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Commission & OTE Modeller

Comp plans are usually explained in a single sentence — "10% commission with a 1.5x accelerator" — but nobody tells you what that actually pays at 75% of quota versus 130%. This models it properly: your OTE, the effective commission rate at your projected attainment, what a gate or draw does to your cash flow, and a scenario table across the attainment range so you can see the shape of the plan before you sign — or before you design one.

Your numbers

Guaranteed pay before any commission
Bookings/revenue target at 100% attainment
% of sales value, standard tier
Below this, plan pays £0 commission — 0 = no gate
Usually 100% = right at quota
Rate multiplier above threshold — 1.0 = none
Guaranteed monthly advance — 0 = no draw
Recoverable draws can be clawed back
Drag to model a slow quarter or a blow-out one

Method & assumptions

  • Commission is calculated on sales value with a single accelerator tier above your chosen threshold — real plans sometimes stack multiple tiers, SPIFs, or quarterly resets on top of this.
  • A gate below the entered % pays £0 commission for that period, matching common 'cliff' gate designs — it does not pro-rate.
  • Recoverable draws are modelled as a running balance against unearned commission; non-recoverable draws are treated as a guaranteed floor the rep keeps regardless of attainment.
  • All figures are gross — no tax, National Insurance, or pension deductions are applied.

How to use it

Fill in the base salary, annual quota, and commission rate from the actual comp plan (or the one you're designing). Set the gate to the minimum attainment that must be hit before any commission is paid — leave it at 0 if there's no floor. Set the accelerator threshold and multiplier to model an over-achievement kicker (leave the multiplier at 1.0 if the plan has none). Add a monthly draw if reps get a guaranteed advance, and mark whether it's recoverable. Then drag the attainment slider to see how OTE splits into cash pay at that specific quarter or year — the bar chart shows the same math across 50%–150% of quota so you can see the whole shape of the plan at once.

For enablement leaders

Make the layer underneath this measurable.

Tools like this describe good practice. They can't tell you which of your reps actually have the skill, or in what order to build it. That's what The Mastery Standard does: 27 frameworks, 54 competencies, every rubric cell written, every assessment human-signed-off.

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