Kellblog

JUNE 10, 2021

This is a quick post to share the slides I presented today at the GainSight Pulse Everywhere 2021 conference in a session entitled Net Dollar Retention, Key Benchmarks at $50M, $200M, and $1B in annual recurring revenue (ARR). In the session we discuss: The answer, which is 104%. Median NDR which is surprisingly invariant across size.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 23, 2023

Yet, many teams fall well below industry benchmarks. Customer Success benchmark: headcount How many people should be on a Customer Success team? However, we are using common benchmarks of one CSM per $1M in revenue, or one CSM per $2M in revenue for companies with mature or scaled Customer Success departments to assess team size.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 23, 2023

Yet, many teams fall well below industry benchmarks. Customer Success benchmark: headcount How many people should be on a Customer Success team? However, we are using common benchmarks of one CSM per $1M in revenue, or one CSM per $2M in revenue for companies with mature or scaled Customer Success departments to assess team size.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 11, 2024

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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Chart Mogul

JULY 6, 2023

We’ll also share the latest benchmarks on negative churn among SaaS businesses. Benchmark your churn metrics against 2100+ SaaS businesses How negative churn causes explosive growth How to achieve net negative revenue churn What is churn? If you want, you can learn more about churn basics and benchmarks on our blog.

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SaaStr

MAY 13, 2021

429: In this episode, ProfitWell Founder & CEO Patrick Campbell shares benchmarks from over 23,000 companies and offers a helpful framework to re-evaluate your retention strategy and increase your CLV (Customer Lifetime Value) between 10 and 60%. Patrick Campbell.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In working with hundreds and hundreds of SaaS CFOs over the past 15 years, I’ve noticed that effective and strategic CFOs incorporate accurate benchmarking into the daily business of the company and especially into the budgeting and planning process. . Use Benchmarks At the Start of the Budgeting Process.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

In our webinar, 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks , SaaS Capital Manager Director Rob Belcher shares the results from their 11th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. You can download the full report for net retention and gross retention benchmarks as well as retention metrics in relation to ACV, growth, size, and more.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The churn rate refers to the percentage of customers discontinuing their subscriptions during a given time period. During the month, 30 customers left and ended their subscriptions. Revenue churn generally occurs for two reasons: existing customers pause their subscriptions or downgrade their plans. Customer Churn Rate Formula.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 24, 2021

Arguably the most beautiful aspect of SaaS or subscription based businesses is the recurring revenue that comes with them. Then comes the opportunity to expand revenue with the help of upgraded subscriptions. Upgrading or downgrading subscriptions can be as simple as effecting a price change for your current features and products.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How can you compare your score to others in your industry, or to any general benchmarks? Below, I’ll walk through some strategies for both external and internal benchmarking, as well as try to convince you that the score itself should be the last thing on your mind. External Benchmarks. Overall Benchmarks.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The company has new subscriptions of $50,000, expansion revenue of zero, downgrades of $20,000, and churn of $5,000. For example, by upgrading a standard subscription to a premium subscription. An example of the former would be upgrading a user from a basic $10 subscription to a premium $50 subscription.

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FastSpring

APRIL 2, 2019

To spare you the headache, here’s a quick guide to help you make sense of subscription finance—starting with monthly recurring revenue. Monthly Recurring Revenue, or MRR, is the expected normalized monthly revenue based on currently active subscriptions. Using MRR to Determine Subscription Business Health.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 1, 2023

Whether you have annual or monthly subscriptions (or a mix of both), it is common to measure retention over 12 months. Reminder: in SaaS, a cohort is a group of customers that start their first subscription in the same month and year. So, your customer retention is calculated by dividing 300 by 400. Your customer retention is 75%.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Cyvatar is a technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider disrupting a $150 billion industry by introducing and delivering smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently. We are not like other banks.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 9, 2013

One number investors use to benchmark SaaS startups across sectors and industries is sales efficiency. Below are the sales efficiency benchmarks for the approximately 20 publicly traded SaaS companies calculated on an annual basis by years since founding. Most SaaS companies operate around the 0.8

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is where traditional SaaS methods like subscription pricing only, driving growth through headcount only, or a pure sales GTM strategy only live. Notion Capital came up with a benchmark for the days when you’re below $20M ARR. The takeaway: It’s worth letting go of the belief that subscription-based pricing models are the only way.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. At OPEXEngine, we pull apart the different nuances of each business model to make sure we are benchmarking companies correctly. The product is hosted by the vendor or a 3 rd party (like AWS).

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Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

Before joining Worldpay for Platforms, he was CRO at Chargebee, a subscription revenue management platform that manages billing subscriptions and payments for companies throughout the world. They’re moving to a subscription-based model. And then takes away kind of your churn and down sell. So that’s one bucket.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The good news is that the most important subscription KPIs are constant across SaaS businesses, whether you’re selling a timekeeping software or an accounting tool. Read on to find out what the top six subscription KPIs are, why you should be tracking them, and how. Why subscription companies need to track KPIs. Forecast Demand.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 12, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 29, 2020

Benchmark the health of your SaaS company, and. Some companies choose to look at total revenue, but if you offer one-time services on top of monthly subscriptions, then looking at monthly recurring revenue will give you a more accurate picture. The post Rule of 40: How to benchmark your SaaS growth appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2023

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is true even though selling software on a subscription basis has been around for well over 20 years. The Value of Benchmarking. In my experience working with enterprise SaaS companies over the past five years, I’ve seen a large variance in benchmarks for gross margin across subscription software businesses.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As you may have guessed from Firas’ background, we’re huge fans of OpenView, which recently published the 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report and accompanying Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Data Explorer. Companyon’s SaaS Benchmarks Modeling Tool. How to Use The SaaS Benchmarks Modeling Tool. Tab 1 – Data Input.

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User Pilot

MAY 17, 2024

There is no universally accepted customer effort score benchmark. It’s best to set up customer effort score surveys after interactions leading to conversion , interactions with the customer support team , onboarding completion , and subscription renewal or cancelation. Limited benchmarking makes it hard to gauge your CES performance.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. I’ve looked at thousands of private companies, and over time have come up with benchmarks for best-in-class, good, and subpar net revenue retention. net retention and CAC payback).

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The Subscription Show is coming to Boston in a few weeks at the World Trade Center. I’m thrilled to be speaking there about SaaS Metrics and Benchmarks. The show is 100% focused on subscription models, operations, pricing, marketing and subscription-centric technologies, and organized by Subscription Insider.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription.

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FastSpring

APRIL 16, 2019

The best thing about a subscription program is the reliable revenue it generates. Your subscription churn rate is the number of subscribers you lose over a given period. the subscriber elects to cancel their subscription) or involuntary (e.g. Wondering why people are canceling their subscriptions? What is churn?

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. Tableau sells software the old-fashioned way, with perpetual licenses not subscriptions.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today on Recur Now, an NBA team is hopping on the subscription bandwagon. We break down the Cleveland Cavalier's new subscription model with one of our own pricing experts and sports fanatic. Plus, Zuora's Subscription Economy Index is out and the findings are astronomical. Your top subscription news. Zuora's SEI drop.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Netflix, for example, markets free trials heavily because their data shows that they work, retaining about one in three people for a subscription. Once they’ve seen the platform or software in action, they’re more likely to continue to use your product and extend their subscription beyond the free trial period.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As many leading companies know, customer subscription management isn’t a “set it and forget it” concept. It is important for businesses to constantly analyze the health of their subscription model to make sure it is truly working for their customers and their bottom line. Objectively Measuring Your Subscription Business.

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OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Benchmarks are the only check on whether or not a business is generating efficient growth. Benchmarks act as a swim lane for operating a business and allow operators to build a hyper-growth business that provide permission to believe. How Do I Know What My Benchmarks Are? You have your peer benchmark set. Horizontal).

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