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Name: Better Off Calculator
Rating: 4.71 (270 reviews)

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4.71

Based on 270 reviews, last reviewed 14th May 2025

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Latest highest rating:

5

Empowers individuals As an employment advisor, I regularly use the Better Off calculator to assist individuals. This tool has significantly enhanced awareness of funding a... Read more Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Can’t understand the results, trying to work out if... Can’t understand the results, trying to work out if I cut my hours Reviewed on: 1st August 2024

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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 (270)

Review of the Policy in Practice, Better Off Calculator:

Never works for me

This calculator never works for me. I get to the end and there's no result, or I can't down;load the result, or aI can't save the result. Not fit for purpose. Reviewed on: 5th July 2023

Empowers individuals

As an employment advisor, I regularly use the Better Off calculator to assist individuals. This tool has significantly enhanced awareness of funding and support for those facing physical and mental health challenges. The detailed breakdown provided helps users access additional financial support, ensuring they understand their budgeting options thoroughly. When concerned about how a new role might affect their benefits, they receive precise information down to the penny. This has boosted their confidence and enabled them to complete limited capability and disability benefit assessments, accessing support previously unavailable to them. I believe the calculator is truly excellent and has directly supported thousands in my time in this role in this company to learning how to access more support they're entitled to. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

The ease and user friendly element of the system, me...

The ease and user friendly element of the system, means that it is great for use with the employability role Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Great tools and functions, needing a couple of tweaks

The calculator offers comprehensive tools to check a client's circumstances, including calculating transitional protection and circumstances for students. Some of the parts could be a little clearer, e.g. around whether a client is eligible for contribution-based benefits (perhaps a way to input dates worked to calculate it, or a clearer external link to do so without having to client on the external information?) Overall a good experience that supports our advice team with delivering benefits services to our vulnerable clients well. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Helpful and Exact

I find the better off calculator to be helpful as it help show customers to show an in detail breakdown of what areas in money and savings can be improved when they start work . It is also easy to navigate and visually great to show for someone who can be overwhelmed by numbers . Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

More than just a calcualtor

The data is just data, what I like is the links to local support Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

The Better Off calculator is such a great tool!

The Better Off calculator is such a great tool! It is easy to use and understand the results it provides and really helps the most vulnerable understand their financial situation and what help is available easily. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Recommend the calculator to others :)

I have used the calculator many times and it's generally self-explanatory. The tool at the end of projecting income with wages is an excellent visual representation. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Great resource to support people back into work

use regularly with customers to show them how UC can still support them but also how much more money they would have if they were working Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

Stirling CAB

First class support and instruction. Really intuitive and easy to use. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

I use this resource with individuals on my caseload...

I use this resource with individuals on my caseload and find it extremely beneficial. Reviewed on: 14th May 2025

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