Retirement Calculators
Will money last?
Empower (free)
- Free Retirement Planner.
- Monte Carlo simulations.
- Confidence score.
- Best free tool.
- Senior peace.
- Connect accounts.
Fidelity Retirement Score
- Free Fidelity tool.
- Quick estimate.
- Color-coded.
- Don't need Fidelity account.
- Senior simple.
- Good first check.
FIRECalc
- Free historical simulator.
- Tests your plan.
- 1871-present data.
- Senior conservative.
- Worst-case scenarios.
- Trusted by retirees.
cFIREsim
- Similar to FIRECalc.
- More options.
- Free.
- Senior detailed.
- Variable spending.
- Power user.
4% rule
- Withdraw 4%/yr.
- $1M = $40k.
- Adjusts for inflation.
- Studies show 30-yr safe.
- Senior rule of thumb.
- Conservative.
When to see advisor
- Calculators say uncertain.
- Complex tax situation.
- Estate planning.
- Fee-only fiduciary.
- NAPFA.org find one.
- Senior worth $200/hr.
Free Empower = senior peace
Free Empower Retirement Planner + free FIRECalc = best senior money projection. Connect accounts, see scenarios, confidence score. Most senior anxiety is unknown. These free tools answer "will I run out?" with data. Run yearly.