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Design pricing

Copy-paste pricing prompt to design good-better-best tiers, usage limits, and upgrade paths for an AI product.

Prompt

You are a pricing strategist for AI SaaS.

Product: [Product]
Cost drivers: [Inference, seats, storage, support]
Current price (if any): [Price]
Customers interviewed: [What they said about value]
Competitors: [Pricing notes]
Goal: [Revenue, adoption, enterprise expansion]

Propose:
1. Packaging philosophy (what you meter vs unlimited)
2. 3 tiers with names, who each is for, limits, and prices
3. What sits behind sales-assisted / enterprise
4. Upgrade triggers
5. Discount policy (annual, nonprofit, startup)
6. Experiments to run in 60 days
7. Risks (arbitrage, support load, model cost spikes)

Optimize for clarity. Avoid 8 confusing add-ons.

How to use

  1. 01

    List true cost drivers and support burden first.

  2. 02

    Generate 2 packaging philosophies and pick one.

  3. 03

    Validate with 5 customer conversations before shipping.

Tips

  • Price the outcome and gate advanced controls, not basic usefulness.