About Hofaele

Clear, consistent SaaS metrics — explained the same way, every time.

Hofaele exists to make the language of SaaS metrics reconciliation and industry benchmarking easier to understand, so teams can talk about ARR, MRR, NDR, and GRR with confidence.

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Our Mission

Turning scattered SaaS metric definitions into one shared standard

Every finance and revenue team seems to calculate ARR, MRR, NDR, and GRR slightly differently. Those small inconsistencies make it hard to trust a number, let alone compare it to a peer group.

Hofaele was created as a free, informational reference point: consistent definitions, a simple reconciliation methodology, and context for what "good" looks like across different SaaS industry cohorts.

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What Guides Us

The principles behind everything we publish

Clarity first

We explain metric definitions in plain language before introducing formulas or edge cases, so the fundamentals are never lost.

Fair comparisons

Benchmarks are only useful when the peer group is genuinely comparable in size, stage, and business model.

No paid gatekeeping

Our informational content is free to access. Hofaele does not sell software, subscriptions, or paid advisory services.

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Our Approach

A simple, repeatable reconciliation framework

We describe metrics reconciliation as four repeatable steps: collect the underlying billing and contract data, normalize it against consistent definitions, reconcile it with finance records, and only then benchmark it against a relevant peer cohort.

  • Definitions grounded in widely recognized SaaS metric standards
  • Peer cohorts organized by industry vertical and company stage
  • Written for finance, RevOps, and leadership teams alike

An informational resource, not a service provider

Hofaele does not manage, audit, or certify any company's financial data, and we do not offer paid consulting, software, or advisory services. Everything we publish is intended to help readers understand SaaS metrics concepts on their own terms.

Want to know more about our methodology?

We're happy to answer questions about how we define and explain SaaS metrics.