Credit-based pricing is now in 79 of the PricingSaaS 500, up from 35.

Figma, HubSpot, and Salesforce are among the recent joiners, seat-based pricing fell from 21% to 15% of companies in twelve months, and hybrid surged from 27% to 41% (Monetizely). Gartner projects 40% of enterprise SaaS spend shifts to usage, agent, or outcome pricing by 2030, roughly $234B diverted from traditional SaaS. If your product still bills per seat, the market is quietly moving out from under you. The reason is mechanical: agents break the link between seats and value. One agent can do the work of several seats, so per-seat pricing either undercharges or caps your upside. Consumption pricing follows the value.