Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is the total sales and marketing cost of winning one new customer — calculated as total acquisition spend divided by new customers acquired.
CAC = Total sales & marketing spend ÷ Number of new customers acquired
Spend ₹5,00,000 to win 10 customers and your CAC is ₹50,000. Include everything it took — ad spend, agency fees, tools and salaries — for an honest number.
CPL is the cost of a lead; CAC is the cost of an actual paying customer. Since only a fraction of leads convert, CAC is always higher than CPL — and it is the number that actually decides whether growth is profitable.
CAC only means something next to LTV. The LTV:CAC ratio (often targeted near 3:1) tells you whether each customer is worth more than they cost to win. Estimate your economics with our ROI calculator.
There is no absolute figure — a good CAC is one comfortably below the lifetime value of the customer it wins. The LTV:CAC ratio, often targeted around 3:1, is the real test.
CPL is the cost to generate a lead; CAC is the cost to win a paying customer. CAC includes all the leads that did not convert, so it is always higher than CPL.
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