COCOMO Cost Estimator

Software Engineering Project

Project Cost Estimator using COCOMO Model

Estimate effort, development time, required staff and total project cost using Basic and Intermediate COCOMO formulas with a premium glassmorphism interface.

Start Estimation View Formula

Live Estimation Dashboard

COCOMO gives planning values in person-months, months, team size and cost.

26.93Person-Months

8.75Months

Calculator

Enter Project Details

Project Name

Lines of Code Cost per Person-Month ₹

Project Type Model Type

EAF - Effort Adjustment Factor

Use 1.00 for normal project. Increase it for high complexity, reliability or tool constraints.

Result for

CampusOS AI

Low Risk

📦

KLOC

10.00

⚙️

Effort

26.93 PM

⏱️

Development Time

8.75 M

👥

Average Staff

3 Devs

Total Estimated Project Cost

₹13,46,500

Comparison

All COCOMO Modes

Mode	Effort	Time	Staff	Cost

Formula

Basic COCOMO Solving Steps

Convert project size: KLOC = LOC / 1000
Select project mode: Organic, Semi-Detached or Embedded.
Calculate effort: Effort = a × KLOCᵇ
Calculate time: Tdev = c × Effortᵈ
Calculate staff: Staff = Effort / Tdev
Calculate cost: Cost = Effort × Cost per Person-Month

Constants

COCOMO Mode Values

Mode	a	b	c	d
Organic	2.4	1.05	2.5	0.38
Semi-Detached	3.0	1.12	2.5	0.35
Embedded	3.6	1.20	2.5	0.32

Technology

Recommended Tech Stack

FrontendHTML, CSS, JavaScript / React

BackendPython FastAPI

DatabaseSQLite / PostgreSQL

ChartsRecharts / Chart.js

ReportPrint, PDF, jsPDF

DeployVercel + Render