2026 Financial Benchmarks: Efficiency Has Arrived, but at the Expense of Growth

B2B SaaS delivered its largest single-year efficiency gain in five years in 2025 — but it was bought with cost cuts, not durable growth. Across 342 companies, gross revenue retention fell from 88% to 84% while the median Rule of 40 held at just 15–25%. 👉 See how finance teams plan against live benchmarks without leaving their spreadsheet: https://getaleph.com/demo Ray Rike (Founder & CEO, Benchmarkit) brings the 2026 financial benchmark data and narrates the headline charts. Ben Murray (Founder, The SaaS CFO) gives the operator reaction from the finance seat. Albert Gozzi (Co-Founder & CEO, Aleph) closes on what benchmark-aware planning looks like when efficiency and growth pull against each other. Built for heads of finance, senior finance leaders, and CFOs at B2B SaaS and AI-native companies setting 2026 budgets. Live panel with open Q&A. FEATURING Ray Rike — Founder & CEO, Benchmarkit (the data) Ben Murray — Founder, The SaaS CFO (the operator view) Albert Gozzi — Co-Founder & CEO, Aleph (the planning view) WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why 2025 produced the biggest SaaS efficiency gain in five years, and why growth and retention paid the bill What a 4-point drop in gross revenue retention (88% to 84%) signals about revenue durability How the top quartile pulled away from the median on Rule of 40 (43% vs. 15–25%) How to read your own net revenue retention and CAC payback against the 2026 benchmarks Why usage-based pricing is holding NRR at 108% while seat-based models slip to 95–98% How to pressure-test a 2026 growth plan against unit economics before the budget locks ───────────── Book a demo: https://getaleph.com/demo Learn more: https://getaleph.com Aleph is an AI-native FP&A platform that connects to your source systems and adds a semantic context layer — so finance teams can analyze, report, and plan without leaving their spreadsheet. #FPandA #FinanceAI #AIforFinance #CFO #FinancialPlanning #RevenueOps #SaaSPricing #UsageBasedPricing