What’s a SaaS pricing model you prefer?

Single payment for freelancers or independent workers and monthly billing for companies. Companies appreciate a model that allows them to grow overtime but with no long term commitment in case the risk becomes too much. Freelancers are loyal and long term when they find the right tool, so with a single payment they can recoup cost super fast and become fans of your product to recommend to others.

Each pricing model works differently for distinct SaaS products. Here's how: - Pay-Per-Use: Best for SaaS targeting enterprise customers with flexible needs or consumption-based services, such as APIs or cloud storage. - Monthly Subscription: Ideal for businesses with a broad user base offering recurring value, like collaboration tools or customer management systems. - Lifetime: Suited for new SaaS products in their early stages or niche markets that need quick adoption and cash flow. - Freemium: Works well for products focusing on large-scale adoption and upselling, like communication, content creation, or analytics tools. I worked with a SaaS development company, 7Span, where we experimented with combining different pricing models across various products to maximize growth and revenue. Vepaar - Using Freemium to attract users, a monthly subscription for regular users, and pay-per-use for high-volume customers. Pagemaker - Offering lifetime deals during the early stages to bootstrap, then transitioning to monthly subscriptions later.

Whenever I see a tool with pay-per-use I just run from it. It makes sense but what if you randomly make a mistake, now boom you own a lot of $$$. Monthly sub is the best for a lot of cases, and I try to use it as well in my products. Simple pricing and simple to cancel.