We believe you should pay for outcomes, not for software.
Alex Levin
Ultimately outcome-based pricing is better for the vendor than the customer
No One Knows How to Price AI Tools
Sam Altman
Insane thing: we are currently losing money on openai pro subscriptions! people use it much more than we expected.
Amos Bar-Joseph
The era of bloated teams is over. The age of the autonomous business has begun.
Dale Hopkinson
AI monetization is a balancing act. Charge too much upfront, and adoption stalls.
Greg Isenberg
The great SaaS repricing is coming
Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt
So any AI pricing model needs to both work today AND tomorrow.
Flexible pricing. Endless monetization.
Flat-fees
Flat-fees
A gym membership, whether you lift weights or just sip coffee in the lounge
Usage based
Usage based
Pay to ride a roller coaster with a meter running
Tiered
Tiered
A different ticket price for the cheap front, meh middle, and over-the-top back seats
Outcome-based
Outcome-based
Pay only for the bullseye after the arrow lands
Hybrid
Hybrid
A base fee for the initial quest, plus extra coins for every loot box you crack open
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