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ROAS & Break-even Calculator

Spend, leads, close rate, LTV - see your true ROAS and break-even cost per lead.

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Customers / month30.0
Cost per lead$13
Cost to acquire customer$67
First-month ROAS7.50x
LTV-adjusted ROAS45.00x
Break-even cost per lead$100
Spend more than this per lead and you lose money on the first sale.
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ROAS, CAC, and the number most people skip

Return on ad spend tells you what a campaign returned this month. It does not tell you whether the campaign was a good idea. That answer lives in cost to acquire a customer measured against lifetime value, which is why this calculator returns both a first-month ROAS and an LTV-adjusted ROAS.

Break-even cost per lead is the figure to write on a sticky note. It is the most you can pay for a lead before the first sale loses money, and it turns every media-buying decision into a yes or no instead of a debate.

Use it before you pitch a retainer. If a client's numbers cannot support a profitable cost per lead, no amount of creative testing will rescue the account, and knowing that early is worth more than the retainer.

FAQ

ROAS & Break-even Calculator - common questions

ROAS (Return On Ad Spend) is revenue divided by ad spend. If you spend $2,000 on ads and generate $8,000 in revenue, your ROAS is 4x. This calculator gives you both first-month ROAS and LTV-adjusted ROAS once you factor in retention.