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Definition

Usage-based pricing

Usage-based pricing charges for what you actually consume - API calls, storage, compute, or tokens - rather than a flat licence.

Consumption pricing scales with value but makes spend hard to forecast and easy to overrun. Insist on real-time usage visibility, alerting, and a spend ceiling with auto-pause so a runaway workload can't become a runaway bill.

Go deeperSoftware total cost of ownership: the hidden costs

Related terms

Renewal upliftAnnual contract value (ACV)OverageVendor scorecard
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