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Not even that. It's not based on actual sales in, for example, the past month. It's based on an expected continuous growth based on the growth of the past month (or whatever period you pick).

It's a forecast.



I cant say what all companies does. But my google seaches and and chatgpt Do not agree with you on that. They stick to actual sales.


I have never heard of SaaS companies reporting ARR like this.


Yeah this is not ARR but run rate revenue. when i was doing SASS we always used ARR, not run rate, but it seems to be a thing




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