Usage-Based & Consumption Billing
Stripe acquired Metronome for $1B. 77% of largest SW companies use consumption pricing.
Growth Overview
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Overview
Billing infrastructure that meters product usage and charges customers based on consumption rather than fixed seats. Stripe acquired Metronome for $1B, calling metered pricing "the native business model for the AI era." 77% of the largest software companies now incorporate consumption-based pricing. 78% of companies with usage-based pricing adopted it in the last 5 years.
What's Driving This Growth?
- ▸AI products with variable compute costs cannot sustain flat pricing
- ▸77% of largest software companies now use consumption-based pricing models
- ▸AI agents dismantling per-seat model, forcing industry-wide shift to usage pricing
- ▸Stripe CEO: "Metered pricing is the native business model for the AI era"
Market Signals
- ✓Stripe acquired Metronome for $1B, validating usage-based billing as strategic infrastructure
- ✓Metronome processed 8x YoY increase in revenue volume through its platform
- ✓78% of companies with usage-based pricing adopted it in the last 5 years (snowball effect)
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