CAC Calculator

Enter your total marketing spend and new customers acquired to instantly calculate your Customer Acquisition Cost.

Enter spend and customers to see CAC
Fill in your total marketing spend and new customers acquired to calculate your Customer Acquisition Cost.

How to Use This Calculator

CAC tells you exactly what it costs to bring in one new paying customer. Use it to benchmark channel efficiency and model payback periods.

STEP 01

Enter your total marketing spend

Include all spend for the period: paid ads, agency fees, tools, events, and any other acquisition-related costs. Use the same time window as your customer count.

STEP 02

Enter new customers acquired

The number of new paying customers who converted during the same period. Exclude renewals, upsells, and reactivations — only count net new customers.

STEP 03

Read your CAC

The result shows your average cost to acquire one customer. This is the foundation metric for calculating payback period and LTV:CAC ratio.

STEP 04

Compare against LTV

CAC is most meaningful when compared against Customer Lifetime Value. A healthy LTV:CAC ratio is typically 3:1 or higher for sustainable growth.

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