Chargebee Publishes Definitive 2026 Playbook for Pricing AI Agents: Outcome vs Token Billing

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Chargebee's framework identifies three axes for pricing AI agents: value attribution (how easily customers tie outputs to outcomes), execution autonomy (how well the agent solves without humans), and workload predictability (how spiky the effort is). Key finding: 8 in 10 companies report using gen AI but the same proportion report no significant bottom-line impact, with ~90% of vertical use cases stuck in pilot mode. For builders selling AI agents, the playbook recommends outcome-based pricing only when attribution is clear and autonomy is high.