Do you ask for AI outputs less money? How do you handle price for such AI creations?
In a local Facebook group, people from my country had a pretty interesting discussion about how they justify charging a higher price for an output generated by AI.
Since AI came on the scene, we kind of expect the job to be done faster with less effort and the result is satisfactory. Does that mean the buyer has the right to ask for a lower amount?
I don’t know.
Because several parameters come into the process:
– using state-of-the-art models
– an expert human who enters the prompts
– their time babysitting the outputs
How would you justify asking a higher price for something you created with AI?
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I think we are still stuck with engineering hours because AI came from software industry and still placed in that vertical. Pricing will move eventually to outcome rather then effort put in the creation.
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@faysal_fateh That's the thing I wanted to talk about, because peolpe still charge an hourly rate for these things.
Very interesting discussion. The fact that I hired an expert person (AI) does not mean the product is cheaper is my answer. Surely if the creator thinks, the cost of production is less and wants to pass on the discount to the consumer that is fine, but we should understand that people go into business to make profits, nothing less.
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@richatsealedvault What are the arguments you use for convincing people to pay more?
@busmark_w_nika This is a good question, No tech company reveals the real cost of their products and justification for how much the user have to pay. Products are priced based on value it provides the user. Most tech products have cost tiers based of value and convenience provided.
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I guess if nobody asked designers for a discount when they went from pencil to Photoshop, then the same thing here, just with AI. What the buyer doesn't see is the 40 bad outputs before the good one. Picking the right one is the actual work. So we just price the result. Nobody cares if it took 3 weeks or 3 days, they care that it works.
Nika, btw, have you seen anyone actually raise their price after switching to AI? Or is everyone just holding the old rate and hoping nobody asks? 😄
@yelyzaveta_kibets I think you can actually charge more if you move toward outcome-based pricing. For example, instead of selling someone a vibe-coded outbound CRM, charge $10 per qualified meeting and commit to 30 meetings next week. Then add another $100 if the conversion rate crosses 10%.
I think we’re still too stuck on hours, artifacts, deliverables, and even tokenmaxxing. AI will probably push more businesses toward selling outcomes instead.
I’d rather create less and build something people will actually pay for than produce more just because it’s now cheap and easy to make.