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WattShed Tally

Live, self-serve

Three offers on the table. One honest way to line them up.

Tally lines up the offers a household really holds: the cash price, the loan as written, the lease with its escalator, over one comparison horizon. It refuses the usual trick of pretending unlike things are alike: who owns the equipment, what escalates, and what happens at end of term are named differences on every card, not footnotes. Arithmetic over offers as written, not financial advice, and no offer is endorsed.

What it does.

  • Totals each offer over the same horizon, with first-year monthly shown where one exists.

  • Compounds lease escalators honestly and names their full effect.

  • States each offer's ownership story plainly: outright, while repaying, or the provider's.

  • Flags close calls as inside the error of assumptions rather than declaring a winner.

  • Runs in the browser on offers you enter. No lender or provider named by WattShed.

Who it is for.

Households weighing offers

See the total each path costs over the same window, with the differences named.

Housing counselors and program staff

Walk through real offers with arithmetic on the table instead of competing brochures.

Utilities and public program administrators

Give consumer guidance a neutral comparison surface that endorses nothing.

How it works.

01

Enter the offers

Cash, loan, or lease, exactly as written, with labels you choose.

02

Set the horizon

One window for every total. Lengthen it to see full terms play out.

03

Read the differences

Totals side by side, escalation compounded, ownership stated, close calls called close.

What it does, and what it deliberately does not.

Tally does

Totals offers as written over one stated horizon

Tally does not

Does not give financial advice or endorse any offer

Tally does

Names ownership, escalation, and end-of-term differences

Tally does not

Does not name lenders or store anything

Availability.

The offer comparison is live today as a public self-serve tool, no account required, nothing stored. Program-branded comparison surfaces are arranged with WattShed directly.

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