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CPA Calculator

Work out your cost per acquisition.

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About the CPA Calculator

Calculate cost per acquisition free: total spend ÷ conversions. Whether a “conversion” is a sale, a signup, or a lead, CPA tells you what each one actually costs — the number that decides if a campaign is sustainable. Keep CPA comfortably below the profit a customer generates (and well below lifetime value) and you can scale with confidence; let it creep above and every conversion loses money.

How to use the CPA Calculator

  1. 1Enter your total cost and number of conversions.
  2. 2Read the result instantly — it recalculates as you type.
  3. 3Adjust the numbers to model different scenarios.

Frequently asked questions

How do you calculate CPA?

CPA = total cost ÷ conversions. It's the average cost to acquire one customer or conversion.

How does CPA relate to profitability?

Keep CPA below the profit a customer generates (and ideally well below LTV) for campaigns to be sustainable.

CPA vs CAC — are they the same?

Close cousins: CPA usually measures cost per conversion in a campaign; CAC is the fully-loaded business metric (all sales & marketing spend per new customer).

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