Burn multiple calculator API

Compute the Burn Multiple = net cash burn / net-new ARR (David Sacks scale) with a rating (<1 amazing, 1-1.5 great, 1.5-2 good, 2-3 suspect, >3 bad) and breakdown — the capital-efficiency metric of growth. Answers 'what is my burn multiple','how capital-efficient is my growth','how much do I burn per dollar of ARR'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/calc/saas-burn-multiple

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/calc/saas-burn-multiple

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "netBurn": 1500000,
  "netNewArr": 1000000
}

Example response

{
  "burnMultiple": 1.5,
  "rating": "good",
  "formula": "burnMultiple = net cash burn / net-new ARR (Sacks scale)",
  "breakdown": {
    "netBurn": 1500000,
    "netNewArr": 1000000
  }
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "netBurn",
    "netNewArr"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "netBurn": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "net cash burn for the period (currency)",
      "examples": [
        1500000
      ]
    },
    "netNewArr": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "net-new ARR added (currency, must be > 0)",
      "examples": [
        1000000
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}