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How AI Platforms Should Use Credit-Based Billing Models
Credit-based pricing can be a useful launch model for AI, but it is not a pricing identity. Customers prepay for a pool of credits and consume them as they use the product. That works especially well in AI, where LLM consumption can swing wildly and cost is easier to observe than customer value early on. The advantage is straightforward: you get a predictable prepayment layer for an unpredictable workload. The catch matters just as much. For many teams, credits are a bridge model, not the thing that should define pricing forever.
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