outcome-based pricing

also referred to as: outcome based pricing

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 11, 2025 by Bret Taylor · across every show →

Everything said about outcome-based pricing, oldest first

Feb 11, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Sierra Charges Enterprise Customers Outcome-Based Pricing for Successful Agent Resolutions
“In our customer base, we do what's called outcome based pricing. So essentially every time the AI agent solves the problem or saves a customer or whatever it might be, there's a pre-negotiated rate for that.”
Bret Taylor Feb 11, 2025 ▶ 33:02 The AI Architect: Bret Taylor
May 2, 2026 negative
Insight
Defining what qualifies as a resolution is the flaw in outcome-based pricing
“I think the only bigger, big problem with the outcome based is the definition of the outcome. Like you can call anything a resolution.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 40:44 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
May 2, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Most Chatbase enterprise customers still prefer usage-based pricing over outcome-based pricing
“We started to like give some bigger customers the option to do that. And I think most of them still choose like the usage based, but some do choose the outcome based.”
Yasser Elsaid May 2, 2026 ▶ 40:32 ⚡️ Competing with ChatGPT and Sierra, building a $10M ARR company — Yasser Elsaid, Founder, Chatbase
Jun 3, 2026 bearish
Insight
Nadella: Customers reject outcome-based pricing once outcomes materialize
“Most people love outcomes until they have an outcome. Because once you have an outcome, it's like giving away royalty, right? I mean, I've talked to customers who love, you know, outcome-based pricing, and I say, I'm all in until they, oh my God, like, what ar…”
Satya Nadella Jun 3, 2026 ▶ 22:01 Satya Nadella on AI: @NoPriorsPodcast x Latent Space Crossover Special at Microsoft Build 2026
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