{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://askcalculators.com/us/saas-pricing/schema.json",
  "title": "SaaS Contribution Pricing Calculator — United States inputs",
  "description": "Solve an explicit cost-plus SaaS pricing scenario without confusing a margin on revenue with a markup on cost. USD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "fixedMonthly": {
      "title": "Monthly fixed service/operating cost in this scope",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 20000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "accounts": {
      "title": "Paying accounts sharing these costs",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 1000000000,
      "x-step": 1,
      "multipleOf": 1
    },
    "variablePerAccount": {
      "title": "Variable monthly cost per account excluding payment fees",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 5,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "paymentFee": {
      "title": "Payment fee as a percentage of revenue",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 3,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 50,
      "x-step": 0.1,
      "x-unit": "percent"
    },
    "targetMargin": {
      "title": "Target margin after the entered fixed/variable costs",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 30,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 99,
      "x-step": 0.1,
      "x-unit": "percent"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "fixedMonthly",
    "accounts",
    "variablePerAccount",
    "paymentFee",
    "targetMargin"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "x-askcalculators": {
    "version": "20.16.0",
    "calculatorUrl": "https://askcalculators.com/us/saas-pricing/",
    "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/us/saas-pricing/?fixedMonthly=20000&accounts=1000&variablePerAccount=5&paymentFee=3&targetMargin=30",
    "migrationStatus": "new",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "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."
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
      "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-us-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."
    },
    "outputs": {
      "costBeforeFees": {
        "title": "Cost per account before percentage payment fees",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "requiredPrice": {
        "title": "Required monthly price per account",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2,
        "x-primary": true
      },
      "revenue": {
        "title": "Monthly revenue at entered account count",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "profit": {
        "title": "Monthly surplus after all modeled costs",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      }
    }
  }
}