Customer Acquisition Cost Calculator
v1CAC = Sales and marketing spend / New customers acquired
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Methodology
The current version of every calculator formula. Each is versioned so methodology changes can be reviewed and linked with ?v=. Dated updates are recorded in the changelog.
CAC = Sales and marketing spend / New customers acquired
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CAC payback = CAC / (ARPA * Gross margin)
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LTV = ARPA * Gross margin / Monthly churn rate
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LTV:CAC = LTV / CAC
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NRR = (Beginning revenue - churn - contraction + expansion) / Beginning revenue * 100
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Gross margin % = (Revenue − COGS) / Revenue × 100
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EBITDA margin % = EBITDA / Revenue × 100
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FCF margin % = Free cash flow / Revenue × 100
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GRR = (Beginning revenue - churn - contraction) / Beginning revenue * 100
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Logo churn = Churned customers / Starting customers; gross revenue churn = lost MRR / starting MRR
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ARR = MRR * 12; ARPA = MRR / paying accounts; ACV = annual contract value / annual contracts
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Rule of 40 = Revenue growth % + EBITDA margin %
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Magic Number = (Current quarter ARR - Prior quarter ARR) / Prior quarter sales and marketing spend
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Burn multiple = Net burn / Net new ARR
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Quick ratio = (New MRR + Expansion MRR) / (Churned MRR + Contraction MRR)
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Revenue growth % = (Current revenue − Prior revenue) / Prior revenue × 100
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Revenue per employee = Revenue / FTEs
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Rule of X = (Revenue growth % × growth weight) + Free cash flow margin %
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Net new ARR = New ARR + Expansion ARR - Churned ARR - Contraction ARR
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Runway (months) = Cash on hand / Monthly net burn
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Pipeline coverage = Qualified pipeline / Revenue target
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Sales velocity = Opportunities × Average deal size × Win rate / Sales cycle days
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Win rate = Won deals / Total closed deals × 100
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GTM efficiency = (Net new ARR / Sales and marketing spend) × NRR × Gross margin
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New ARR per GTM FTE = Net new ARR / GTM FTEs
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Ramped quota capacity = Ramped AEs × Average quota per AE × Attainment assumption
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Ramped quota coverage = Ramped quota capacity / Bookings plan
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New ARR mix = Each source ARR / Total new ARR × 100; concentration = largest single-source share
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Top-segment share = largest segment revenue / total revenue × 100; HHI = sum of (segment share)² across all segments
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Coverage = integrations live / integrations a target customer expects × 100; attach rate = customers using top integration / total customers × 100
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Price realization = realized ARPA / list ARPA × 100
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Realized ARPA = list ARPA × (1 − average discount %); discount dollars = list ARPA − realized ARPA
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