Business

ROAS Calculator

Calculate return on ad spend from revenue and ad cost, shown as a ratio and a percentage.

Return on ad spend
4× (4:1)
Every $1 of ad spend brought back this much in revenue.
As a percentage
400%
Revenue minus spend
$7,500.00

How it works

ROAS answers a blunt question: for every dollar spent on ads, how many came back as revenue? It is simply revenue divided by ad spend, and it is the fastest gut-check on whether a campaign works.

A ROAS of 4, or 400 percent, means four dollars of revenue per dollar spent. Whether that is good depends on your margins — a thin-margin business needs a much higher ROAS to actually profit.

Enter your revenue and ad spend and the tool shows both the ratio and the percentage, so you can compare campaigns or set a break-even target with confidence.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good ROAS?

It depends on your profit margin. A common rough target is 4:1, but low-margin businesses need more and high-margin ones can thrive on less. Compare ROAS to your break-even point.

How is ROAS different from ROI?

ROAS compares revenue to ad spend only, while ROI compares profit to total cost. ROAS is higher and simpler; ROI tells you whether you actually made money.

What ROAS means I am breaking even?

Your break-even ROAS is one divided by your profit margin. At a 25 percent margin, you break even at a ROAS of 4, so anything above that is profit.