EOS Cost Calculator: Two Year Total for an Implementer, Software and Internal Time
$5,200 a day for a Certified Implementer. Eight session days in year one. Four more in year two. Most founders stop the math there, and the math is not finished.
I ran the Entrepreneurial Operating System for years at Arcules, the company I founded and scaled to 150 people, and I run it today at Leaders ADAPT with about 10 employees. This calculator adds the lines the implementer's invoice leaves out: software seats, travel when your implementer is not local, and the hours your leadership team spends in the room and preparing for it.
Every default carries its source and the month it was read. Change any of them. You get the total for the years you choose, the cost per employee and per month, and an implementation load score from 0 to 100 against a 25 person company on the published mid tier. The score shows at once. The full breakdown opens with your email.
EOS Cost Calculator
What will two years of EOS with an implementer really cost us, all lines included?
What you get
- Your implementation load score out of 100 and its band
- Session fees, software, travel and team time, each with its assumption
- The total per employee and per month
- Which of the four lines is driving your cost
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The four results
Every run lands in one of four bands. Each band points at the guide that answers the next question for a company in that position.
- LeanWell under the reference. Check what the session count leaves out.
- TypicalClose to the reference. The question is return, not price.
- HeavyWell over the reference. Which lines could you carry yourself?
- Top of the RangeMake sure an implementer is the right hire for the problem.
Where the defaults come from
No figure on this page is invented. Where a default is ours rather than published, it says so.
| Input | Default | Source, month read |
|---|---|---|
| Session fee | $5,200 | Certified tier, Vx Group (August 2026) and ShiftFocus OS (June 2026), read September 2026 |
| Session days, year one | 8 | Vx Group, August 2026 |
| Session days, year two | 4 | Three quarterly days and one annual day. Vx Group describes about 5, EOS Worldwide about 10 in total |
| Seat price | $14 a month | Ninety pricing page, September 2026 |
| Flat plan | $299 a month | Bloom Growth pricing page, September 2026 |
| Cost per trip | $1,500 | Andreas Pettersson, working figure, September 2026 |
| Hourly cost | $75 band midpoint | Your choice. The 1.43 loading factor behind the guidance is from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2026 release |
| Preparation hours | 2 per session | A placeholder of ours, not a published figure |
What happens to your answers: the inputs are used in your browser. With your email, the score, the band and the four driver shares go to our contact record so the result can be sent. Only a wide cost band joins the anonymous aggregate statistics.
Independence
Leaders ADAPT is independent. We are not affiliated with, certified by or endorsed by EOS Worldwide or any other framework owner, and we sell no implementation. EOS and the implementer tier names are used only to describe them. This calculator is our own design and reproduces no proprietary worksheet.
Where this fits
This calculator belongs to the EOS buyer guide, the independent review of the Entrepreneurial Operating System for CEOs deciding whether to run it and with whom.
- Is EOS worth it? The independent reviewThe hub. The verdict by stage, before you sign anything.
- EOS implementer cost in 2026Every fee behind these defaults, sourced and dated.
- Self implementing EOSWhat changes when you take the session fees out, and where it breaks.
- EOS implementer vs business coachWhich problem you are paying to solve.
Common questions
How does the EOS cost calculator work out the total?
It multiplies your session fee by the session days across the years you choose, adds software by seat or as a flat plan, adds travel as trips times cost per trip, and prices your leadership team's time in the room and in preparation at the hourly cost you pick. The total is then divided by headcount and by months.
Where do the default figures come from?
The $5,200 fee is the Certified Implementer day rate on Vx Group (August 2026) and ShiftFocus OS (June 2026). Eight session days in year one follows Vx Group. The $14 seat is Ninety's middle paid plan and $299 is Bloom Growth's entry flat plan, both read September 2026. The $1,500 trip is Andreas Pettersson's working figure.
What is the implementation load score?
It compares your cost per employee per year with a reference: a 25 person company paying $5,200 for 13 session days over two years, with six leaders, six software seats at $14 and a $75 hourly cost. The reference scores 50. Half of it scores 25 and twice it scores 100, in four bands from Lean to Top of the Range.
Is the implementer fee the biggest cost of running EOS?
It is usually the biggest invoice, not always the biggest cost. Six leaders in 12 full day sessions is 72 leader days before any preparation or weekly meetings. At a mid band hourly cost, that team time comes close to the session fees, which is why the calculator prices it as its own line.
Does the calculator send my figures anywhere?
Your inputs stay in your browser. If you enter your email to open the breakdown, Leaders ADAPT receives your name, email, score, band and the four driver shares as percentages, so the result can be sent to you. The exact fee, hourly and total figures you typed are never sent.
Talk it through before you sign
What it is: 1:1 advisory with Andreas Pettersson, a former CEO who ran EOS for years, to decide whether an implementer, a coach or neither is the right spend. Who it is for: CEOs and founders of 10 to 250 person companies weighing a two year EOS commitment.