How SaaS companies structure their pricing. Each model page explains the pattern and lists companies using it.
Customers buy or receive a pool of credits that get consumed as they use the product. Credits abstract away the underlying compute cost into a single, predictable currency. The key tension: vendors mu
Hybrid pricing combines two or more pricing dimensions -- typically a per-seat base plus a usage or credit component. This lets vendors capture value from both team size (seats) and product consumptio
Outcome-based pricing charges customers for results delivered, not resources consumed. In the AI agent era, this means paying per resolution, per successful conversation, or per value-generating actio
The dominant SaaS pricing model. Each user (or "seat") costs a fixed monthly/annual fee. Revenue scales linearly with team size. Simple to understand, simple to sell, simple to forecast -- but under p
Customers pay based on what they consume -- events tracked, tokens processed, API calls made, audio hours transcribed. No fixed seat count. Revenue scales directly with customer usage, which aligns ve