Growth Benchmarks

Set your margins and conversion rates. The calculator tells you how many leads you need and what you can pay per lead — from any spend or client target.

Leads
Products
Lifetime Value
€
How often a customer buys annually
LTV (gross profit)
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%
Use gross profit, never revenue
%
Target: below 2%/mo
€
Stack upsells into LTV
Media
€
What you actually pay per lead. Replace with your blended Meta number.
€
Initial ad spend — the simulator slider starts here
Fixed Overhead (monthly)
Total fixed overhead €0
Conversion Rates — per platform, rates differ per platform
Each platform gets its own benchmark ceiling on the Benchmarks page. The blended benchmark is the average across your platforms. Leave a platform empty to use that average.
Business Type
Sets your minimum required LTV:CAC ratio
Simulator — spend-driven or target-driven
Media spend → required leads
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monthly media spend
€1k€25k€50k€75k€100k
→ requires — leads/mo at your conversion rates
Target clients → required media & leads
new clients per month
→ requires — ad spend and — leads/mo
Required this month
Required leads
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leads needed to hit target
Media spend
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ad budget at your CPL
Total spend
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media + fixed overhead
New clients
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at your conversion rates
Monthly new revenue
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New clients × monthly revenue
Monthly gross profit
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Revenue × gross margin
LTV : CAC (full)
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Fully-loaded ratio
Maximum benchmarks — never exceed these
Max cost per lead
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CPL ceiling
Most you can pay per lead at your required ratio
Max cost per appointment
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CPA ceiling
Max spend to acquire one booked call
Max cost per client
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Max CAC
LTV ÷ required ratio — hard ceiling

Actual vs Benchmark

Cost per lead (CPL)
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max —
Cost per appointment (media)
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max —
Paid CAC (media only)
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max —
Fully-loaded CAC
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LTV : CAC ratio (full)
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LTV:CAC Health

03:16:19:130:1+
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Required funnel volumes

Payback Period

0d30d target90d+
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