Why does the calculator separate collecting photos from building the video?

Because they are different costs with different fixes. The editor build is minutes in any modern tool. The photo chase is phone calls, texts and a USB stick in the mail, and it is the part a collection link removes.

What loaded hourly cost should I use?

Take the salary of whoever actually does this work, add benefits and payroll taxes, and divide by hours worked. For most funeral home staff that lands between 25 and 45 dollars an hour. If you are not sure, use 35.

Does the calculator include what Embrance costs?

No. It measures what your current process costs so you have a number to compare anything against. Embrance does not publish a funeral-home price yet; the team works with homes directly.

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What tribute videos cost your funeral home

Most homes have never put a number on it. Enter how many services you run, how many get a video, and how long the photo chase and the build take, and see the yearly cost in staff time and fees. Nothing is saved, and no software price is assumed.

What tribute videos cost your funeral home now

Every number here is yours. Nothing is saved, and no price for any software is assumed. Change any field and the totals update.

Services per month

All services, not just the ones with a video.

Share of services with a tribute video

Minutes spent collecting photos, per video

min

Calls, texts, waiting on the USB stick, scanning prints.

Minutes building and exporting, per video

min

Arranging, music, review, export, loading it on the screen.

Loaded hourly cost of that staff member

$/hr

Salary plus benefits and payroll taxes, divided by hours worked.

Software or vendor fee per video, if any

Whatever you pay today per tribute video. Leave at 0 if it is bundled.

Per year, at these numbers

$3,675

84 tribute videos, about $44 each all in.

Collecting photos: $2,205; 63 hours of staff time
Building and exporting: $1,470; 42 hours of staff time
Software or vendor fees: $0; none entered

The first column is the one a family collection link changes. When relatives add photos from their own phones into the slideshow, the calls and the USB stick go away; the editor time in the second column mostly stays. At these numbers that is roughly $2,205 a year of staff time spent asking for photos.

How to read the result

The build column is what every vendor competes on, and it is the smaller number for most homes: a modern editor turns photos into a video in minutes. The collecting column is the one nobody prices, because it is not software time. It is a staff member calling a daughter in another state, waiting for a nephew to text six photos, scanning prints from a shoebox, and loading a USB stick the morning of the service.

That column is what changes when the family adds photos themselves, from their own phones, into a slideshow they can watch assemble. It is also the column that grows with volume, which is why homes running six services a week feel it and homes running six a month do not.

Common questions

Frequently asked

Why does the calculator separate collecting photos from building the video?: Because they are different costs with different fixes. The editor build is minutes in any modern tool. The photo chase is phone calls, texts and a USB stick in the mail, and it is the part a collection link removes.
What loaded hourly cost should I use?: Take the salary of whoever actually does this work, add benefits and payroll taxes, and divide by hours worked. For most funeral home staff that lands between 25 and 45 dollars an hour. If you are not sure, use 35.
Does the calculator include what Embrance costs?: No. It measures what your current process costs so you have a number to compare anything against. Embrance does not publish a funeral-home price yet; the team works with homes directly.

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Hand one family the link and watch their photos arrive. No contract, and nothing to install.

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