Token Standard Comparison Calculator
Model tokenomics including supply allocation, FDV, initial market cap, vesting schedules, and sell pressure analysis.
About this calculator
Despite the name, this tool models token-launch economics rather than comparing token standards like ERC-20 vs. ERC-1155 — it takes a total supply and your allocation splits across team, investors, and community/airdrop, computing whatever percentage remains as treasury/ecosystem. Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is the simplest figure here: total supply times launch price, representing the market cap if every token were circulating on day one. Initial market cap is more nuanced and reflects a specific unlock assumption baked into the code — the model assumes only 25% of community tokens and 10% of treasury tokens are liquid at the Token Generation Event, while all team and investor tokens start fully locked, which mirrors common vesting practice but won't match every project's actual unlock schedule.
Team and investor tokens then unlock linearly over your specified vesting period, and the calculator sums those monthly unlocks into a dollar value, expressing it as "monthly sell pressure" — the percentage of initial market cap that new liquid supply represents each month. A sell pressure figure above roughly 5% is flagged as a signal of high dilution risk, since that much new liquid supply hitting the market monthly can outpace organic demand. The MCap/FDV ratio at the bottom captures the same idea from a different angle: a ratio near 1 means almost the whole supply is already circulating, while a ratio near 0 means most of the token's theoretical value is still locked up and will dilute the price as it unlocks — a project can look cheap on FDV alone while carrying enormous latent dilution.
Inputs
Results
Fully Diluted Valuation ($)
$100,000,000.00
≈ 238 average U.S. homes
Initial Market Cap ($)
$12,500,000.00
≈ 30 average U.S. homes
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter Total Token Supply (e.g., 1 billion) and set allocation percentages for Team, Investors, and Community.
- Set the Vesting Period in months for team and investor tokens — 24 months is standard; shorter periods create sell pressure.
- Enter the Initial Token Price ($) at TGE to calculate Fully Diluted Valuation and Initial Market Cap.
- Review the MCap/FDV Ratio — a ratio below 0.1 signals heavy future dilution that can suppress price.
- Adjust allocations to ensure the total does not exceed 100% and that circulating supply at launch supports your market cap targets.
How the result changes with Total Token Supply
| Total Token Supply | Fully Diluted Valuation ($) | Initial Market Cap ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000,000 | $50,000,000.00 | $6,250,000.00 |
| 750,000,000 | $75,000,000.00 | $9,375,000.00 |
| 1,500,000,000 | $150,000,000.00 | $18,750,000.00 |
| 2,500,000,000 | $250,000,000.00 | $31,250,000.00 |
What each input means
- Total Token Supply
- Total fixed supply of tokens (e.g., 1 billion).
- Team Allocation (%)
- Percentage allocated to founders and team. Typical: 10-20%.
- Investor Allocation (%)
- Percentage for seed, private, and public sale investors. Typical: 15-25%.
- Community / Airdrop (%)
- Percentage for community rewards, airdrops, mining, and staking. Typical: 30-50%.
- Vesting Period (months)
- Linear vesting duration for team and investor tokens. Standard: 12-36 months.
- Initial Token Price ($)
- Token price at launch / TGE (Token Generation Event).
What each result means
- Fully Diluted Valuation ($)
- Total supply x token price — the maximum theoretical market cap.
- Initial Market Cap ($)
- Market cap based on tokens actually in circulation at launch.
- Initial Circulating (%)
- Percentage of total supply circulating at launch. Lower = more tokens locked.
- Treasury / Ecosystem (%)
- Remaining allocation for protocol treasury and ecosystem growth.
- Monthly Unlock Value ($)
- USD value of team + investor tokens unlocking each month during vesting.
- Monthly Sell Pressure (%)
- Monthly unlock as percentage of initial market cap. Above 5% signals high inflation risk.
- MCap / FDV Ratio
- Ratio of circulating market cap to FDV. Below 0.1 means heavy future dilution.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersTotal Token Supply = 1000000000, Team Allocation (%) = 15, Investor Allocation (%) = 20, Community / Airdrop (%) = 40 = 6 input(s) provided
- Calculate Fully Diluted ValuationFully Diluted Valuation = totalSupply * initialTokenPriceUsd100000000 = $100,000,000
- Calculate Initial Market CapInitial Market Cap = initialCirculatingSupply * initialTokenPriceUsd12500000 = $12,500,000
- Calculate Initial CirculatingInitial Circulating = (initialCirculatingSupply / totalSupply) * 10012.5 = 12.5
- Calculate Treasury / EcosystemTreasury / Ecosystem25 = 25
Engine last updated . Checked against 2 independently-derived tests — how we verify calculators. Built by Paul Gunder, a software engineer, not a licensed financial, medical, or legal professional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is this called Token Standard Comparison if it doesn't compare ERC-20 vs ERC-1155?
The name is a legacy of the category it lives in, but the tool itself models token-launch tokenomics — supply allocation, valuation, vesting, and dilution risk — rather than comparing technical token standards. If you're looking to compare contract implementations like ERC-20 versus ERC-1155, this calculator won't help with that; it's built for planning a token's economic launch parameters instead.
What's the actual difference between FDV and Initial Market Cap?
Fully Diluted Valuation is total supply times launch price — the value if every token were circulating on day one, team and investor allocations included. Initial Market Cap uses the code's specific unlock assumption instead: only 25% of community tokens and 10% of treasury tokens are treated as liquid at launch, with team and investor tokens fully locked, so it's almost always dramatically smaller than FDV.
Where do the 25% community and 10% treasury unlock assumptions come from?
They're fixed assumptions built into the calculation, meant to mirror common Token Generation Event practice where community/airdrop tokens see a meaningful chunk unlock immediately while treasury releases a smaller initial slice. They won't match every project's actual unlock schedule, so if your project's TGE unlocks differ, treat Initial Market Cap and Initial Circulating % as illustrative rather than exact.
What does the MCap/FDV ratio actually tell me?
It's Initial Market Cap divided by FDV, showing what fraction of the token's total theoretical value is already circulating. A ratio near 1 means most supply is liquid already; a ratio near 0 (below roughly 0.1 is flagged as heavy dilution) means most of the token's value is still locked and will enter the market as vesting unlocks proceed, which is downward price pressure a low FDV alone won't reveal.
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