RICE Score Calculator (Prioritise Features and Projects)
Scores and compares two ideas with the RICE method — reach, impact, confidence and effort — so you can see which to do first.
Results
RICE score of idea A
533.3
RICE score of idea B
450.0
A compared with B
1.19
Which to do first
Idea A
What this tool does
RICE, developed at Intercom, turns a gut feeling about priorities into a number: how many people it reaches in a period, how much it moves each of them (3 for massive down to 0.25 for minimal), how sure you are of those guesses (100 %, 80 % or 50 %), divided by the effort in person-months. Dividing by effort is what stops a big, vague project beating a small, sure win. The score is for ranking ideas against each other, not for forecasting; the confidence factor is there to punish optimistic guesses, so be honest with it.
Formula
RICE = Reach × Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort (impact scale 3 / 2 / 1 / 0.5 / 0.25)
Variables
| Symbol | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
ra | Idea A: reach | — |
ia | Idea A: impact | — |
ca | Idea A: confidence | % |
ea | Idea A: effort in person-months | — |
rb | Idea B: reach | — |
ib | Idea B: impact | — |
cb | Idea B: confidence | % |
eb | Idea B: effort in person-months | — |
SA | RICE score of idea A | — |
SB | RICE score of idea B | — |
RT | A compared with B | — |
ST | Which to do first | — |
Worked example
- Idea A: reach2000
- Idea A: impact1
- Idea A: confidence80 %
- Idea A: effort in person-months3
- Idea B: reach600
- Idea B: impact3
- Idea B: confidence50 %
- Idea B: effort in person-months2
- RICE score of idea A533.3
- RICE score of idea B450.0
- A compared with B1.19
- Which to do firstIdea A
Limitations
- The result is an estimate based only on the values you type. Real situations often include factors this calculator does not know about.
- The default values are typical reference figures, not measurements of your situation. Replace them with your own data whenever you have it.