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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Calculator

See if you're paying too much to win each customer

Free CAC calculator with LTV:CAC ratio + payback period. Catch unprofitable acquisition before it eats your runway.

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Calculate one CAC — or watch CAC live across every channel with attribution and LTV in Service Manager.

If you don\'t know your CAC, you\'re flying blind. Worse — if your LTV:CAC ratio is below 1, you lose money on every new customer and only profitable churn keeps you alive.

This calculator computes CAC from marketing + sales spend ÷ new customers, then layers on the two metrics that matter: LTV:CAC ratio and payback period in months. Color-coded against the SaaS-grade benchmarks (≥3:1 healthy, ≤12 months payback).

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How to Use

  1. 1 Enter monthly marketing spend (ads, content, tools, agency).
  2. 2 Enter monthly sales spend (salaries, CRM, demos).
  3. 3 Enter new customers acquired per month.
  4. 4 Enter average customer lifetime value (LTV).
  5. 5 Read CAC, LTV:CAC ratio (≥3:1 is healthy), and payback months (≤12 is healthy).
Benefits

Benefits

Three numbers, full picture — CAC alone is meaningless. Ratio + payback is what investors and founders track.
Color-coded benchmark — Output highlights green/red against SaaS-grade thresholds, no interpretation needed.
Combines with CLV — Pair it with the Customer Lifetime Value calculator for a complete unit economics view.
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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Calculator

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Calculate one CAC — or watch CAC live across every channel with attribution and LTV in Service Manager.