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BridgeToFI is a free early retirement calculator that helps individuals and financial advisors plan the financial bridge from early retirement to age 59½, with a professional advisor portal for client management and white-label branding.
BridgeToFI is a FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) planning platform that solves the "bridge problem": how to fund early retirement before you can access 401k/IRA accounts at 59½. It models tax-optimized withdrawal strategies, Roth conversion ladders, Monte Carlo simulations, historical stress tests, and Social Security timing across six country regions. The free personal calculator requires no signup, while the professional advisor portal offers unlimited client management, white-label branding, and compliance-ready PDF reports.
BridgeToFI was created to address a gap in retirement planning tools: most calculators assume you'll retire at 65 and access your 401k immediately. But for the growing FIRE community (people aiming to retire in their 30s, 40s, or 50s), the real challenge is the "bridge period" between early retirement and age 59½ when retirement accounts become penalty-free. BridgeToFI models this bridge explicitly, showing users which accounts to draw from and when, how Roth conversion ladders can unlock IRA funds early, and whether their plan survives market volatility through Monte Carlo simulation and up to 10 historical stress test scenarios. The tool supports multiple account types (401k, IRA, Roth, HSA, brokerage, crypto), spouse/partner modeling with different retirement ages, Social Security optimization, healthcare costs until Medicare, spending phases, spending guardrails, tax phase planning, and a built-in life expectancy calculator. It supports six country regions including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU, and India. The free personal calculator requires no signup, no ads, and collects no data. All calculations happen locally in the browser and can be exported as JSON or PDF. For financial advisors, BridgeToFI offers a professional portal with unlimited client management, saved scenarios, white-label branding, compliance-ready PDF reports, team management with SSO support, configurable session timeouts and password policies, and per-client section visibility controls.
People pursuing Financial Independence, Retire Early, typically ages 25-55 saving aggressively to retire decades early.
Those planning to retire before 60 who need to solve the 401k access problem and bridge to traditional retirement age.
Fee-only and fiduciary advisors working with FIRE-minded clients who need professional-grade projection tools with compliance-ready reporting and white-label branding.
Anyone interested in understanding retirement math, withdrawal strategies, Monte Carlo analysis, and tax optimization.
Bridge-First Design: Unlike traditional retirement calculators that assume you'll access all accounts at 65, BridgeToFI explicitly models the critical period between early retirement and 59½.
Privacy by Architecture: The personal calculator stores nothing on any server. All JavaScript runs locally in the browser. Zero data collection, zero tracking cookies, zero user accounts.
Professional-Grade Analysis for Everyone: Monte Carlo simulation, historical stress testing, Roth conversion modeling, and smart insights that typically require expensive software or a financial advisor.
Built for Advisors Too: The same calculator your FIRE clients already trust, now with a professional portal for client management, white-label branding, compliance-ready PDF reports, team management, and SSO support.
International Reach: Region-specific account types and tax structures for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, EU, and India.
BridgeToFI offers a dedicated portal for financial advisors and RIAs, available in two tiers:
Free (2 clients): Full calculator access, save and manage client scenarios, firm branding (name, logo, colors), section visibility controls, default planning assumptions, PDF reports (BridgeToFI branded), plan sharing links, and data export/import.
Pro ($99/month, unlimited clients): Everything in Free, plus 10 historical stress test scenarios, full white-label branding (remove all BridgeToFI branding), white-label PDF reports with firm logo and contact info, custom footer with compliance links, client welcome messages, team management with role-based access, SSO support (Microsoft/Azure AD), configurable session timeouts and password policies, per-client section visibility overrides, account lockout controls, and priority support.
Security: Built on SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure (Supabase, Stripe). Row-level data encryption, MFA support, brute force protection with configurable lockout policies, and session timeout controls that meet FINRA/SEC guidance.
Logo: Available as SVG at /favicon.svg, /icon-192.svg, /icon-512.svg
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Brand Colors: Primary Blue #3b82f6, Accent Green #10b981, Background #0f172a
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