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Name: Better Off Calculator
Rating: 4.73 (319 reviews)

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4.73

Based on 319 reviews, last reviewed 22nd May 2025

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Latest highest rating:

5

Excellent service, great visual We use this service all the time in our work and find it very useful to be able to demonstrate to our participants how much better off they could be b... Read more Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Latest lowest rating:

2

Its a clunky system that doesn't work very well. Its a clunky system that doesn't work very well. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

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About this product

The Better Off Calculator is a tool that quickly calculates your benefit entitlement and shows you what money you may be missing out on. It shows you what steps you can take to strengthen your finances with a focus on actionable advice.

You can use the free calculator to see what help you are eligible for, and see clearly how changes in earnings or hours will impact your income.

If you're an advisor you can get more features in our professional calculator so that you can work out the exact amount of next Universal Credit payments, and create personalised action plans and smart budgets for customers.

With the Better Off Calculator you don’t need to be a policy expert to understand what changes to the welfare system mean for you.

Policy in Practice Better Off Calculator reviews (319)

Review of the Policy in Practice, Better Off Calculator:

A fantastic service

I have used this service for years and find it extremely helpful in my role - which is discharging homeless duty into the private sector for Hackney Council. I use this to check affordability. Better Off Calculator take all comments & suggestions seriously and have improved - and continue to improve - the calculator enormously. It is easy to use and the results it are comprehensive and easy to update /amend. They also offer training on various subjects. I cannot praise them enough to be honest. They truly deserve to win. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Good all round

The calculator on the whole works very well, if there are issues there's a handy chat box and the team look at the issue very quickly to rectify it. There are some calculations it refuses to do, but they are extremely complicated situations Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Great resource

I use this service at least twice a day at work and it's always an invaluable tool to the participants we utilise it for. The various insights at the end of how much better off they would be, the ease at which we can adjust amounts and hours makes it such an easy tool to use. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Excellent service, very recommended.

Excellent service, very recommended. It really changes peoples mindsets. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

I use it to show Parents how they can benefit going...

I use it to show Parents how they can benefit going back to work, showing them the amount they are still entitled too helps them realise it isnt so bad! This encourages them so much to proactively get back out there and start a career or boost their skills further, its a great tool. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

I use this on a daily basis without fail.

I use this on a daily basis without fail. This is the best service around, its super easy and simply to follow. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Amazing tool to highlight prosperous future.

I love how Better of Calculator is able to present amazing opportunity for a better financial future for the participants on the program. I love seeing how they face expression is changing seeing the results and that motivates them during the work search activitites. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Better off calculator is great!

Policy In Practice have provided an excellent service with the Better Off Calculator. It is great to show people how their lives will change in work, and it has been a motivating tool to support people to find a new job. Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

A really helpful tool for our service to support ou...

A really helpful tool for our service to support our customers Reviewed on: 22nd May 2025

Daily User

I use this tool on a daily basis for a number of reasons. It gives such a great overview of benefit eligibility alongside useful hints and tips. Compared to other similar tools, I feel this is a truly rounded experience covering all eventualities to give sound, quality advice. Reviewed on: 20th May 2025

No better Better Off Calculator!

I work as a benefits advisor and the Better off calculator is a godsend! I love all the little drop downs with additional info and that it works things out so brilliantly - saving my head a lot of hard work! Reviewed on: 19th May 2025

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