How to Build a MRR Breakdown Dashboard from Stripe or Paddle
Stripe and Paddle show MRR data, but it's scattered across dashboards and hard to interpret. With Chartsy, you can build a focused MRR breakdown dashboard by asking a few plain-English questions and saving the results. In one session, you'll get clear visibility into MRR growth, churn rate, plan performance, and revenue concentration, without SQL, exports, or complex tooling.
Why an MRR-focused dashboard matters
Monthly Recurring Revenue ( MRR ) is the most important metric in a SaaS business.
But knowing your current MRR isn't enough.
You need to understand:
- Is MRR growing consistently or stalling?
- How much MRR are you losing to churn?
- Which plans actually generate recurring revenue?
- How dependent are you on a small number of customers?
Stripe and Paddle contain this data, but answering these questions usually means:
- Switching between multiple views
- Interpreting predefined metrics
- Exporting data to make sense of it
An MRR breakdown dashboard fixes this by putting all the signals in one place.
What you'll build in this tutorial
This dashboard is intentionally narrow.
It focuses on MRR only, from four angles:
- MRR over time
- MRR churn rate
- MRR by subscription plan
- MRR by customer
Each chart answers one clear question. Together, they tell the full MRR story.
Step 1: Connect Stripe or Paddle
- Log in to Chartsy
- Choose Stripe or Paddle
- Follow the connection guide: How to Connect Your Stripe Account or How to Connect Your Paddle Account
That's it.
Chartsy normalizes Stripe and Paddle data automatically, so the same questions work for both providers.
Step 2: MRR over time (the backbone)
Simply ask Chartsy:
"Show me MRR by month for 2025"
What Chartsy does:
- Filters for recurring revenue only
- Groups MRR by month
- Generates clean visualizations you can choose from: Line Chart/Table
Why this chart matters:
This is the foundation of the dashboard.
MRR over time shows:
- Whether growth is real or flat
- When changes happened
- Early signals of churn or expansion
A flat line here is often the first warning sign in a SaaS business.
Save this chart. It anchors everything else.
Step 3: MRR churn rate (small chart, big signal)
Ask Chartsy:
"Show MRR churn rate by month"
What Chartsy shows:
A percentage view of how much recurring revenue you're losing each month.
Why this matters:
Absolute churn numbers can look harmless.
Churn rate shows the real damage.
This chart helps you:
- Catch retention issues early
- Compare churn month over month
- Understand whether growth is being masked by new sales
Even as a small chart, this is one of the most important signals on the dashboard.
Save it.
Step 4: MRR by subscription plan
Ask Chartsy:
"Show MRR by subscription plan this month"
What Chartsy shows:
A bar chart ranking plans by recurring revenue contribution.
Why this matters:
Popular plans aren't always profitable plans.
This chart shows:
- Which tiers actually fund the business
- Where upsell efforts should focus
- Which plans may not justify their complexity
It replaces guesswork with clear prioritization.
Save the chart and add it to your dashboard.
Step 5: MRR by customer (top contributors)
Ask Chartsy:
"Show top customers by MRR"
What Chartsy shows:
A ranked view of the customers contributing the most recurring revenue.
Why this matters:
MRR concentration is risk.
This chart helps you:
- Identify dependency on a small number of accounts
- Protect high-impact customers
- Prioritize retention and expansion efforts
Instead of digging through tables, your most important customers are visible immediately.
Save it.
Your finished MRR breakdown dashboard
At this point, your dashboard includes:
- MRR over time
- MRR churn rate
- MRR by subscription plan
- MRR by top customers
Each chart:
- Answers one specific MRR question
- Is easy to scan and explain
- Updates automatically from Stripe or Paddle
- Can be shared or downloaded
No clutter. No mixed metrics. Just MRR clarity.
Why this works better than native dashboards
Stripe and Paddle dashboards are designed to be comprehensive.
This dashboard is designed to be useful.
Instead of navigating predefined reports, you:
- Ask focused questions
- Save the answers
- Build a dashboard around decisions
MRR stops being a number you glance at and becomes something you understand.
Final takeaway
If you know your MRR number but not:
- where it's coming from
- where it's leaking
- who it depends on
you don't really know your MRR.
This dashboard fixes that.
Build it once, keep it updated automatically, and use it as the foundation for every SaaS decision you make.
