{
  "id": "v20-ca-saas-pricing",
  "version": "20.16.0",
  "name": "SaaS Contribution Pricing Calculator — Canada",
  "shortName": "SaaS Contribution Pricing",
  "description": "Solve an explicit cost-plus SaaS pricing scenario without confusing a margin on revenue with a markup on cost. CAD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "saas-pricing",
    "ca",
    "business-finance",
    "business-metrics"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "new",
  "engine": "native",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-ca-saas-pricing.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "20.16.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "notice": "Illustrative defaults are not local quotes or verified legal rules. Dated reference components and user-entered assumptions are explicitly distinguished. Professional review is pending.",
  "urls": {
    "page": "/ca/saas-pricing/",
    "definition": "/ca/saas-pricing/definition.json",
    "schema": "/ca/saas-pricing/schema.json",
    "llms": "/ca/saas-pricing/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/ca/saas-pricing/definition.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/ca/saas-pricing/?fixedMonthly=20000&accounts=1000&variablePerAccount=5&paymentFee=3&targetMargin=30",
  "queryParameters": {
    "fixedMonthly": {
      "label": "Monthly fixed service/operating cost in this scope",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 20000
    },
    "accounts": {
      "label": "Paying accounts sharing these costs",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 1000
    },
    "variablePerAccount": {
      "label": "Variable monthly cost per account excluding payment fees",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 5
    },
    "paymentFee": {
      "label": "Payment fee as a percentage of revenue",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "default": 3
    },
    "targetMargin": {
      "label": "Target margin after the entered fixed/variable costs",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "default": 30
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "fixedMonthly",
      "label": "Monthly fixed service/operating cost in this scope",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 20000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "accounts",
      "label": "Paying accounts sharing these costs",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 1000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 1,
      "max": 1000000000,
      "step": 1,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "variablePerAccount",
      "label": "Variable monthly cost per account excluding payment fees",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 5,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "CAD",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "paymentFee",
      "label": "Payment fee as a percentage of revenue",
      "type": "percent",
      "defaultValue": 3,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 50,
      "step": 0.1,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "targetMargin",
      "label": "Target margin after the entered fixed/variable costs",
      "type": "percent",
      "defaultValue": 30,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 99,
      "step": 0.1,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "costBeforeFees",
      "label": "Cost per account before percentage payment fees",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "CAD"
    },
    {
      "id": "requiredPrice",
      "label": "Required monthly price per account",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "primary": true,
      "currency": "CAD"
    },
    {
      "id": "revenue",
      "label": "Monthly revenue at entered account count",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "CAD"
    },
    {
      "id": "profit",
      "label": "Monthly surplus after all modeled costs",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "CAD"
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "required price = (fixed monthly cost/accounts + variable cost/account) ÷ (1 − payment fee fraction − target margin).",
    "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Illustrative defaults; required verification checks remain unconfirmed",
      "inputs": {
        "unitSystem": "metric",
        "fixedMonthly": 20000,
        "accounts": 1000,
        "variablePerAccount": 5,
        "paymentFee": 3,
        "targetMargin": 30
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "SBA contribution-margin arithmetic",
      "url": "https://legacy.sba.gov/business-guide/plan-your-business/calculate-your-startup-costs/break-even-point"
    }
  ],
  "publicSlug": "saas-pricing",
  "namespace": "ca",
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "ca",
    "uk",
    "ie"
  ]
}