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When AI starts doing the work: The new economics of software pricing
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Fusion42 · 2 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
AI is transforming enterprise software pricing by challenging traditional value metrics, requiring new approaches to align pricing with the actual economic impact AI creates. This involves distinguishing between AI improving existing outcomes, creating new outcomes, and performing work directly, which affects how software vendors should monetize AI capabilities.
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Enterprise software companies must revisit how they price AI features versus AI agents. You need to adjust pricing metrics to capture true customer value instead of focusing purely on user count or AI system usage.
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