usage-based pricing
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Why there’s no clear winning pricing strategy in B2B SaaS
New data from Maxio indicates that both consumption and subscription pricing have their advantages when it comes to growth, but not at the same time.
There’s already a handful of great examples of SaaS companies leveraging usage-based pricing to monetize AI.
Meet Hyperline, a new product that handles pricing and billing for software-as-a-service companies. The company provides integrations so that you can quickly start billing. It then supports different scenarios, such…
M3ter locks in $14M to expand its usage-based pricing tools for SaaS businesses
The concept of SaaS as a business model changed the game in tech by moving users away from buying software outright and toward paying for service availability based on time-based…
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Product-led growth is propelling a wave of sales tools startups
It’s tempting to call the new generation of sales tools “PLG CRMs,” but, it turns out, they don’t quite fit that description.
Usage-based pricing is an essential component of any PLG strategy. In fact, it’s my belief that you cannot have true PLG without UBP.
Does usage-based pricing call for a new growth infrastructure stack?
“It’s not either usage-based or subscription pricing,” VC firm OpenView wrote in its second State of Usage-Based Pricing report. These hybrid approaches call for new tools, but which ones?
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Usage-based pricing is rising, but not replacing other models
Today we’re unpacking OpenView’s second State of Usage-Based Pricing report.
Amberflo wants to transform SaaS pricing with metered usage
Over the years, software pricing has shifted from rigid seat licenses for on-prem legacy software to subscriptions with tiered pricing, as software shifted to the cloud in the early part…
Having noticed tailwinds for B2B startups that offer cloud cost-optimization solutions, we were curious to know where VCs thought the space was headed.
The rise of product-led growth is creating opportunities for startups
More companies are adopting product-led growth (PLG) and usage-based pricing (UBP) than ever before. And a new wave of startups is helping them succeed at it.
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Mighty Capital’s thesis is that the best product wins — even more so in a downturn
You can’t be product-led without a great product.
Here’s another sign of the times: Free tiers are becoming less generous.
The subscription pie is getting bigger: How to leverage usage-based billing
Subscriptions are not dying; they are just evolving.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever
Unlike soft drinks, startups are not a volume business, which means they must revisit their pricing models regularly.
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Turn your startup’s pricing strategy into a powerful growth lever
A bad pricing model will impede growth and can even doom an otherwise promising startup, whereas a good model will capture some of the value that a product creates as revenue.
How your company can adopt a usage-based business model like AWS
Of the 300+ services that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released over the years, not a single one has needed to be rolled back from being priced incorrectly. That’s no…
We’re breaking down usage-based pricing and growth strategies at TechCrunch Early Stage
Software as a service (SaaS) — both a revelation and a revolution — completely disrupted the decades-old software selling paradigm. It turned buying software from an infrequent, high-cost and, for…
