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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tom Tunguz

Most startups play defense when discussing pricing with customers. They use pricing as an offensive tool to reinforce their product’s value and underscore the company’s core marketing message. For many founding teams, pricing is one of the most difficult and complex decisions for the business.

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How to Leverage Pricing and Packaging to Drive Growth, Revenue, and Profit with Miro, Loom, OpenAI, and Splunk 

SaaStr

Pricing is more than just a number on a contract — when used thoughtfully, it can become a strategic tool for your SaaS product that can drive product adoption, customer satisfaction, and business growth. ” Pricing is also more than just the bottom-line price level. ” So, How Should You Price?

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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Best Strategies for Raising Capital if Your Goal is To Get Acquired?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Best Strategies for Raising Capital if Your Goal is To Get Acquired? Well, first, let’s be clear — it’s tough if your core goal is to get acquired for a big price in most cases. The post Dear SaaStr: What Are The Best Strategies for Raising Capital if Your Goal is To Get Acquired?

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AI Pricing Strategies for SaaS Companies Offering Copilots

Tom Tunguz

Pricing an AI product will be a defining question in software for the next few years. We can observe the market trends today across some of the larger SaaS companies who offer AI pricing. Company Product Base Price AI Price Ratio Github Github Enterprise 21 10 0.67 AI products offer productivity gains.

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The Art of Invisible Onboarding in Integrated Payments

Learn how such a fluid process can elevate the user experience, from enhancing engagement and trust through clear, transparent pricing and quick approval, to making payment processing an indispensable, customer-centric component of the software.

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The State of SaaS Go-to-Market with Theory Ventures General Partner Tomasz Tunguz

SaaStr

8: 3x Net Dollar Retention Thanks to This Pricing Model Over time, the dominant pricing structure in B2C and B2B applications is like the cell phone plan. You get a base number of minutes for a particular price. But now there’s been a broad shift toward usage-based pricing or seat-based pricing, or a combination of the two.

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SaaS Pricing Strategies that Work: How to Design an Optimal Pricing Model with FastSpring VP Product Kurt Smith (Video)

SaaStr

SaaS pricing can be overwhelming when there are unlimited paths and opportunities that exist. Even though most companies acknowledge its importance, SaaS founders often choose a simplistic approach to pricing—that is, if they don’t choose to ignore it altogether. Making pricing work for your business.

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Demystifying Consumption-Based Pricing: Modeling & the Path to Business Success

Zuora and BCG’s latest report uncovers how hybrid pricing models—combining subscription and consumption (usage)—are fueling faster growth, especially in AI-driven sectors. With insights on maximizing customer relationships and scaling for the future, this report is packed with actionable strategies to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.

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The New Frontier: A Guide to Monetizing AI Offerings

Speaker: Michael Mansard and Katherine Shealy

With the cost of developing AI capabilities growing, finding a flexible monetization strategy has become mission critical. 💡 Smart Pricing Strategies: Understanding how to apply usage-based pricing models that align with your customer’s evolving needs.

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10 Red Flags in Integrated Payment Partnerships: Moving Towards a Mutual Benefit

It emphasizes the importance of transparent pricing, flexible contracts, and robust go-to-market strategies. Whether you're an established firm or a startup, these insights will help you make informed decisions, ensuring your payment strategy is not only profitable but also in sync with your long-term goals.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase.

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Leading the Development of Profitable and Sustainable Products

Speaker: Jason Tanner

We’ll explore how to shift from ambiguous descriptions of value to economic modeling of customer benefits to identify value exchange choices that enable a profitable pricing model. You’ll receive a template to apply for your solution and opportunity to receive the Software Profit Streams™ book.