About the Downtime & Uptime Calculator
Uptime and downtime percentages, availability, and downtime cost — with the equivalent “nines”.
Also known as: uptime calculator, availability percentage, downtime cost, nines uptime.
How to use this calculator
- Enter period, downtime, cost per hour of downtime.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
Uptime % = (period − downtime) ÷ period × 100
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Period = 720 hours
- Downtime = 6.5 hours
- Cost per hour of downtime = 1,200
the calculator returns:
- Uptime: 99.0972%
- Downtime: 0.9028%
- Downtime cost: 7,800
- Downtime per year at this rate: 79.1 hours