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Kill your debt in the right order.

List every debt, one extra payment you can make each month, and any lump sum you can throw at it now. The cheapest strategy attacks your highest interest rate first — the least total interest — while you pay minimums on the rest, and each cleared debt rolls its payment onto the next. See every payoff date, the total interest, and exactly how much money and time you save over paying only the minimums.

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Your debts

DebtBalance ($)Rate (APR %)Min pay ($/mo)
Your attack plan
On top of every minimum — the engine of the whole plan.
A tax refund, bonus or windfall — applied right now to your top-priority debt.
Cheapest = highest interest rate first (least total interest). Quickest = smallest balance first (fastest first win).
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Your payoff plan

Payoff order
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Balance over time

Notes

The cheapest method pays the least interest; the quickest gives you a win soonest. The math favors going cheapest — always attack the highest rate first — but if you need the motivation of clearing a whole balance fast, the quickest method (smallest balance first) usually costs only a little more. Either way, the real lever is the extra payment, any lump sum, and the rollover: every freed-up minimum gets thrown at the next debt instead of quietly leaking back into your budget. Don't stop a minimum on any debt until it's actually gone, and if a card's minimum doesn't even cover its interest, it will grow forever untouched — those get flagged above. This is planning guidance, not financial advice; confirm rates and minimums against your statements.

Not financial advice. This tool is for educational and planning purposes only and is not financial, tax, legal or investment advice. The results are estimates based on the numbers you enter and assume your rates and payments hold steady — your actual results will differ. Verify every balance, interest rate and minimum payment against your statements, and consult a qualified professional before making decisions about your debt.

The cheapest strategy is also known as the debt avalanche method; the quickest strategy is also known as the debt snowball method.