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Usage-Based Billing for AI Companies: A Practical Guide
85% of SaaS companies now use some form of usage-based pricing, up from 30% in 2019. But AI products have a unique problem: the thing you’re billing for — tokens, inference, agent loops, or outputs — is variable, hard to predict, and expensive to deliver. This guide covers the four main usage-based billing models for AI companies, when each model works best, and how to avoid the mistakes that kill margins.
2026-06-17•5 min read
