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The benchmark grid · 12 industries × 5 stages × 3 ACV bands = 180 cells

CAC Benchmarks by Industry, Stage & ACV

Every published benchmark on this site carries a primary source. When no primary source exists for a specific cut, the page exists at the canonical URL but renders as an honest stub that points at adjacent cells and live public-company data - not a fabricated number.

Coverage today

150 of 180 cells currently carry a primary source citation. The remaining 30render as honest stubs that link to adjacent cells and to live public-company CAC numbers from companies in that industry. Sourced cells draw on First Page Sage's 28-industry CAC payback table and Optifai's n=939 B2B SaaS survey; we add others (SaaS Capital, ChartMogul, Bessemer State of the Cloud, KeyBanc) as we work through their paywalled or PDF-only data.

Browse by industry

Each industry page surfaces all 15 (5 stages × 3 ACV bands) cells for that industry, plus the live public-company CAC anchors from companies in our cohort.

The full grid

Every cell links to its dedicated page. Sourced cells show their median CAC inline; stub cells link to the closest published cuts. This is the entire 180-page surface.

SaaS B2B

SaaS B2C

Fintech

Healthtech

Edtech

Ecommerce

Marketplaces

Devtools

Vertical SaaS

Security

AI-Native

Services