From here, you are not far from having your copy of a Pralana Calculator!
We call our new web-based calculators Pralana Online and Pralana Online Pro, and they’re being sold as annual subscriptions. Pralana Online is for individuals and supports one plan with three scenarios, and Pralana Online Pro is for advisors and supports up to 25 plans with three scenarios per plan. Otherwise, they’re identical. The cost of Pralana Online is $119 for the first year with $89 annual renewals; the cost of Pralana Online Pro is $399 for the first year with $349 annual renewals. To access Pralana Online after your initial purchase, just click Member Login at the top of any page on this website, then login and go to the Members page. From there, just click the “Access Pralana Online” button. The user manual is integrated into the tool but you can also download a copy by going to the Manuals page on this website. To upgrade from Pralana Gold 2023 or Pralana Gold 2024, you can login and go to the Members page for discounted pricing.
These are our Excel-based calculators, which are sold with licenses that entitle you to indefinite use of the tool, including free updates. A Pralana Gold 2024 license entitles you to a discounted upgrade to Pralana Online and Pralana Gold 2025. To get updates or to initiate an upgrade, you will need to click Member Login at the top of any page of this website, then login and go to the Members page and you will see the options available to you. These calculators are downloadable and operate on any Windows or Mac computer in conjunction with Microsoft Excel. Windows platforms need Excel 2007 or later and Mac platforms need at least O/S 10.5 and Excel 2011 for Macs.
Mac users with the M1 architecture, Windows Excel 2007 and 2010 users and Firefox users, please see the notes at the bottom of this page.
A Pralana Gold license entitles you to free support via e-mail and all updates. Your account will be established during the checkout process and will enable you to download a copy for your personal use on a second computer, gain access to all maintenance updates, and to submit new topics and engage in exchanges with other users via the Pralana Retirement Calculator Forum.
Checkout is quick and secure via Stripe and Pralana Consulting LLC never has access to your private information. Just click one of the buttons above to initiate processing, and you’ll have access to the related Pralana tool within a couple of minutes! Once you have made your initial purchase of a particular product, please do not click that button again as that action will trigger another purchase. To access your Pralana Online subscription, to upgrade to Pralana Online from PRC2023 or PRC2024 Gold, or to get updates to any of our Excel tools, click Member Login and then go to the Members page after getting logged in. Your name and e-mail information will never be shared with any other entity. You will be invited to receive the Pralana Newsletter which is sent occasionally to provide you with information on product updates and tips on getting the most out of your calculator. Even if you do elect to sign up, you can always unsubscribe at any time.
We recommend use of the Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Safari browsers for downloading Pralana files; Internet Explorer and Firefox users should refer to the notes at the bottom of this page.
- Note for users of Macs with the M1 architecture: The previously-reported issues of Excel running natively (without Rosetta) on Macs with the M1 architecture appear to have been resolved by Microsoft in Office 365 version 16.73, as a minimum. If you are running an older version and experience run-time errors when trying to run PRC, you have two options: Upgrade your Excel version or run Excel with Rosetta (via Finder > Applications > Excel > Get Info > click “Run with Rosetta”).
- Note for Excel 2010 Users: Your Excel configuration needs to include Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2). Without this, Excel may tell you that the PRC file is corrupted.
- Note 1 for Excel 2007 Users: Your Excel configuration needs to include Microsoft Service Pack 3 (SP3). Without this, Excel may tell you that the PRC file is corrupted.
- Note 2 for Excel 2007 Users: The digital signature is not recognized by Excel 2007 and will be reported as an invalid signature. This is due to the fact that Excel 2007 has not been maintained by Microsoft since 2012 and is no longer compatible with the newer security software technology used to produce the Pralana Consulting LLC digital signature. The workaround is to create a new folder on your Windows system into which you place the PRC file. Then, via Excel’s Trust Center, you specify this folder as a Trusted Location.
- Note for Internet Explorer 11 users on Windows 10 machines: PRC downloads may fail to work with this configuration. The workaround is as follows: On the IE11 page, go to Tools (the cog in the upper right corner), then Safety, then “Turn Off Windows Defender SmartScreen”. You can then turn this back to the “On” state when the download is completed.
- Note for Firefox users: Some versions of Firefox append a .xlsx extension to Pralana’s .xlsm files which Excel will reject. If you see this occurring following a download, you will need to manually delete the .xlsx extension from the filename prior to opening.