# How much are you guys making on average per month…? **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Tags:** earnings-estimator\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/how-much-are-you-guys-making-on-average-per-month/11860 "2021-02-17T18:33:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/how-much-are-you-guys-making-on-average-per-month/11860/21 "2021-02-21T15:08:03Z")
Hello @Freedim, Welcome to the forum! This is service used by real people, so it is impossible to build an universal formula. Nobody can guarantee that all provided space will be filled fast. We always suggesting to do not invest to anything with purpose only for Storj, you could not have a ROI any time soon. It’s profitable from day zero if your hardware is already online and all costs paid anyway. In such a case any income is a pure profit. I would like to suggest you to use this Community Estimator to have an idea: > [@Realistic earnings estimator](https://forum.storj.io/t/realistic-earnings-estimator/6693): > > The original earnings estimator is no longer online, so I’m altering this suggestion to advocate for the return of a realistic earnings estimator. In the mean time SNOs can use this community version to get a good estimate of the earnings potential. Please be respectful of others using this sheet. If someone else is looking at their results, give them a moment before overwriting their inputs or copy the sheet to your own Google account to fill in your own inputs. The sheet is protected against … Copy the spreadsheet to your account and place your numbers. Take a look on needed time to fill up the space and note how much you can earn with the current behavior of the network. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/how-much-are-you-guys-making-on-average-per-month/11860)._