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As promised on page 6 of the book

Book resources

Everything the book points to, in one place: the subscription model selector, the moat scorecard, the pricing model tool, best-practice screenshots and more, plus a lot that's new since 2022.

The tools from the book

The printed book promised these four. Here they are, rebuilt and free.

  1. The subscription model selector

    Answer a few easy questions and get a personalized recommendation on which subscription model suits your business.

  2. The MOATS scorecard

    See how your business ranks on the key factors that keep competitors away.

  3. The pricing model recommendation tool

    Find the pricing model that fits, now including credits, tokens and outcome-based pricing.

All 33 free tools

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Subscription Model Selector: Which of the 8 Models Fits Your Business?

Answer eight quick questions and see which of the 8 subscription models fits your business best, with reasons, examples and how to apply each one.

pricing

Pricing Model Picker: Flat, Tiered, Seats, Usage, Credits or Outcomes?

Answer 10 quick questions about your costs, customers and value. Get the model that fits, a runner-up, how customers should start and real examples.

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The MOATS Scorecard: How Wide Is the Moat Around Your Business?

Score your business on the five MOATS factors and all 11 moat elements from The Subscription Playbook. Get a score out of 100 and the fixes to make first.

pricing

Pricing Table Builder: Design Three Tiers That Sell the Middle One

Build a good-better-best pricing table in minutes. Edit tiers, prices and features, preview monthly and annual, run the checks and export HTML or Markdown.

pricing

Value Metric Finder: Which Unit Should Your Price Be Based On?

Score candidate value metrics on the book's five tests: value-based, scalable, flexible, feasible and predictable. Get a ranked shortlist and what to fix.

ai

AI Gross Margin Calculator: Are Your Heavy Users Eating Your Margin?

Model token costs, light, median and heavy users, other COGS and your price. See gross margin by segment, your break-even price and heavy-user risk.

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AI Token Cost Calculator: What Will Your LLM API Bill Be?

Estimate your monthly LLM API bill across 20 models in seconds. Enter requests, tokens and cache hits to see cost per request, per 1,000 and per month.

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Credit Pack Designer: Turn Your Costs Into a Credit Rate Card

Enter your cost per action and target margin. Get credits per action, plan allowances, top-up prices, worst-case margin and a ready-made credit policy.

ai

AI Agent Pricing Calculator: Per Seat, Per Conversation or Per Resolution?

Compare per-seat, per-conversation, per-resolution and hybrid pricing for an AI agent. See what your customer saves, your margin and what a bad month does.

pricing

Subscription Price Calculator: What Should You Charge Each Month?

Work out a profitable monthly subscription price after materials, staff time, card fees and GST. See margin per member, heavy-user risk and a 3-tier plan.

growth

Subscription vs One-off Sales: What Would Switching Do to Your Profit?

Compare one-off sales with a subscription over 24 months: revenue, MRR, cash flow, payback on launch costs and an illustrative valuation of each model.

pricing

Price Increase Simulator: Will Raising Your Price Pay Off?

Model a price rise before you announce it. See MRR with and without the increase, the churn you can afford, and whether to grandfather existing customers.

metrics

MRR Calculator: See Exactly Where Your Recurring Revenue Moved

Free MRR calculator: enter new, expansion, contraction and churned MRR to get ending MRR, net new MRR, ARR, growth rate and SaaS quick ratio in seconds.

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Churn Rate Calculator: What Churn Really Costs You

Free churn rate calculator: get monthly and annual customer churn, revenue churn, GRR, NRR and average lifetime, then compare with 2026 benchmarks.

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Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) Calculator

Free LTV calculator for subscription businesses: gross-margin LTV, a realistic discounted LTV with expansion, and the most you can spend to win a customer.

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LTV:CAC and CAC Payback Calculator

Free LTV:CAC calculator: work out CAC, lifetime value, your LTV to CAC ratio and CAC payback in months, then see how you compare with 2026 SaaS benchmarks.

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NRR and GRR Calculator: Is Your Customer Base Growing on Its Own?

Free NRR calculator: enter starting MRR, expansion, contraction and churn to get net and gross revenue retention, annualized, with benchmarks by segment.

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Rule of 40 Calculator

Free Rule of 40 calculator: add revenue growth and EBITDA or cash flow margin, see your score against 2025 benchmarks, and test what it takes to reach 40.

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Subscription Business Valuation Estimator

Free SaaS valuation calculator: an illustrative ARR multiple and value range from growth, NRR, margin, profit and concentration, using 2026 market data.

research

Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Calculator

Free Van Westendorp calculator: paste your four price answers and get the acceptable price range, optimal and indifference prices, and the curves.

research

Product/Market Fit Survey Scorer: Run the Sean Ellis 40% Test

Free Sean Ellis test scorer: copy the PMF survey, enter your answers overall and by segment, and see your score against 40% and Superhuman's next steps.

pricing

Annual Discount Calculator: How Much Should an Annual Plan Save?

Find the annual plan discount that still beats monthly billing. Uses your churn, renewal rate and cost of capital to show the break-even and a safe target.

metrics

Stripe Export Analyzer: MRR, Churn and Cohorts From Your Subscriptions CSV

Upload a Stripe subscriptions CSV and get MRR, ARR, churn, ARPA, MRR movements and a cohort retention table. Free, and your data never leaves your browser.

research

Customer Pain-Point Analyser: Turn Reviews and Tickets Into Decisions

Paste reviews, tickets or survey answers. Get instant themes and quotes in your browser, then an AI read of pain points, jobs-to-be-done and churn risks.

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Website Subscription Audit: Find the Recurring Revenue Hiding in Your Website

Enter your website address and get an AI audit of your subscription opportunities and pricing page, plus a two-minute self-check that works without AI.

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Synthetic Customer Panel: Rehearse Your Offer and Price on AI Personas

Describe your offer, audience and prices. Get a simulated panel of customer personas, then a ready-made kit to test with real people. Directional only.

marketing

Starving Crowd Niche Finder: Which of Your Niche Ideas Is Hungriest?

Score up to five niche ideas on the five starving crowd signs from Feed a Starving Crowd, see them ranked, and get an optional AI second opinion. Free.

growth

Network Effects Scorecard: Which of the Six Network Effects Could You Build?

Score your business against the six network effects, get a supply-first plan for the chicken-or-egg problem, and see where people could go around you.

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Churn Risk Checklist: Where Will Your Customers Leave?

Answer 21 yes/no questions drawn from The Subscription Playbook's churn best practices. Get a churn risk score, health by area and a prioritized fix list.

australia

Australian Subscription Compliance Checker: Are You Ready for 1 July 2027?

Check your sign-up, reminders and cancellation flow against Australia's new subscription rules. Get a readiness score and a prioritized fix list. Free.

pricing

Consulting Rate Calculator: Your Day Rate, Retainers and Success Fees

Free consulting rate calculator: find your hourly and day rate floor from income, overheads, tax and utilization, then build retainers and success fees.

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Ask the Book: Your Subscription and Pricing Questions, Answered From Both Books

Ask any question about subscriptions, pricing, churn or marketing. Get answers drawn from The Subscription Playbook and Feed a Starving Crowd, with links.

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