Seat-Based SaaS Pricing Is Dying: What Outcome-Based Billing Means for Your Software Budget in 2026?

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Here’s the paradox sitting at the center of SaaS pricing in 2026: AI token prices fell roughly 80% year over year, yet total AI-related software spending grew about 320% over the same period. Seat-based SaaS pricing โ€” the flat “per user, per month” model that’s defined software billing for two decades โ€” is losing ground … Read more