[grueful]

New pricing strategy: the low-end tier is metered.

That's also a big argument in favor of formulating seat-based pricing models as blocks as opposed to per seat. It reduces the update frequency.

[ovi256]

Metered low-end looks similar to what AWS does, doesn't it ? Spot prices are metered, but if you want to get a flat fee per month, no worries, you can get the reserved instances. Which also have a better bang per buck.

[rmc]

reserved instances aren't totally flat fee. Reserved instances allow you to pay a fixed cost up front for a reduction for the rest of the month.