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Meta Ads Budget Calculator

Meta buys impressions, so a budget plan has to run through reach and click-through before it reaches results. This does that chain for you.

Your assumptions All editable
Purchases, leads or bookings from Meta.
Of the people who click through, how many convert.
Of the people who see the ad, how many click. Meta feed CTRs are usually well under 2%.
What you expect to pay per thousand impressions.

Method: Clicks = Results ÷ (Conversion rate ÷ 100). Impressions = Clicks ÷ (CTR ÷ 100). Budget = Impressions ÷ 1,000 × CPM. Cost per result = Budget ÷ Results.

Projection

Enter your assumptions to see the projection and the figures behind it.

How this calculator works

Enter the results you want, the rate at which clicks convert, your expected click-through rate and your expected CPM. The calculator works back through clicks and impressions to the budget required.

The formula

Clicks = Results ÷ (Conversion rate ÷ 100). Impressions = Clicks ÷ (CTR ÷ 100). Budget = Impressions ÷ 1,000 × CPM. Cost per result = Budget ÷ Results.

Questions

Use your own account data. Meta feed click-through rates are typically well under 2%, and vary enormously by creative, audience and placement.

Because it should. Interruption-based advertising needs far more impressions per result than search, where people are already looking for you.

Proof this works

A considered brand that still needed the advertising to pay for itself — 8x+ attributed ROAS.

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