You quoted $150/hr.
You earned $73.
Sengi calculates your effective hourly rate on every project. Add a project in 30 seconds. Log hours as you work. Sengi does the math. Under one minute a day, and you always know what you actually earn.
Join solo professionals who stopped guessing what they earn.
Why freelancer tools do not show your real hourly rate
Your accounting software tells you what happened last quarter. Your invoice tool tells you what you billed. Your time tracker tells you where the hours went.
None of them answer the only question that matters while you can still do something about it: Am I still profitable on this project right now, while I can still act?
That is not a feature anyone forgot to build. The tools you already use were built for accountants, for agencies, for teams. Showing a solo freelancer their real margin in real time would undermine the way those tools make money. They cannot add this without threatening the customers who pay their bills. So they never will. (Upwork research confirms that most freelancers lack visibility into per-project profitability.)
Sengi exists for that gap. Not invoicing. Not accounting. Not project management. Real-time profitability for the person doing the work.
Built on your real numbers
No estimates or industry averages. Sengi uses the fees you actually invoiced and the hours you actually logged, so the rate you see is your rate.
The gap is well documented
Independent research on freelance work consistently finds a 20–40% gap between the rate you quote and the rate you actually earn once revisions and unbilled time are counted.
Free to check, no signup
Run any past project through the calculator in about 60 seconds. If the number surprises you, that is exactly the point.
How to start tracking freelance project profitability
Create a project
Name it, set your rate, go. 30 seconds.
Log your hours
Tap when you start, tap when you stop. 15 seconds.
See your real profitability
Watch your effective rate, budget health, and margins update in real time.
Add your first project in 30 seconds. Log a few hours. See your real rate.
One number. Updated automatically. Three ways it protects you.
Your real rate, updated automatically
See what you actually earned per hour on every project, not your quoted rate, your real rate. Updated as you log hours. Zero extra steps.
Scope creep alerts before it's too late
Sengi watches your budget automatically. When a project hits 80%, you get an alert. No checking, no dashboards. The warning comes to you.
Freelance profitability insights by client and project type
Spot which client types, project models, and freelance pricing strategies actually earn you the most. Stop guessing how much to charge. Your Sengi data shows exactly what's profitable and what isn't. Learn from every project to price your next one based on real numbers, not guesswork.
That big project you were proud of, the one with the impressive invoice? Your effective hourly rate was $73.
That quick two-week project you almost turned down? $184/hr.
Your invoices told you both clients paid well. Your effective hourly rate tells you which one actually did.
Freelance profitability tracking: frequently asked questions
What is Sengi?
Sengi is a profitability tracking tool for freelancers. It calculates your effective hourly rate on every project in real time, so you always know what you actually earn per hour, not just what you billed.
How does Sengi calculate effective hourly rate?
Sengi divides your project fee by the total hours you log against that project. As you track time, your effective hourly rate updates automatically so you can see profitability change in real time, before the project ends.
Is Sengi a time tracker or invoicing app?
Sengi includes time tracking and invoicing, but its core purpose is profitability visibility. It uses your invoices and logged hours to calculate your effective hourly rate and alert you to scope creep and budget overruns.
Who is Sengi built for?
Sengi is built for solo freelancers and independent consultants who charge flat project fees or retainers and need to know whether each project is actually profitable based on their effective hourly rate.
How much does Sengi cost?
Sengi offers two paid plans after a 14-day free trial with full access. Starter is $29 per month (or $290 per year) and includes unlimited invoicing, contacts, and PDF export. Pro is $49 per month (or $490 per year) and adds project tracking, budget alerts, scope creep detection, and profitability summaries.
Does Sengi work for hourly freelancers or only flat-fee projects?
Sengi works for both. If you charge hourly, Sengi tracks your hours and calculates your effective rate per project. If you charge flat fees or retainers, Sengi divides your fee by actual hours worked to reveal what each hour really earned. The profitability insight is valuable regardless of how you price your services.
Calculate your real freelance hourly rate
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