๐ฐ SaaS Economics Engine
SaaS Pricing & Unit Economics Modeler
Model revenue targets, customer volume thresholds, churn sensitivity, and LTV:CAC ratios to design profitable multi-tier pricing structures before launching.
โ๏ธ Modeling Parameters
Target Monthly Revenue (MRR)$10,000
Target ARR: $120,000
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)$49/mo
Blended monthly subscription or usage price
Monthly Churn Rate5%
Typical indie B2B SaaS benchmarks: 3% - 6%
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)$120
Blended paid ads, affiliate, or tooling spend per buyer
Estimated Gross Margin %85%
After AI inference, cloud hosting, and payment fees
๐ Unit Economics & Scale Reality
LTV : CAC Health Ratio
Benchmark: โฅ 3.0x required for venture or self-sustaining scale
Required Customers205Active paying subscribers
Customer Lifetime20 moAvg duration before churn
Customer LTV$833Gross margin adjusted
CAC Payback Period2.9 moMonths to recover CAC
๐ Suggested 3-Tier Pricing Architecture
Based on your $49/mo target ARPU, here is an optimized three-tier pricing model engineered to steer buyers toward the high-margin Pro tier:
Starter / Indie
$24/mo
For solo operators testing workflows. Anchors value and limits compute.
- โ 1 User Seat
- โ Core functionality
- โ Standard community support
- โ 500 actions / mo limit
POPULAR TIER
Pro / Growth
$49/mo
Your primary ARPU driver. Designed for small teams and power users.
- โ Up to 5 Team Seats
- โ Priority AI reasoning queues
- โ Unlimited projects & history
- โ Priority email support
Scale / Enterprise
$137/mo
High-margin capture for high-volume users requiring custom SLAs and webhooks.
- โ Unlimited Team Seats
- โ Custom integrations & webhooks
- โ 99.9% SLA & Dedicated Slack
- โ Custom invoicing & MoR tax
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