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CAC Payback Period

The months required to recover acquisition cost from gross margin.

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What it actually means.

Payback = CAC ÷ (Monthly ARPU × Gross margin). Benchmark for SaaS: < 12 months. Above 18 months drains cash and signals economic stress.

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CAC Payback Period

How fast you recover what you spent to win a customer.

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