Before you start
- A node for the feature. See Cost per feature.
- A count of customers who use the feature, for example Search active customers. Count users of the feature, not all customers, or the figure will look cheaper than it is.
The average cost per customer of a feature
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Bring in the feature's customer count
Under Data, select Metrics, then New metric, and choose Advanced: Custom Metric Setup. Name it after the feature, for example
search_active_customers, upload its history and keep it current through the API. See Business metrics.2
Create the unit economic
Under Measure, select Unit Economics, then New unit economic.
- Name: Search cost per customer
- Cost from: the model and the feature node
- Divide by: Published metric, then the feature’s customer count
- More details: set Currency and a Unit Display Name of per customer

