Who we are
TechImpact.online is a set of free web tools and guides for people who need to talk about outages in business language. CTOs, IT managers, founders, and ops teams use it to turn percentages and recovery targets into time budgets and rough dollar impact.
The site is built by DynamicDisorder.co — a technology practice focused on practical systems, reliability thinking, and clear communication. TechImpact is the public toolkit. DynamicDisorder is the studio behind it.
We publish calculators that run in the browser and guides written in simple English. Our goal is not to replace your lawyer or your finance team. Our goal is to give you a shared number you can discuss in a meeting — with the math shown in plain sight.
Our mission
Downtime talk is often vague. People say “we need high availability” or “three nines,” but they cannot say what that means in minutes or money. That makes buying decisions hard. It also makes risk reviews weak.
Our mission is simple: help teams put downtime, SLA, and RTO risk in money terms — with short explanations, open formulas, and calculators that run in the browser.
- Show the time budget behind an uptime %.
- Estimate the cost of an outage from revenue and related impacts.
- Translate RTO and RPO targets into yearly exposure.
- Explain SLA credits without pretending every contract is the same.
When a vendor says “99.95%,” a manager should be able to answer: how many minutes is that this month, and what happens if we miss it? We build pages that answer those questions without hiding the steps.
What you get today (free)
Everything listed below runs in your browser. You type numbers; the page calculates. We do not need an account for the core tools, and we do not store the business figures you enter into the calculators.
- SLA Penalty Calculator — estimate credits when uptime falls short of a promise.
- Website Downtime Cost Calculator — revenue and productivity impact of an outage.
- RTO/RPO Impact Calculator — yearly risk from recovery time and data-loss targets.
- Allowed Downtime Calculator — uptime % ↔ downtime seconds, minutes, hours.
- Cost of Extra Nines — compare two SLA targets and budget exposure.
- Guides — plain-English articles and a full SLA uptime reference.
Guides cover topics such as calendar-month downtime tables, how to file a service credit claim, RTO vs RPO choices, and downtime cost examples. They are written so a non-native English reader can follow the steps.
Editorial standards
We treat every guide and calculator page as something a busy person might cite in a ticket, a board slide, or a vendor email. That means we follow a few rules we do not bend:
- Simple English first. Short sentences. Common words. When we must use a term (SLA, RTO, RPO), we define it in the same section.
- Show the math. If a number appears in a table, the formula that produced it is on the page. Readers should be able to rebuild the result in a spreadsheet.
- Say what we are not. We are not a law firm, an accountant, or your vendor’s support desk. Estimates support planning; they do not replace contract text.
- Separate ads from answers. Advertising may appear on some pages. Ads do not change calculator inputs, formulas, or results. See the advertising section below.
- Correct mistakes in public. If a reader finds an error in a table or formula, we fix it and note the change when it matters for accuracy.
- No fake precision. We do not invent “industry average downtime costs” as if they were universal. When we use example numbers, we label them as examples.
We prefer one clear method over many competing shortcuts. For example, allowed downtime always uses the same core idea: period minutes times the downtime share of the uptime target. Period length may change (28–31 days, 365 days, a custom window), but the logic stays visible.
We also avoid content that exists only to rank in search engines. Each page should teach one main skill: convert uptime to time, estimate credit exposure, or frame recovery targets in money terms. If a section does not help a reader make a better decision, we cut it.
How we calculate (open math)
Formulas are shown on the pages and in the open methodology guide. We do not hide a “score” behind a black box. You can check every step.
Allowed downtime uses:
allowed_minutes = days × 24 × 60 × (1 − uptime / 100)
Example: 99.9% over 30 days → 43,200 × 0.001 = 43.2 minutes. The same formula scales to 28, 29, 31, or 365 days. Only the period length changes.
Actual uptime from measured downtime:
actual_uptime% = 100 × (1 − downtime_minutes / period_minutes)
SLA credit estimates follow a simple path: compute shortfall (promised % minus actual %), map that shortfall into a credit tier from your contract or a planning table, then multiply by contract value. Downtime cost estimates add revenue loss, optional refunds, productivity loss, and conversion impact for an outage window. RTO/RPO impact annualizes recovery time and data-recreation cost using incidents per year.
We prefer one transparent method over a mysterious “score.” When we add assumptions (for example, a 30-day month for comparison), we say so. Cloud contracts often use calendar months; our calendar-month tables show 28–31 day budgets side by side so you can match the month you care about.
All calculator math runs in your browser. We do not send your contract values or revenue figures to a TechImpact server for the core tools. That keeps sensitive planning numbers on your device unless you choose to copy them elsewhere yourself.
Honest limits
We believe trust comes from saying what a tool cannot do.
Estimates only. Results are planning numbers. They are not legal advice, accounting advice, or a substitute for your contract text.
Contracts differ. Providers define “unavailable,” exclusions, and credit tiers in their own words. Always check the SLA you signed.
No backend for calculator inputs. Math runs locally. Ads or analytics on the site follow our Privacy Policy — that is separate from the numbers you type into a form.
If a result looks wrong for your case, treat it as a prompt to dig into assumptions — period length, revenue per hour, what counts as downtime — not as a final invoice. A good estimate is a starting point for a conversation with your vendor, your finance team, or your counsel — not the last word.
Who this content is for
You do not need to be a reliability engineer to use TechImpact. The copy aims for clear, simple English — short sentences, jargon explained — so non-native English readers and busy managers can follow along.
Typical users:
- Leaders who must approve hosting or resilience spend.
- Engineers who need a shared number for a design review.
- Consultants who explain risk to clients without a slide full of acronyms.
- Students and analysts learning how SLA math works in practice.
- Ops and support teams preparing evidence for a service credit claim.
- Founders who want a rough money story before they buy a higher SLA tier.
We write for people who may not speak English as a first language. That means we avoid idioms, keep paragraphs short, and repeat key formulas instead of assuming you already memorized them. If you can read a product FAQ, you should be able to use our tools.
We also write for people who will copy a table into a spreadsheet or paste a formula into a ticket. Citation-friendly pages (with dates and open methods) matter as much as interactive widgets.
Advertising and Google AdSense disclosure
TechImpact.online may show advertisements served by Google AdSense (and similar partners) on some pages. Ads help keep the free calculators and guides available at no charge.
Important: Ads do not change calculator results. The formulas, tables, and outputs on this site are the same whether an ad loads or not. An advertiser cannot edit your downtime budget, credit estimate, or RTO/RPO numbers.
- Ads may use cookies or similar technologies to show more relevant ads (personalized advertising), subject to your settings and local rules.
- You can review and change personalized ad settings in Google’s Ad Settings: adssettings.google.com.
- More detail on cookies, advertising, and third parties is in our Privacy Policy.
We do not sell the business numbers you type into calculators to advertisers. Calculator inputs are processed locally in your browser for the core tools. Advertising data practices are separate and are described in the Privacy Policy and in Google’s own policies.
What we are building next (Pro)
Free tools stay free for core calculations. We plan optional Pro features for teams that want more depth, such as:
- Saved scenarios and shared links for stakeholder reviews.
- Richer exports (reports you can drop into board or budget decks).
- Deeper comparison workflows across vendors and SLAs.
- Guided workflows that connect downtime, credits, and recovery targets in one story.
Plans and pricing will stay visible on Pricing / Start Trial as they land. Until then, the public calculators remain the main product.
Updates policy
Calculators, reference tables, and guides may change when we fix errors, clarify wording, or add periods and examples. We aim for accuracy first, then clarity.
- Formula fixes. If a formula or table value is wrong, we correct it as soon as we can. For reference pages, we update the “Updated” date in the article header when content materially changes.
- Wording and teaching. We may expand explanations for non-native readers without changing the underlying math.
- New tools. New calculators or guides appear on Guides and in the site map.
- Legal pages. Privacy and terms pages show a “Last updated” date when we revise them.
We do not promise to notify every reader by email when a page changes. If you rely on a table for a formal claim or report, save a copy (screenshot or export) with the date you used it, and re-check the live page before you file something important.
Vendor SLAs also change over time. Our examples are teaching aids. Always read the current SLA text from your provider before you file a credit claim or negotiate a contract.
Contact
Questions, corrections, partnership ideas, or feedback on the calculators — we want to hear from you. If you find a wrong number in a downtime table, tell us. Clear corrections help everyone.
Email: contact@techimpact.online
Contact page: contact.html
Studio: dynamicdisorder.co
For privacy questions (cookies, ads, data rights), start with the Privacy Policy or email us with “Privacy” in the subject line so we can route it quickly.