Attio Metric
CRM
Customer Acquisition Cost = Total Sales & Marketing Spend / Number of New Customers Acquired
Customer acquisition cost (CAC) measures the total sales and marketing investment required to convert a prospect into a paying customer. By combining Attio's deal and activity data with cost inputs, CAC quantifies the efficiency of the entire acquisition process from first touch to closed deal.
Full guide: definition, formula, and benchmarksAttioCRMCustomer Acquisition Cost
Customer acquisition cost (CAC) measures the total sales and marketing investment required to convert a prospect into a paying customer. By combining Attio's deal and activity data with cost inputs, CAC quantifies the efficiency of the entire acquisition process from first touch to closed deal.
How to calculate customer acquisition cost
Why customer acquisition cost matters for Attio users
Attio tracks the full relationship history leading to each closed deal, providing the activity-level detail needed to understand what drives acquisition costs. A high CAC might result from long sales cycles with excessive touchpoints, or from targeting segments that require extensive nurturing. Without CRM-level data, CAC analysis remains a blunt aggregate that hides the root causes of acquisition inefficiency.
CAC directly determines business viability and growth potential. When CAC exceeds customer lifetime value, growth is unprofitable. Tracking CAC by segment, rep, and acquisition channel using Attio data reveals where acquisition is efficient and where costs need to be reduced, enabling targeted improvements rather than across-the-board budget cuts.
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Land Attio deal data, activity records, and cost allocation data in your warehouse. KPI Tree combines CRM activity with financial inputs to calculate CAC segmented by deal source, company segment, rep, and time period.
Add CAC to your metric tree alongside lifetime value and payback period metrics. Assign ownership to the head of sales or revenue operations, set alerts for CAC increases that threaten unit economics, and run period-over-period comparisons to track whether process improvements are translating into lower acquisition costs.
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Revenue Attribution by Source
CRMMetric Definition
Revenue attribution by source allocates closed-won deal revenue in Attio back to the original acquisition channel or lead source. It goes beyond pipeline attribution by measuring which sources actually produce paying customers and revenue, not just deals created, providing the most accurate view of channel ROI.
Sales Cycle Length
CRMMetric Definition
Sales Cycle Length = Average(Close Date - Deal Creation Date)
Sales cycle length measures the average number of days from deal creation in Attio to a closed-won outcome. It captures the full duration of the active sales process and reveals how efficiently deals move through the pipeline from qualification to close.
Deal Conversion Rate
CRMMetric Definition
Deal Conversion Rate = (Closed-Won Deals / Total Deals Created) x 100
Deal conversion rate measures the percentage of deals created in Attio that ultimately close as won. It is the broadest measure of pipeline effectiveness, capturing the combined impact of deal qualification, sales execution, competitive positioning, and pricing across the entire sales process.
Sales Pipeline Velocity
CRMMetric Definition
Pipeline Velocity = (Number of Opportunities x Average Deal Value x Win Rate) / Sales Cycle Length
Pipeline velocity quantifies the rate at which the sales pipeline in Attio converts into revenue. It combines the number of open opportunities, average deal value, win rate, and sales cycle length into a single metric representing the revenue-generating throughput of the pipeline per unit of time.
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