CSAT (Customer Satisfaction Score) Calculator | Free Survey Aggregator

Enter your satisfaction survey response counts and instantly get CSAT (Customer Satisfaction Score) as the share of top-2-box respondents, for free. Supports both 5-point and 10-point scales.

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Track CSAT regularly (e.g. every quarter) rather than reading a single result in isolation, so you can measure the actual impact of improvements over time.
A 5-point scale suits day-to-day support satisfaction tracking, while a 10-point scale is useful when you want to compare against NPS-style granularity. Choose based on your goal.
With a small sample, a handful of low scores can drag CSAT down sharply. Collect at least 30 or so responses before drawing conclusions.
What counts as "satisfied" (top 2 boxes vs. only the top box) varies by industry and company, so pick a definition and measure consistently over time.

Frequently Asked Questions

As general benchmarks, 80% or higher is considered excellent, 65-80% good, 50-65% average, and below 50% suggests room for improvement. Benchmarks vary a lot by industry, so comparing against your own historical results is usually more useful than an absolute number.

CSAT measures short-term satisfaction with a specific, recent interaction or experience, while NPS measures longer-term loyalty — whether a customer would recommend the service to others. The two are complementary and are commonly used together.

On a 5-point scale, using only the single highest level as "satisfied" leaves too small a base, making the score unstable. Grouping the top two levels together (the "top 2 box" method) is a widely used industry convention that produces a more stable result.

There's no single right answer. A 5-point scale is simpler and suits everyday satisfaction surveys, while a 10-point scale is useful if you want responses at the same granularity as an existing NPS survey. Choose based on your survey's purpose.

Start by reviewing any free-text comments from low-scoring respondents, and try to pin down which specific factor — response quality, wait times, ease of use, and so on — is driving the dissatisfaction. That's the first step toward improvement.

Side Note — Why CSAT Only Asks About the Most Recent Experience

CSAT (Customer Satisfaction Score) has been a staple of call centers and customer support desks for decades. While NPS is a relatively recent concept introduced in 2003, CSAT has been the default form of satisfaction measurement since the 1980s — it's probably the most intuitive metric people picture when they hear "satisfaction survey."

Question wording varies across industries and companies, but they share one trait: they ask about a single, recent interaction (one support ticket, one purchase, and so on). This contrasts with NPS, which asks for an overall judgment about the service as a whole. CSAT's strength is that it can pinpoint quality at each individual touchpoint.

The "top 2 box" convention — counting the top two levels as "satisfied" — became common because treating only the single highest level as "satisfied" on a 5-point scale makes the score swing wildly from small shifts in response. A related metric, CES (Customer Effort Score), measures how much effort an interaction required, whereas CSAT focuses purely on satisfaction with the outcome itself.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a good CSAT score?

How is CSAT different from NPS?

Why is "satisfied" counted as the top 2 levels instead of just the top one?

Should I use a 5-point or 10-point scale?

What should I check if my CSAT score is low?

Side Note — Why CSAT Only Asks About the Most Recent Experience