growthunhinged.com · 2025-10-22
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Your pricing is (probably) broken
The article argues that most SaaS pricing models are suboptimal but fixable through incremental improvements rather than wholesale abandonment. It provides tactical action items for five common pricing models—flat-fee, seat-based, feature-based, hybrid, and usage-based—with specific levers to expand revenue and optimize each approach.
Metrics in this report
Add-on Pricing
10-30percent_of_core_product
typical
SaaS add-on pricing relative to core product
Annual Price Escalator
5-8percent
target
B2B SaaS auto-renewal contracts with escalation clauses
Lite User Seat Pricing
10-40percent_of_power_user_seat
range
Seat-based pricing with tiered user types
Power User Token Consumption
70-80percent
top_10_percent_users
AI product token consumption concentration
Premium Edition Price Markup
50-100percent_above_base
target
SaaS Good-Better-Best pricing models
Premium Edition Uptake Rate
15-25percent
average
SaaS customers upgrading to premium edition