Break-even chart
When the next plan becomes cheaper.
Definition · Updated Nov 2, 2026
A break-even chart draws the cost of two plans against usage and marks where they cross, with the current and next month placed on it. Use it for plan upgrades, pricing pages and build-or-buy choices.
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Live preview
Sample data: cost of the current plan (Scale) and Enterprise across 0.6M to 2.2M runs, break-even at 1.6M
- Data shape
- Cost per plan across usage
- Good for
- Plan upgrades, pricing choices
- Avoid when
- There is one plan
- Sizes
- XS, S, M and L, re-laid out from the data
Anatomy
Inspect it like the Figma file.
The same layers, names and tokens as the component. Select one to read its size, fill and style.
Layers
129 / Break-even
- Layer
- current plan
- Type
- Vector
- Size
- 582 × 169
- Stroke
- data/cat-2
- Group
- Marks · 5
Layers
129 / Break-even
- Layer
- current plan
- Type
- Vector
- Size
- 322 × 106
- Stroke
- data/cat-2
- Group
- Marks · 5
Layers
129 / Break-even
- Layer
- current plan
- Type
- Vector
- Size
- 191 × 70
- Stroke
- data/cat-2
- Group
- Marks · 5
Sizes
Re-laid out, never scaled.
The same data at XS, S, M and L. Every size is redrawn from the data, so text and line weights never shrink.
M against S
Width360 px480 px
Plot328 px440 px
Labels1313
Marks55
Height212 px246 px
Same tokens at every size: text styles, 1 px lines and mark radius stay put.
When to use
Time to upgrade?
Three signs it fits, and three signs another type fits better.
Code and Figma
One name in Figma and in code.
Every Figma property is a prop with the same name and values. One command installs it.
Figma
chart/129-break-even
npx shadcn add @chartory/break-evenimport { BreakEven } from "@/components/chartory/break-even"import { planCosts } from "./plan-costs"export function PlanCosts() { return ( <BreakEven data={planCosts} size="m" legend={true} /> )}Hearth widget
Break-even as a widget.
The chart in a Hearth card with a hero number and two blocks. One token set, light and dark.
EmberPreset
ChartoryDefault preset
Pick the blocks, the size and the preset for your own widget.
Read the Hearth widget docsFAQ
Break-even questions.
What people ask before they put a break-even in a dashboard.
Something else?
hello@usechartory.comWhere this month and next month land on the usage axis (Oct $1,200, Nov $1,280 in the sample).
The next plan, $2,400 a month. The break-even is where the current plan's cost reaches it (1.6M runs).
One data object in the sample’s shape: cost per plan across usage. The docs page lists every field and links its JSON Schema; the sample data comes with the component, so you can start from it and swap in your own.
Series take the preset’s data colours in order, and states such as up, down or warning take its status colours. Change the preset in Figma or in code to recolour every chart at once.
XS, S, M and L, in light and dark. Each size is laid out again from the data, so text and lines keep their size.
Yes. It plays in when it scrolls into view, and when the data changes every mark moves from its old place to its new one. With reduced motion on, it does not move.
Yes. The Figma component comes with Figma and Complete, the React component with Code and Complete.
Ask for it by name. The MCP server tells the agent what data it needs and runs the same command: npx shadcn add @chartory/break-even. You review the diff.
Related types
Other ways to show relationship.
The same question, a different shape of answer. Every type ships in Figma and in code.
Same family
Relationship
17 types in Chartory answer this question.