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Retention

Retention tactics, frameworks, and customer interviews. Practical playbooks for SaaS teams.

Gross retention vs. net retention vs. logo retention: what they are & how to optimize them

Retention

Gross retention vs. net retention vs. logo retention: what they are & how to optimize them

Learn how to properly track these important SaaS Metrics and better understand what they mean for your business.

Baird Hall
Baird Hall · February 25, 2026
10 customer retention KPIs & metrics: with free KPI dashboard

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10 customer retention KPIs & metrics: with free KPI dashboard

Understand 10 customer retention KPIs and metrics to see how well you retain your customers. Plus, explore several ways to improve them.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · January 26, 2025
17 customer retention examples from successful companies

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17 customer retention examples from successful companies

What do billion dollar companies know about retention that others don't? This is a list of examples from Oreo, Spotify, Calendly, Canva, and many more.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · January 4, 2025
Renewal rate vs retention rate: the differences

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Renewal rate vs retention rate: the differences

Renewal rate works for subscription businesses whereas retention rate works for all businesses. See the most important differences between the two and how to improve them.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · December 16, 2024
Retention cohort analysis: four simple ways

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Retention cohort analysis: four simple ways

There are four ways to analyze a churn or retention cohort chart. Vertically, horizontally, diagonally, and by monitoring outlier events.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · July 30, 2024
Customer retention curve: calculator, definition, examples

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Customer retention curve: calculator, definition, examples

There are four types of retention curves: declining, flat, and smile curve. You measure active users (# or % or $) on the x axis. And how that number changes over time.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · July 5, 2024
Retention automation separates growth heroes from growth zeroes

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Retention automation separates growth heroes from growth zeroes

Even a 1% improvement in your retention rate can increase your growth ceiling or MRR by 10%. Retention automation is what makes it a reality.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · July 3, 2024
Churn rate vs retention rate: two sides of the same coin?

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Churn rate vs retention rate: two sides of the same coin?

Like the two-faced Greek God, Janus, retention rate and churn rate are intertwined.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · May 10, 2024
Calculate customer retention rate and revenue retention [calculator]

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Calculate customer retention rate and revenue retention [calculator]

A free customer retention rate calculator to understand the health of your business. Learn how calculating dollar retention rate can change the trajectory of your subscription business.

Team Churnkey
Team Churnkey · May 4, 2024
How to predict churn and improve retention

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How to predict churn and improve retention

When churn prediction is done well, it can allow your SaaS company to identify at-risk customers and retain them before they churn.

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · October 13, 2023
Churnkey's best practices for customer retention

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Churnkey's best practices for customer retention

A collection of best practices and recommendations for fine-tuning your customer offboarding strategy.

Nick Fogle
Nick Fogle · August 22, 2023
How subscription pauses and trial extensions increase retention and decrease churn

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How subscription pauses and trial extensions increase retention and decrease churn

There are times when customers hit the cancel button. When you run into those instances, offer subscription pauses or trial extensions.

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · March 14, 2023
The 4 best customer retention software tools

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The 4 best customer retention software tools

Customer retention software helps businesses keep track of their customers and improve customer retention rates. The software can help businesses track customer behavior, preferences, and purchase history. It can also help businesses identify at-risk customers and deploy retention strategies.

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · November 15, 2022
The digital customer journey: how to optimize acquisition and retention (with examples)

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The digital customer journey: how to optimize acquisition and retention (with examples)

The key to combating churn and retaining happy customers lies in managing their digital journey and personalization to match their needs at every stage of the process

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · September 3, 2022
B2B SaaS retention guide: strategies, examples & tools to adopt

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B2B SaaS retention guide: strategies, examples & tools to adopt

To maintain happy and loyal subscribers requires creativity and sustainable tactics. That’s where customer retention strategies and tools come at hand to automate this process for you

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · March 9, 2022
Retention metrics to reduce churn and win back customers

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Retention metrics to reduce churn and win back customers

Leveraging customer churn and retention leads to higher customer lifetime value. Understanding these retention metrics is critical for long-term business planning and growth.

Scott Hurff
Scott Hurff · June 16, 2021
Retention is the most important revenue growth metric

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Retention is the most important revenue growth metric

Why high customer churn is the biggest threat to SaaS businesses.

Nick Fogle
Nick Fogle · September 18, 2020