Show the outcome
Present the most important results clearly instead of asking clients to interpret a spreadsheet.
Why CalcStudio?
Better financial conversations start with better tools
Use professional calculators to explain options clearly, compare scenarios and help clients understand the numbers behind important financial decisions.
Use CalcStudio during a meeting, share a public calculator link, add it to your website or print and save the result.
- No spreadsheets to rebuild
- No calculator software to maintain
- No complicated setup
One calculator
Four ways to put it to work
- Adviser workspaceRun the numbers live in a client meeting.
- Public linkSend it by email, SMS or social media.
- Website embedDrop it into your existing website.
- Report modePrint or save a clear result summary.
Clarity, not spreadsheets
Make complex numbers easier to understand
Financial decisions often involve rates, repayments, fees, loan terms and changing assumptions. Explaining everything verbally can leave clients uncertain about what the numbers mean. CalcStudio turns those inputs into clear results, comparisons and visual summaries that are easier to discuss.
Compare different scenarios
Change rates, repayments, loan structures or contribution amounts and compare the effect.
Explain the assumptions
Show the information used in the calculation so clients understand where the result came from.
Create a useful next step
Use the result to continue the conversation, prepare a follow-up or invite the client to speak with an adviser.
Four ways to work
One calculator. Multiple ways to use it.
You should not need a website project before you can benefit from better calculators.
Adviser workspace
Use it in client meetings
Open a calculator inside your workspace and complete it while speaking with a client or prospect.
Useful for
- Mortgage reviews
- Refinance discussions
- Offset comparisons
- Debt consolidation illustrations
- First-home planning
- KiwiSaver conversations
- Investment property scenarios
Public link
Send a calculator link
Your client can open a public calculator in their own time, explore the figures and contact you when they are ready to continue.
Share it by
- SMS
- Social media
Website embed
Add it to your website
Embed a calculator into your existing website without rebuilding the calculation system yourself.
Add your
- Logo
- Business colours
- Company name
- Disclaimer
Report mode
Take the result with you
Print or save the inputs, assumptions and calculated results as a PDF, or download the available data as CSV.
Use it in
- Follow-up emails
- Meetings
- Proposals
- Client records
Build or subscribe
Why not build your own calculator?
A financial calculator is more than a formula and a few input fields. Building one internally can involve:
- User-interface design
- Formula implementation
- Input validation
- Mobile optimisation
- Testing against known examples
- Accessibility
- Report generation
- Website integration
- Hosting and security
- Ongoing fixes and updates
CalcStudio gives you a maintained platform so your team can focus on using the calculator rather than operating the software behind it.
Build internally
Requires development time, testing, hosting, maintenance and future updates.
Use a generic calculator
May not match your brand, workflow or client experience.
Use CalcStudio
Choose the tools you need and start using them across meetings, public calculator links and your branded website embeds.
Built around your workflow
Designed for advisers, not just website visitors
Many calculator products assume the user will arrive through a public website. That does not reflect how advisers actually work.
CalcStudio supports the full conversation, from the first meeting through to the next annual review.
- 1
Open a calculator during a meeting.
- 2
Add the client's information when appropriate.
- 3
Test one or more scenarios.
- 4
Compare the results.
- 5
Print or save the result as a PDF.
- 6
Share the summary when appropriate.
- 7
Run a fresh scenario with current figures at a later review.
End to end
Turn calculations into clearer client experiences
- Step 1
Before a meeting
Prepare an example scenario or send the client a calculator link.
- Step 2
During a meeting
Adjust the inputs and explore alternatives together.
- Step 3
After a meeting
Print or save a result summary with the assumptions and important notes.
- Step 4
At the next review
Return to the calculator and run a fresh scenario with the client's current figures.
Standards
Built for professional use
Consistent calculations
Use structured calculators rather than rebuilding formulas across different spreadsheets or documents.
Clear assumptions
Show the values and assumptions used to produce the result.
Professional presentation
Present results through clear summaries, charts and printable outputs.
Mobile-friendly experience
Allow advisers and clients to use calculators across desktop, tablet and mobile.
Controlled branding
Manage your logo, colours, business details, disclaimer and calls to action from one place.
Protected calculation logic
Adjust approved assumptions and presentation settings without changing the protected calculation formulas.
Build or buy
The questions that decide it
Five answers for the team weighing an in-house build, a borrowed generic tool and a maintained one.
If you have already made that call and want to know what putting them on your own website involves, that is on the page for advisers.
Is it cheaper to build our own financial calculator?+
The licence is not what a calculator costs. The cost is the interface, the formulas, the input validation, the mobile layout, the accessibility work, the testing against known examples, the printable output, the website integration, the hosting and the fixes for as long as the calculator stays on your page. The everyday calculators on CalcStudio are free to use, so for those the honest comparison is your team's time against nothing.
We already have a free calculator embedded from somewhere else. Why change?+
A generic embedded calculator usually carries someone else's brand into the middle of your client's decision, and gives you no control over how the result is presented. A white-label calculator carries your logo, your company name and your colours instead, and the assumptions and disclaimer shown alongside the result are yours.
Who keeps the calculation logic correct once it is live?+
We do. The calculators are built against primary New Zealand sources and reviewed on a regular cycle, so a change in rates or rules is our work rather than a ticket on your backlog. You can adjust approved assumptions and presentation settings without touching the protected calculation formulas.
How do we check a result is right before we rely on it?+
Every calculator shows the values and assumptions it used, not just the answer, and any result can be printed to PDF or downloaded as CSV with the full schedule. That is what makes a figure explainable in a client meeting, and it is the part an in-house spreadsheet most often leaves out.
Do we have to introduce a whole library of calculators at once?+
No. Start with the one calculator that matches a conversation you have often, and add others when they earn their place. The whole published range is available either way, so nothing about the decision is reversible only in one direction.
Start with the calculator you need
You do not need to introduce an entire calculator library at once. Choose a calculator for a specific client conversation, use a professional bundle or access the complete live library.
Browse calculatorsSee what each calculator explains, try the interactive demo and choose the tools that fit your business.
Spend less time building tools.
Spend more time using them.
Give clients a clearer way to understand financial scenarios while keeping the experience connected to your business.
Use CalcStudio in your workspace, share it by link or add it to your website.