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Universities resist per-seat software pricing due to budget certainty needs

Adam Sabin · 1364 Are you being acquired? "No comment" · Apr 19, 2019 · at 3:57

Adam Sabin, CEO of PeopleGrove, explains why his higher-ed enterprise SaaS platform prices by modules and institution size rather than per seat.

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“Universities it's tough, tough for them to do per seat cause they need certainty of budget.”

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