Funeral cost planning calculator

A cost worth pre-funding.

Built and reviewed by Dovanic, Founder and editor, FreeByteLast reviewed: 2026-08-18

Service

Burial or cremation

Extras

Years to pre-fund

Savings return

Total cost

$10,100

Save per month

$44.5

Show in today's money

With these inputs, total cost comes to $10,100 over 15 years. Save per month works out to $44.5. The result assumes savings return stays at 3%.

Over time · by years to pre-fund

Input	−10%	Now	+10%
Service	$9,580	$10,100	$10,620
Burial or cremation	$9,760	$10,100	$10,440
Extras	$9,950	$10,100	$10,250

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A cost worth pre-funding.

With the defaults above, total cost works out at $10,100.