Pricing Model Picker

How to use it

1. Enter your average users per account, the usage units each user consumes per month, your monthly churn rate, and your competitors' per-seat and per-usage prices. The competitor prices act as market anchors, because the tool projects revenue for each pricing model relative to what the market already charges rather than in a vacuum where any number looks plausible.
2. Read the projected monthly revenue per account for all four models (flat monthly, per-seat, usage-based, and hybrid) and the recommended model, the one with the most revenue per account at competitor prices for your usage and account-size profile. Churn scales every model by the same retained share, so it changes the dollar figures but not which model wins.
3. Use the side-by-side projections to see how account shape changes the answer. Per-seat pricing rewards accounts with many users; usage-based pricing rewards heavy consumption per user; flat pricing favours predictability when usage is similar across customers; and hybrid captures overage on top of a seat base. The same product can have a meaningfully different optimal model depending on who buys it.
4. Treat the recommendation as a starting hypothesis, not a final answer, because revenue is only one axis. Usage-based pricing may win on revenue here but can scare off buyers who fear unpredictable bills, while flat pricing trades some revenue for the simplicity that shortens sales cycles. Run a high-usage and a low-usage account profile to see whether your customer base is uniform enough for one model or whether segments need different plans.
5. Re-run as your average account size, usage patterns, or churn shift, since a model that fits a 5-seat account often breaks at 50 seats. Pair this with the SaaS pricing strategy tool to set the actual price points once you have chosen a structure, and the unit economics tool to confirm the winning model keeps your margins intact.

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Use it from code

The same calculation as a JavaScript module you can import. It runs where you import it, with no request, key or rate limit.

import { compute } from "https://aibizhub.io/engines/pricing-model-picker.js";

Input and output contract, TypeScript types and the guide for agents.