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Free Amazon toolsThis free Amazon PPC calculator plans your ad budget three ways: from a sales goal, from the budget you have, or from your product margins. It checks whether your target ACoS is realistic at your real CPC and conversion rate, then gives you a daily budget, a max bid and a plan you can save and share.
Typical for All categories (average): CPC $1.34, conversion 11 to 12%, ACoS about 32.5% (US, 2026). Swap in your own numbers from your Search Term report when you have them.
This goal needs about $3,330 a month, which is 33.3% ACoS. Your 30% target only allows $3,000.
CPC and conversion move every week. Plan your cash around the cautious column.
CPC 20% higher, conversion 20% lower
Monthly budget$4,995Your numbers as entered
Monthly budget$3,330CPC 10% lower, conversion 15% higher
Monthly budget$2,606Most budgets lean on Sponsored Products. Change the shares to match your account.
Your numbers save in this browser automatically. Save named plans, or get a link to share this plan with your team.
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Use it as an Amazon PPC cost estimator before a launch, and as a PPC budget estimator tool every month as your CPC and conversion rate change. Pick a category benchmark if you are just starting, then swap in your own CPC and conversion rate from your Search Term report as soon as you have two weeks of data. Switch the stage to Launch when you are pushing a new product, and the plan shows your total launch spend.
Most free PPC budget tools multiply a sales goal by a target ACoS and stop there. The number looks neat, but it ignores what your clicks actually cost. Here is what this one does differently.
These are the formulas this Amazon PPC cost calculator uses, so you can check every number yourself.
Target ad sales × target ACoSTarget ad sales ÷ selling priceOrders ÷ conversion rateClicks × average CPCCPC ÷ (conversion rate × price)Profit per unit before ads ÷ priceTarget ACoS × price × conversion rateAd spend ÷ total salesThe daily budget is the monthly budget divided by 30.4, the average number of days in a month.
Here is how to calculate your PPC budget by hand, with a real example. Say you sell a $34.99 product, your average CPC is $1.34 and 11.5% of clicks turn into orders. You want $10,000 a month in ad sales at a 30% ACoS.
A simple sales × ACoS calculator would tell you to spend $3,000 and expect $10,000. In reality $3,000 brings about $9,000 at these numbers. To hit the full goal at 30%, bring your CPC down to $1.21 or lift conversion to 12.8%. This gap between the plan and the real cost is exactly what the verdict box flags.
Starting points for 2026 if you do not have your own data yet. These are the numbers the category benchmark menu fills in.
| Category | Average CPC | Conversion rate | Average ACoS |
|---|---|---|---|
| All categories (average) | $1.34 | 11 to 12% | 32.5% |
| Beauty and Personal Care | $1.18 | 12 to 15% | 24% |
| Books | $0.38 | 15 to 20% | 19% |
| Clothing and Apparel | $0.72 | 9 to 12% | 42% |
| Electronics | $1.45 | 7 to 10% | 29% |
| Food and Grocery | $0.58 | 12 to 15% | 21% |
| Health and Household | $1.05 | 11 to 14% | 27% |
| Home and Garden | $0.88 | 11 to 13% | 31% |
| Pet Supplies | $0.91 | 12 to 15% | 26% |
| Sports and Outdoors | $0.82 | 10 to 13% | 33% |
| Toys and Games | $0.78 | 10 to 12% | 28% |
US marketplace, Sponsored Products. Sources: AdBadger and Jungle Scout 2026 benchmark reports, compiled by Eightx. Conversion rates are the platform wide range, so treat every number as a starting point and use your own data whenever you have it.
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