How to use this tool
Enter the actual amount and budget or baseline and the result appears straight away. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing you type is uploaded.
Formula
Variance = actual − budget; variance % = variance ÷ |budget| × 100.
Example
Actual spend of 9,200 against a 10,000 budget is 800 under budget, or -8%.
Prepare your inputs
Use actual and budget amounts with the same accounting scope and period. A zero baseline has no percentage variance.
Understand the result
Positive means above the baseline. Whether that is desirable depends on whether the measure is cost, revenue or another outcome.
About this version
This page uses a shared calculation method. Industry and country labels provide a browsing context; they do not change the formula or imply specialist or local regulatory validation. Currency labels do not perform currency conversion.
Limitations and assumptions
A zero budget cannot be expressed as a percentage variance. Confirm sign conventions. Detailed content, accessibility and edge-case review remains ongoing.