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title: "Unused seat cost"
description: "Paid seats against seats in use: what the idle ones cost a year, and what you save by right-sizing at renewal."
canonical: "https://lopifi.com/tools/seat-waste"
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# Unused seat cost

> Paid seats against seats in use: what the idle ones cost a year, and what you save by right-sizing at renewal.

Source: https://lopifi.com/tools/seat-waste
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, checked by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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- **Group:** Software

## Inputs

- `paid` — Seats you pay for
- `active` — Seats in use
- `price` — Price per seat per month
- `buffer` — Spare seats to keep, %
- `locked` — Months until seats can come off (Zero if seats can be changed now; otherwise how long until renewal.)
- `currency` — Currency (ISO 4217 code — sets the decimals: JPY 0, USD 2, KWD 3.)

Runs entirely in the browser: no network call, no data leaves the page. The same definition powers the Lopifi Tools Chrome extension.