Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic

Executive summary

A method for finding out what a subscription customer really costs to win and serve, and how long they stay, before choosing a growth plan.

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What the baseline diagnostic covers

The asset walks a diagnostic lead through gross margin restatement, CAC rebuild, cohort analysis, payback, runway, metric grading, and sign-off. It ends with a diagnostic questionnaire and an evidence inventory.

Rebuilding gross margin with every cost of serving customers
Rebuilding acquisition cost with every cost of selling
Retention by cohort and segment
CAC payback and lifetime value by segment

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Stratenity Advisory Team. (2026). Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic. Stratenity Library. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/diagnostic-templates/subscription-unit-economics-baseline-and-evidence-diagnostic

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic." Stratenity Library, 2026, www.stratenity.com/resources/library/diagnostic-templates/subscription-unit-economics-baseline-and-evidence-diagnostic.

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic." Stratenity Library, 2026. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/diagnostic-templates/subscription-unit-economics-baseline-and-evidence-diagnostic.

Stratenity Advisory Team (2026) Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic. Stratenity Library. Available at: https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/diagnostic-templates/subscription-unit-economics-baseline-and-evidence-diagnostic (Accessed: the date of access).

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Subscription unit economics: Baseline and evidence diagnostic

What the baseline diagnostic covers

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Stratenity is the AI Operating System for Strategic Execution™.

Stratenity is the AI Operating System for Strategic Execution^™.