SaaS Break-Even Calculator

For a SaaS business, break-even is a customer count: fixed costs divided by the gross profit each customer contributes per month. This calculator returns both the customer count and the MRR required.

Inputs

Monthly fixed costs

Salaries, infra, tools, rent — everything.

ARPU / month

Gross margin

Results

Customers to break even

562

MRR at break-even: $50,018
Gross profit per customer: $67.64

Formula

Break-Even Customers = Fixed Costs ÷ (ARPU × Gross Margin)

FAQ

Does churn change break-even?

In steady state, churn means you must also re-acquire lost customers. The true requirement is slightly higher — model it with the runway or forecast calculators.

Is break-even the same as runway zero?

They meet at the same moment, but runway tells you when, break-even tells you what customer count gets you there.