a bundled general reference.
  2. Not financial, tax, or legal advice. ConsultingRate's rate calculator, fee-structure comparison, and scope-creep reference are general educational tools to help you reason about your own pricing and contracts — not a quoted market rate, financial advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and not a substitute for a lawyer's review of an actual contract.
  3. Your inputs, your judgment. You are responsible for the accuracy of any income, overhead, or rate figures you supply, and for how you use any computed rate or reference material with actual clients.
  4. Acceptable use. Automated use within the published rate limits is welcome.
  5. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
  6. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: every calculation is computed locally from the numbers you provide, and nothing is stored.
  7. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
  8. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any loss arising from use of, or reliance on, the Service, including any pricing or contracting decision made using it. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
  9. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
  10. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/consultingrate

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ConsultingRate support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. ConsultingRate never asks for them.

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Streamable HTTP, stateless, no authentication. Paste the endpoint into any MCP-capable agent.

https://consultingrate.connectorbay.com/mcp
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "consultingrate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://consultingrate.connectorbay.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}