# SaaS Burn Rate: How to Calculate Your Startup Runway

DevFeed: [SaaS Burn Rate: How to Calculate Your Startup Runway](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/saas-burn-rate-how-to-calculate-your-startup-runway-10326.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/saas-burn-rate-runway/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-04-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Shared Responsibility Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shared-responsibility-model.md>)

Tags: [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [saas-finance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas-finance.md>), [saas-metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas-metrics.md>), [startups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startups.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to calculating SaaS startup burn rate and runway. It distinguishes gross burn from net burn, explains why collections and failed payments affect cash consumption, and notes that runway changes as revenue, expenses, and one-time costs change.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to calculate startup burn rate, translate it into runway, and connect revenue, gross margin, and cost planning to avoid running out of time.