usage-based pricing
also referred to as: usage based pricing
5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Dec 8, 2022 by Madhavan Ramanujam · across every show →
Everything said about usage-based pricing, oldest first
Dec 8, 2022 bullish
Economic downturns are the optimal time to transition to usage-based pricing
“Frankly, this is the best time to actually think about these things. Like if, you know, if people are not using the product, changing it to a usage-based, people would say that's great because You know, there's a downturn. We're not using the product. And they…”
Jan 12, 2023 bearish
Jan 12, 2023
May 25, 2025 neutral
AI agent pricing models will face a 'wild west' period before standardizing
“Especially with agents coming into the play, like how you pay for AI workers is going to be very different. You know, what is that unit of completion for things like code generators is going to be, it's going to be a wild, wild west before we come up with some…”
Jul 31, 2025 negative
Taylor: AI token consumption often fails to correlate with customer value
“I don't think, I think there's a huge difference between outcomes based pricing and usage based pricing, because especially in AI, they're not necessarily even correlated and you could have a long phone call, not solve the customer's problem. And they give you…”