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by runako 1848 days ago
That shouldn't be a knock against usage-based pricing per se, that's a knock against usage-based pricing that fails the predictability test (#4).

Products aimed at other parts of the enterprise (e.g. Sales, HR, Support, etc.) frequently meter on the # of seats. Since a "seat" usually maps to an employee, this has the benefit of being predictable as well as proportionate (to the overall cost of the employee).