unit_economics
Unit Economics
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Calculate unit economics: margin, break-even, LTV:CAC, and a plain reading. FREE.
Typical input {"price": 49, "unit_cost": 12, "fixed_costs_monthly": 8000}
returns {"unit_margin": 37.0, "margin_pct": 75.5, "markup_pct": 308.3,
"breakeven_units_per_month": 216.2, "reading": ["..."]}. LTV fields
appear when cac is provided.
Use when price, variable cost, and fixed costs are known and margin or
break-even is the question. Not for cash position over time (cash_runway)
and not for solving backward from a target margin (target_price). Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"} (for example {"error": "price must be > 0"}). Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| price | number | yes | Selling price per unit; must be greater than 0, e.g. 49.0. |
| unit_cost | number | yes | Variable cost per unit, in the same currency as price, e.g. 12.0. |
| fixed_costs_monthly | number | no | Fixed monthly costs; a value greater than 0 enables the break-even calculation. Default 0 (skipped). |
| units_per_month | number | no | Expected sales volume per month; a value greater than 0 enables the monthly profit projection. Default 0 (skipped). |
| cac | number | no | Customer acquisition cost; a value greater than 0 enables LTV and LTV:CAC. Default 0 (skipped). |
| purchases_per_customer | number | no | Average lifetime purchases per customer used for LTV. Default 1. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"price": {
"description": "Selling price per unit; must be greater than 0, e.g. 49.0.",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"unit_cost": {
"description": "Variable cost per unit, in the same currency as price, e.g. 12.0.",
"type": "number"
},
"fixed_costs_monthly": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Fixed monthly costs; a value greater than 0 enables the break-even calculation. Default 0 (skipped).",
"type": "number"
},
"units_per_month": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Expected sales volume per month; a value greater than 0 enables the monthly profit projection. Default 0 (skipped).",
"type": "number"
},
"cac": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Customer acquisition cost; a value greater than 0 enables LTV and LTV:CAC. Default 0 (skipped).",
"type": "number"
},
"purchases_per_customer": {
"default": 1,
"description": "Average lifetime purchases per customer used for LTV. Default 1.",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"price",
"unit_cost"
],
"type": "object"
}