SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole session, here are the main metrics you should be mindful of. It’s basically lost customers.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2020

“Churn” is a term we all use in SaaS as a core metric, but its roots, as near as I remember and can tell, come from our B2C colleagues. Folks churn out of their Verizon plan, their Netflix subscription, etc. In a low-end subscription model for a tool, not a solution (e.g., the dynamics are similar.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Pendo for Startups” gives companies access to the product usage data that today’s investors consider alongside business metrics as they vet deals, as well as sentiment and guidance tools to improve product usage and adoption. CustomerSuccessBox announced “Sheldon,” a new AI-engine to help customer success teams improve MRR Retention.

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2024

Long before the digital age, newspaper and magazine companies have been using the subscription model to create and retain a consistent readership for their publications. The most potent benefit of the subscription-based business model is that companies are guaranteed a fixed revenue stream—if they can retain their customers or subscribers.

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Kellblog

MARCH 17, 2022

Earlier this week I appeared on a webinar with You Mon Tsang , founder and CEO of ChurnZero , a SaaS application aimed at helping subscription businesses reduce churn. Gross revenue retention rate, and why it’s gathering steam as an important metric. Benchmarks for many of these metrics from the KeyBanc 2021 SaaS Survey.

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Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As such, you must tailor your strategies to meet your target customers’ specific needs and expectations. What does customer satisfaction look like for SaaS businesses? Unlike traditional businesses, most SaaS businesses operate the subscription pricing model. As a result, satisfying customers is key to any success in SaaS.

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Blulogix

MARCH 24, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Overcoming Customer Success Complexities Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions. Recurring & Usage Billing Navigating the Maze of Customer Success: 1.

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Blulogix

MARCH 25, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Navigating Financial Process Complexity in B2B Subscriptions The financial backbone of B2B subscription models rests on efficiently managing complex processes spanning billing, payments, revenue recognition, and reporting.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

How to calculate customer expansion revenue? The customer expansion revenue rate measures the recurring revenue growth from existing customers. This metric helps SaaS companies track the effectiveness of their expansion efforts. For instance, satisfied customers or those with high license utilization.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 11, 2024

I mean, Canva’s metrics for example are just awesome. Sometimes in great ways — forcing B2C subscription businesses to relentlessly provide a great end-user experience. Every month, the meal kit, the clothing, the game subscription, the video subscription almost has to be better than the month before.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. Sales and marketing professionals that geek out on metrics can find themselves in deep philosophical debates about the best numbers to track. Dave has a long and tenured history serving in roles including CMO, and later, CEO.

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User Pilot

MAY 8, 2024

Wondering how to build a customer success dashboard for your team? From the article, you will learn what a customer success dashboard is, why you need it, and what metrics it should include. And how to build a dashboard for your customer success team using Userpilot analytics !

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure.

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

” And that’s also why AARRR metrics are called pirate metrics. Short for acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue, these metrics help you measure and drive product growth. In this article, we’ll dig deeper into the AARRR framework and the relevant metrics associated with each stage.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2021

In this guide, Andrea Webb, the SVP of Customer Success & Retention at Solarwinds , and Tim Willey, the SVP of Commercial Strategy & Operations at ForgeRock , share their tips for understanding and combating churn. . Rule 1 – Customer vs. ARR Churn. Available to Renew Churn = $ ARR Lost/Starting $ ATR Pool.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2022

Did you catch our Customer Success and SaaS metrics crash-course webinar with leading SaaS expert Dave Kellogg, of Dave Kellogg Consulting ? We’d like to extend a huge thanks to Dave for his expert insights below, which will help you choose and use Customer Success and SaaS metrics in a more nuanced and purposeful way.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

In this piece, we offer seven case studies from SaaS companies — small tweaks they made to reduce churn and increase customer LTV. Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. How Castos upsells subscription tiers.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

was pretty simplified, mostly made up of annual or monthly subscriptions. From 2010 until 2015, the SaaS world was becoming more complex with the introduction of static bundles and recurring revenue as an addition to the annual/monthly subscription model. Set them up for success. . Align on success metrics.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 10, 2022

How important is customer success KPIs to your SaaS business? Customer success metrics help you analyze how effectively you help customers gain value from your SaaS product. When measuring customer success metrics, it’s never only about the results.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

IPO behind them, we can take a look behind its metrics. That’s a little more than a $65k revenue per customer on average. But again, payments is the vast majority of this revenue. True software subscriptions are just $6k a year or so, on average. #7. . — Ari Levy (@levynews) September 22, 2021.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

While I was researching this topic, I reached out to our Customer Success and Sales teams to see if many customers were coming to them with questions about MRR. MRR stands for Monthly recurring revenue. Because MRR is based on subscriptions, it has a strong forward-looking element. What is MRR?

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ChurnZero

MARCH 18, 2022

With so many SaaS metrics floating around, and even more opinions on when and how to use them, it can be hard to know if you’re measuring what really matters. Leading SaaS expert, Dave Kellogg, and ChurnZero CEO, You Mon Tsang, sat down to answer all the questions you want to know about SaaS metrics like ARR, NRR, GRR, LTV, and CAC (i.e.,

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The metrics of retention (gross revenue retention or net revenue retention) are now cemented as the qualifying metrics when investors and boards ask about a company’s health. Per the 2024 Customer Success Leadership Study , 51% of CS teams are responsible for renewal revenue and 41% for expansion revenue.

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User Pilot

JULY 29, 2024

Looking for the best customer success management software to power up your product growth strategy, but you are overwhelmed with so many options in the market? TL;DR Customer success software refers to tools that help manage customer experiences and drive customers toward their desired outcomes.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 8, 2021

Customer support and customer success can be confusing for both beginners and experts alike. Both customer support and customer success teams are important for your brand’s ongoing growth and success, and the roles share similar skill sets. What customer support is and why it’s important.

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Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

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Totango

JULY 13, 2021

Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. Businesses need a new strategy for customer success growth.

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ChurnZero

MAY 25, 2023

Customer renewals are the lifeblood of a subscription business. Responsibility for renewals often falls to the Customer Success (CS) team. For example, survey research shows about half (50.2%) of all CS teams surveyed are directly responsible for customer renewals. Below are recommended metrics to consider.

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Totango

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Building out customer success manager automation depends on the effective use of email and in-app messaging. Planning strategic emails at key milestones in your customer journey can help you deliver a smoother customer experience, yielding higher satisfaction and better retention rates. Subscription or license renewal.

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User Pilot

MAY 2, 2024

Customer retention is vital for product success and business profitability. You will also learn how to build a retention strategy, what metrics to track, and 10 bulletproof retention tactics for SaaS companies. TL;DR Customer retention is the ability to keep your customers actively using their products.

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Totango

AUGUST 13, 2024

” Customer renewals are the lifeblood of any subscription-based business, directly impacting your company’s revenue, growth, and long-term success. These are not just any leads – they’re opportunities rooted in deep customer knowledge and relationship value. The partnership that we have is working.”

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User Pilot

MAY 31, 2024

Would you like to learn how to design a SaaS metrics dashboard for your team without any coding? We also explain what metrics you may want to track and how to use the insights they offer. These dashboards are often customizable so they allow businesses to focus on specific metrics relevant to their goals. SaaS Metrics Dashboard.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 28, 2024

Tracking relevant product performance metrics allows you to assess how successful your product is at satisfying user needs and achieving business goals. What metrics should you track though? Our guide covers 11 key performance metrics to analyze at different stages of the customer journey. Let’s dive in!

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User Pilot

JULY 31, 2024

LTV (Customer Lifetime Value) measures the total revenue expected from a single customer account throughout its lifetime. MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) is the total predictable monthly revenue from all active subscriptions. This activation metric indicates how effectively you turn signups into active users.

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User Pilot

APRIL 22, 2024

In SaaS, it’s advised to follow customer success best practices to ensure that users achieve their desired outcomes with your product and become loyal advocates for your brand. TL;DR Customer success builds long-lasting relationships, increases customer retention , lifetime value , and advocacy, and informs product development.

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Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

Losing customers is expensiveacquiring new ones costs 525x more than retaining existing ones. Key metrics include customer churn rate, revenue churn, and net revenue retention (NRR). Lower churn leads to higher customer lifetime value (LTV), better brand reputation, and increased revenue. Looking to measure churn?

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