What does a cliff do to my schedule?

A cliff is a waiting period before any vesting tokens unlock. With a 12-month cliff nothing vests for the first year, then the tokens that would have accrued during the cliff all unlock at once at month 12, after which vesting continues normally.

What is the difference between linear and monthly-batch vesting?

Linear vesting unlocks an equal slice every month across the vesting period. Monthly-batch is functionally the same monthly cadence here, releasing the remaining allocation in equal monthly tranches after the cliff. Both reach 100 percent at the end of the term.

How does a TGE unlock interact with the cliff?

The TGE percentage unlocks immediately at month zero and is separate from the cliff. The remaining tokens then follow the cliff and vesting schedule. So you can have, for example, 10 percent at TGE and the other 90 percent vesting after a 6-month cliff.

Does the schedule always reach 100 percent?

Yes. The TGE portion plus all monthly unlocks sum to the full allocation by the final month of the vesting term, accounting for rounding. The cumulative column ends at exactly your total allocation.

Is anything sent to a server?

No. The full schedule is generated in your browser from the numbers you type. Nothing about your grant is uploaded or stored anywhere. It is safe to model confidential offers.

Token Vesting & Cliff Schedule Visualiser

Token grants hide a lot of nuance in their cliff and vesting terms. This tool turns total allocation, a cliff, a vesting period, and an optional TGE unlock into a clear month-by-month table so you can see exactly when your tokens become available.

How it works

The allocation splits into an immediate TGE portion and a vesting portion that unlocks after the cliff:

tge tokens     = total × (tge % / 100)         (unlocks at month 0)
vesting tokens = total − tge tokens
per-month      = vesting tokens / (vesting months − cliff months)

month < cliff      → 0 vesting unlock
month = cliff      → per-month × cliff months   (cliff catch-up)
cliff < month ≤ end → per-month each month

The cliff catch-up releases the months that accrued silently during the cliff, which is how standard cliff vesting behaves on-chain and in equity grants alike.

Example and tips

A 100,000-token grant with 10% at TGE, a 6-month cliff, and 24-month total vesting gives you 10,000 tokens immediately, nothing for months 1 to 5, then a catch-up release at month 6 covering the first six vesting months, followed by equal monthly unlocks to month 24. Always check whether “vesting period” in your contract includes or excludes the cliff — that single ambiguity changes your per-month rate, and this tool treats the cliff as part of the total term.