Pricing spoke
AI-Native SaaS Pricing
AI moved the cost basis under every SaaS pricing page. Inference now sits in COGS, so a flat fee that looked safe at signup can lose money on your heaviest accounts by the third month. Pricing stopped being a packaging exercise and became a unit-economics decision you make before you write a line of copy.
This cluster works through the live models, per-token, per-agent, and hybrid, the margin behavior of each, and how to pick one for your cost structure and your buyer. Every piece ships with worked numbers, named examples from real pricing pages, and a decision framework you can run against your own cost basis.
6 teardowns · refreshed quarterly
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AI-Native SaaS Pricing Models 2026: Per-Token, Per-Agent, Hybrid, and Which Fits Your Cost Basis
Per-token, per-agent, or hybrid? A founder-shipping breakdown of AI SaaS pricing in 2026, with margin math, named examples, and a decision framework.
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Freemium vs Free Trial for SaaS: How to Choose in 2026
A binary decision guide for solo SaaS founders: pick freemium or free trial (plus the reverse trial), with dated 2026 conversion benchmarks and AI-cost math.
11 min · Jul 13, 2026 - Founder
How to Raise SaaS Prices Without Churn: A Sequenced Playbook for Solo Founders
Most price-increase guides assume you have a CS and Sales team. This is a solo founder's sequenced playbook: which cohorts to raise, grandfather, or hold, the break-even math, and the Stripe mechanics.
11 min · Jun 25, 2026 - Founder
SaaS Pricing Strategy: A Stage-Gated Playbook for Solo Founders (0 to $50K MRR)
Most SaaS pricing guides list seven models and leave you guessing. This is a stage-gated playbook: what to charge at $0, $5K, and $25K MRR, with the AI cost math.
10 min · Jun 23, 2026 - Growth
SaaS Pricing Page Optimization: The Levers That Actually Move Conversion
Which pricing page levers actually move trial conversion, how to run the experiments, and where AI helps. ACV-segmented playbook for SaaS growth marketers.
10 min · Jun 15, 2026 - Founder
Usage-Based Pricing for SaaS: How to Implement It in Stripe (and Migrate Existing Customers Without Churning Them)
A founder's build guide to usage-based pricing: meter the right event, wire Stripe metered billing, and migrate flat-fee customers without a churn spike.
11 min · Jun 5, 2026
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