Last updated 13 November 2026
Terms
What Does It Cost is run by Field Friend Ltd (company number 17120050, registered in England and Wales; registered office: Higher House, Wetherby, LS23 6JN). By using it you agree to these terms. Questions: james@fieldfriend.africa.
What the results are, and what they aren't
A check is a guide for deciding what to ask about. It is not an audit, a valuation, financial or legal advice, or a finding that anyone has done anything wrong.
- Prices are mostly what sellers advertise online, plus published reference rates. Advertised prices can differ from what's actually paid, and prices change.
- Budgets are read with the help of AI, which can misread a line, a quantity or a unit.
- Coverage varies by place and item. Each line shows how many prices it rests on and how confident we are, and low confidence means treat it as a question, not a conclusion.
- "Worth querying" means a line is above the usual range or doesn't fit the rest of the budget. There can be good reasons, so talk to the partner before acting on it.
You're responsible for the decisions you make. Don't refuse, cut or end funding to anyone on the strength of a check alone.
Using the service
- Access is by invitation. Keep the access code within your organisation and don't publish it.
- Only upload budgets you're allowed to share for this purpose, and leave out personal details the check doesn't need.
- Don't try to get around the access code or the usage limits, overload the service, or copy its prices in bulk.
- We may change, limit or stop the service, or the countries it covers, at any time. It's currently free, and we'll tell you before that changes.
Where the prices come from
- Prices advertised on online marketplaces and on businesses' own websites in each country, collected from public pages. Hotel prices come only from hotels' own websites and rate cards.
- Market prices from the World Food Programme's market monitoring, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), used under the CC BY-IGO licence. © World Food Programme.
- Local salary scales published by the United Nations.
- Per diem rates published by the U.S. Department of State.
- UN operational rates of exchange, for every dollar figure.
- Published national minimum wages.
None of these organisations endorses this service. Reports don't name individual sellers or listings.
No warranty
The service is provided as it is, without any promise that it's accurate, complete, up to date or always available.
Limits on liability
As far as the law allows, we aren't liable for any loss that comes from using the service or relying on a result, including decisions about funding, partners or staff, or any indirect loss. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't legally be limited.
Changes and law
We may update these terms; the date at the top shows when they last changed. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.