I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market. That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.
In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.
For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:
I just want to say thank you to everyone who supported the PingPrompt launch.
We finished #10 of the day and got featured on Product Hunt among 463 products launched yesterday. This means a lot, especially because this was PingPrompt s first public launch whitout audience, competing alongside some truly great apps.
We also gained 102 new followers, plus new trial users and subscriptions. Thank you for the trust and for taking the time to try something new.
