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Compare the snowball and avalanche payoff orders across all your loans by months to debt-free and total interest paid.
Debt Snowball vs Avalanche Planner runs a month-by-month simulation of every loan and card you owe under two payoff orders: smallest balance first (snowball) and highest interest rate first (avalanche). Minimum payments go out on all debts, the leftover budget attacks one target, and each cleared minimum rolls into the next debt. You get months to debt-free, total interest and the exact payoff sequence for both strategies, so the choice is made on numbers rather than folklore.
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Enter the values you already know.
Fine-tune the options to match your scenario.
Read the result and use it in your planning or reporting.
Freed-up minimums are recycled into the next target debt every month, exactly as both methods prescribe.
The interest gap and the month gap between the two orders are shown for your actual balances and rates.
Each strategy lists which debt clears in which month, so you can print it and tick items off.
The snowball throws every spare rupee at the smallest balance, so accounts disappear quickly and momentum builds. The avalanche targets the highest interest rate first, which mathematically minimises total interest. Both pay the minimum on everything else.
The avalanche, always — it can never cost more interest than the snowball because it removes the most expensive debt first. The gap can be small when balances and rates are similar, which is why this planner shows the exact rupee difference for your case.
Yes. Skipping a minimum triggers late fees, penal interest and a bureau record that can dent your credit score for years. Only the surplus above all minimums goes to the target debt.
Then neither method makes much headway and the tool will warn you. Look at raising income or reducing expenses, and speak to your lenders about restructuring before the balances compound further. This is general information, not personalised financial advice.
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