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by sigil 1994 days ago
> Then there is another segment these are large enterprises and they ask us a lot about security, sso and integrations we have quoted them price from 1 USD per user per month to 10 USD and reaction is mixed some thinks even 1USD is high price for this kind of tool.

The numbers you are contemplating here are shockingly low — 1000x too low — for enterprise SaaS. Questions about security and SSO are “tells” that you’re dealing with a very different kind of customer.

If you want to sell to large enterprises, this patio11 article is a good start: https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/enterpris...

Do you or your co-founders have a strong sales background? If not, skip the whole enterprise sales thing for now and focus on converting consumer accounts. With half a million users, even a low conversion rate at a low price point should turn this into a profitable business.

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Enterprise SAAS charge between $1,000 and $10,000 USD per seat per month?
In some cases! It sounds like your tool doesn’t (yet) deliver that kind of value. If your viable price point really is closer to $10/seat, consider reframing these conversations as “$1,000/month for up to 100 users.” As patio11 points out in that essay, dollar figures below $500 or so seem like a rounding error to an enterprise. Or worse, something unserious.