How ARPU can hide churn
ARPU up and customers down can look like growth. Split revenue per customer from logo churn before you call the business healthy.
Rising ARPU can look like health while logo churn eats the base. Remaining customers pay more; the customer count still shrinks.
ARPU formula
ARPU = MRR ÷ Paying customersARPU rose. Customers fell. That is not the same as healthy growth.
How ARPU hides churn
If low-ARPU customers cancel first, average revenue per remaining customer rises. MRR can look flat or only slightly down while logos leave. Expansion among survivors can push ARPU up even faster.
Always pair ARPU with logo churn and starting customer count. If ARPU is up and customers are down, investigate who left before you celebrate pricing power.
Check logo churn and cohort retention before you call rising ARPU a win.
Related: how to calculate SaaS churn rate, why are SaaS customers churning, and why is my MRR flat.
Separate average from base.
Calculate ARPU and related KPIs, then rank a churn or revenue change.
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