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ORGANIZATION COST & SPAN SIMULATOR: $119Basic span calculators apply one target to the whole company. Headcount trackers focus on the budget line. This tool tests a proposed structure department by department: where current spans differ from your target, what the position and cost bridge looks like, what transition and payback cost, and whether the target span leaves managers enough time for 1:1s and coaching, before you act on it.
Get it: $119Not ready to buy? The free span of control calculator runs the org-wide version of this arithmetic in your browser, with no signup. It is the same engine, reduced to one unit and without the transition, payback and decision-memo modelling.
Set a frontline and leader span target per department, not one number for the whole org. Six sample departments load by default; add, remove, or import up to 24.
You get: where each department's current span actually differs from your target.
Models individual contributors, frontline managers, and leaders separately, and shows which positions are added, removed, or redeployed under the scenario.
You get: the annual loaded-cost impact of the target structure, not just a headcount delta.
Models one-time severance, recruiting, and implementation cost against the change in run-rate cost.
You get: a modeled payback period, so the decision isn't made on run-rate savings alone.
Tests whether the target span leaves enough recurring time for 1:1s, coaching, and manager administration.
You get: a check on whether the target span is workable, not just cheaper.
Produces a printable decision report covering the baseline, the target bridge, the capacity test, and a memo with evidence and stop triggers.
You get: something built to be handed to a CFO, CHRO, or the executive team.
Import a CSV of your department data or export and reload a full scenario as JSON, fully offline.
You get: no manual re-entry between scenario iterations.
$119 covers use inside one business. Consultants and multi-client operators need separate client or multi-client licensing.
I ran the operating side of an electronics manufacturer through a stretch that took it from $2M to $18M in revenue over four years, as COO. This tool encodes the department-specific span, cost-bridge, and manager-capacity questions I actually had to answer before touching an org chart, not a theoretical framework.
The product is an offline browser application. No subscription, Excel, macros, sign-in, installation, or data upload is required. You control any exported scenario or printed report.
It is an offline browser application. Open index.html in a current browser and it runs. No Excel, macros, or installation required.
No. It runs locally with no data upload. You control any exported JSON scenario and any printed report.
No. $119 is a one-time purchase for a single-business license. No recurring fee, no sign-in.
No, on both. The right span depends on the work and context, so you enter a target hypothesis for each department and the tool tests its consequences. It never recommends a universal span, evaluates individual employees, or makes restructuring decisions, and it must never be used alone for an individual employment decision.
It is a position-level scenario-planning aid for testing structure, cost, and manager-capacity questions before a restructuring decision. It is not HR, employment, financial, or legal advice, and it does not draw a person-level org chart. Results depend on your inputs and must be validated against real work, capabilities, and a human process.
A 30-day usefulness guarantee, as stated on the listing: load your real data, follow the instructions, and if the tool does not produce a usable structure decision, request a refund within 30 days. For product questions, reply to your purchase confirmation email.
Want the facilitated version, or a full organization diagnostic instead? See fractional CFO/COO work. Or see the other digital tools.