Price checks for aid and development budgets across Africa
Know what it costs.
Upload a partner's budget. We check every line against real local prices and show you what's in the typical range and what's worth a question.
Live in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, with Uganda, Ethiopia, Senegal and 1 more in preparation.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line | Budgeted | Typical price | Standard | Verdict | Why | |
| 5 | Venue hire, 2 days | 250,000 /day | 100,000–250,000 | Basic | In typical range | Top of the usual range for a basic venue |
| 6 | SUV with driver, 2 × 3 days | 450,000 /day | 115,000–166,250 | Luxury | Luxury | Fair for luxury. Mid-market is ₦115,000–₦166,250 |
| 7 | Consultant short let, 5 nights | 140,000 /night | 47,500–86,250 | Luxury | Luxury | Fair for luxury. Mid-market is ₦47,500–₦86,250 |
| 9 | Pick-up truck with driver, 2 days | 900,000 /day | 115,000–166,250 | Mid-market | Worth querying | About 441% above the top of the usual range |
| 10 | Lunch, 30 people × 2 days | 5,000 /head | 3,499–7,524 | Mid-market | In typical range | |
| 11 | Management fee | 15% | up to 10% | — | Worth querying | 15% of other costs; the usual limit is 10% |
| 13 | Total of these lines | 6,952,500 | 2,202,440–3,347,690 | 2 to query 2 luxury | Also shown in US dollars at the UN rate |
How it works
Three steps, about a minute.
Upload the budget
Excel, CSV, PDF or a photo of a printed page. Tell us where the work happens, or let us read it from the budget.
We read every line
Each line is matched to one of 96 common budget items, from venue hire to fuel to salaries, and compared with local prices.
See what to question
Every line is marked as in the typical range, worth querying or unusually low, with the typical price and whether it's priced as basic, mid-market or luxury.
Why use it
Local quotes are hard to judge from far away.
Real local prices
What sellers in the country are advertising now, plus UN salary scales and WFP market prices. Every benchmark shows how many prices it rests on.
Basic, mid-market or luxury
A price can be fair and still be for a luxury option. The report tells you which standard each line is priced at.
Arithmetic and overheads too
It catches totals that don't add up and fees above the usual limits, such as management fees over 10%.
We don't keep your budget
The uploaded file is deleted when the check ends, and the report within 60 minutes. To read the lines, the budget goes to Anthropic's Claude AI, which doesn't train on it. How we handle budgets