Reference tables
Tables to look a number up instead of running a calculator. They come in two kinds, never mixed in one table: grids a calculator computes across a range of inputs, recomputed and checked on every build, and benchmark tables copied from a cited primary source, such as vendor pricing pages or the BLS, on a stated date. Each downloads as CSV and is free to cite.
Tables 9
- AI product gross margin by subscription price and token cost
Per-user gross margin for a one-person AI SaaS across every combination of monthly price and model output-token cost. Read off the margin floor before you pick a model.
8 subscription prices × 8 output-token prices, 64 figures. Source: AI Product Margin Calculator.
- LTV:CAC ratio by monthly ARPU and customer lifetime
Margin-adjusted LTV:CAC ratio for a subscription product across monthly ARPU and average customer lifetime, at a fixed $250 CAC and 80% margin. Find the 3× healthy floor before you scale acquisition.
7 ARPU tiers × 8 customer lifespans, 56 figures. Source: Customer Lifetime Value Calculator.
- CAC payback months by monthly ARPU and acquisition cost
CAC payback period in months across monthly ARPU and acquisition cost at 80% gross margin. See exactly where payback crosses the 12-month healthy line before funding growth from cash flow.
7 ARPU tiers × 8 acquisition-cost levels, 56 figures. Source: CAC Payback Calculator.
- AI support savings by ticket volume and deflection rate
Monthly cost savings of an AI-first support desk versus humans across ticket volume and AI deflection rate. See where weak deflection actually costs more than staffing agents.
6 ticket volumes × 7 deflection rates, 42 figures. Source: AI vs Human Support Cost.
- Embeddings DB cost by stored vectors and query volume
Cheapest managed vector-database monthly cost across stored vectors and daily queries, over Pinecone, pgvector, LanceDB and Turbopuffer. The winning vendor flips as you scale.
6 vector counts × 7 query volumes, 42 figures. Source: Embeddings DB Cost.
- LLM switching payback by monthly spend and new-vendor discount
Months for a cheaper model vendor to repay the migration cost, across current monthly spend and the discount offered. See where lock-in is real and where it pays to switch.
6 spend levels × 7 vendor discounts, 42 figures. Source: LLM Vendor Lock-In Cost.
- SaaS viability grid: LTV:CAC ratio and CAC payback by price and churn
LTV:CAC ratio and CAC payback months across monthly price ($20–$500) and monthly churn rate (1%–8%), at $500 CAC and 75% gross margin. Shows which pricing and retention combinations are viable before you scale acquisition.
5 price tiers × 5 churn rates, 25 figures. Source: Unit Economics Calculator.
- 2026 AI vendor pricing and TCO report
Verified public pricing across LLM APIs, vector databases, AI support agents, and LLM observability — every rate copied from the vendor's own page on 2026-06-21 — plus two engine-computed total-cost-of-ownership scenarios. Downloadable CSV.
4 categories, 24 vendors, 25 figures. Source: AI Stack Cost + Embeddings DB Cost.
- Freelance rates by role: the 2026 BLS-verified US table
Hourly P25/median/P75 wages for 15 freelance roles from BLS OEWS May 2025 — every figure verified against the BLS Public Data API on 2026-07-12 — plus a freelance-equivalent floor derived with a fully disclosed ECEC multiplier. Downloadable CSV.
15 roles × 3 wage percentiles, 45 figures. Source: BLS OEWS + Freelance Rate + Capacity Planner.
Every table states its inputs and sources, and the build fails if a computed cell no longer matches its calculator. To run your own numbers, open the calculators; each shows its formula, assumptions and sources.