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Customer Success vs Customer Retention

Customer success is a function and operating motion; customer retention is the outcome of customers staying.

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Concept

Customer Success

Customer Success is a retention concept in Retention & Expansion that helps marketers apply customer health, churn prevention and expansion value to a specific planning, execution or measurement decision.

Customer Success = retention & expansion context + decision criteria + execution signal + measurement
Category
Retention & Expansion
Used for
Retention & Expansion planning, Campaign review, Team alignment
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Metric

Customer Retention

Customer retention measures how well a company keeps customers active over time.

Retention Rate = Customers Retained / Customers at Start x 100%
Category
Retention & Expansion
Used for
Forecasting, Budget allocation, Performance diagnosis
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