Savings calculator
Configure your per-job paper-mail costs once. CriticalPDF tells you, in dollars, how much you've saved.
Every time CriticalPDF emails or saves a PDF instead of being printed and mailed, you avoid some real-world cost — postage, paper, toner, labor. The Savings Calculator turns those avoided costs into hard numbers for the next budget conversation.
Open Settings → Savings Calculator:
The big number at the top is your Estimated lifetime savings — computed from your saved-job count and the unit costs below.
Setting your costs
Costs are grouped into three categories that match how paper mail actually adds up.
Per-piece costs
| Cost | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Postage stamp | $0.73 | First-class US letter, as of writing. |
| Envelope | $0.10 | Standard #10 plain envelope. |
Per-page costs
| Cost | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | $0.01 | Per sheet, multiplied by page count of the capture. |
| Toner | $0.05 | Per sheet. |
Per-job costs
| Cost | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Labor | $0.50 | Time to print, fold, stuff, address, seal. |
| Other | $0.00 | Tracked overhead — your call. |
All numbers are editable. Pick the values that match what your accounting team would charge against the mailroom, not list prices.
What counts as a saved job
CriticalPDF counts a capture toward savings when at least one delivery destination was not a physical print — so save-only, email-only, or any combination that includes save or email all count once. Pure print-only does not count, because you didn’t actually skip the paper-mail path.
Windowed totals
The bottom section shows your savings broken out across multiple windows:
7d— last 7 days1m— last 30 days6m— last 180 days1Y— last 365 daysYTD— year-to-dateATD— all-time-to-date (matches the lifetime number at top)
Use these for monthly reports, budget meetings, or department billing.
Display section
The collapsible Display section under Per-job costs controls how the windowed totals render (currency symbol, decimal places, etc.). Defaults are sensible for US dollars; adjust if you bill in another currency.
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