The layer that makes every Mark possible

Benchmarks

Every Mark is read against a benchmark — a working range curated for your stage, your model, and your category. That's what separates fine from actually working.

Customer Acquisition Cost B2B SaaS · Mid-market
>$2,000 $1,200 – $2,000 $600 – $1,200 <$600

A benchmark isn't a single number. It's a working range — and where your number lands inside it is what becomes a Mark.

The numbers, briefly.

A snapshot across B2B SaaS and D2C. Medians, not averages — because averages flatter the unhealthy.

$702
B2B SaaS CAC
Median · mid-market
$45
D2C CAC
Median · blended
3 : 1
LTV:CAC, healthy
Across categories
12 mo
SaaS payback
Median · mid-market
1.8%
D2C conversion
Visitor → purchase
$3.80
B2B search CPC
Non-branded

Working ranges drawn from Benchmarkit, FirstPageSage, HubSpot, Databox, and ProfitWell, sharpened against the Marks our engines generate.

Every Mark is read against a benchmark.

When you run an engine, your numbers don't float in space. They're compared against a healthy range. That's what lets an engine separate fine from actually working.

Benchmarks here aren't industry averages from a research firm. They're working ranges we've validated against real engines, real Marks, and real marketing teams — and we sharpen them as more Marks are generated.

A read across the working ranges.

Nine sample bands across SaaS and D2C. The marker shows a healthy median; your number, when an engine runs, lands wherever it lands.

CAC B2B SaaS · Mid-market
Healthy
>2,0001,200–2,000600–1,200<600
LTV : CAC B2B SaaS · Blended
Watch
<11–22–33+
CAC payback SaaS · Mid-market
Healthy
>2418–2412–18<12
ROAS D2C · Meta + Google
Healthy
<1.81.8–2.52.5–4>4
Conversion rate D2C · Visitor → purchase
Watch
<11–1.51.5–3>3
Cart abandonment D2C · Checkout
Watch
>8070–8060–70<60
Annual churn SaaS · SMB
Healthy
>106–103–6<3
Repeat purchase D2C · 12-month
Healthy
<1515–2525–35>35
Search CPC Legal services · US
Watch
>2010–205–10<5

Geography moves the numbers.

Search CPCs swing wide across regions. A benchmark valid in New York can be misleading in Munich, and irrelevant in Mumbai.

I North America
$2.96 – $5.26
Baseline. The most competitive paid market in the world.
II Western Europe
€0.40 – €1.20
40–60% cheaper than US. GDPR overhead offsets some savings.
III APAC · India · LATAM
$0.15 – $1.20
Up to 80% cheaper. India D2C carries RTO drag on COD orders.

What's coming on this page.

The benchmark library is in active development. The working set behind it already spans every live engine — acquisition, revenue, conversion, retention, audience and brand — routed by country, stage and sales motion. When the library ships, you'll be able to browse the working range for any metric an engine reads, compare across stages and categories, and see the cohorts behind each number. We'll publish the methodology alongside, so the numbers carry their own audit trail.

For now, every live engine reads its benchmarks inline as part of the Mark — so you never have to leave the engine to know what "healthy" means for your stage.