Input based pricing vs Output based pricing

kept by eddie aug 13

The article contrasts input-based pricing (charging for resource usage like API calls) with output-based pricing (charging for resolved outcomes), explaining their trade-offs in customer perception, measurement complexity, and product incentives.

The age of vertical models is here (via @eoghan)
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