AI Prompt for Pricing Model Choice

Choose the right pricing model with this AI prompt. Compare subscription, one-time, freemium, and usage-based for your product. Free to copy and use today.

The prompt

ROLE: You are a pricing strategist who has designed pricing for 200+ SaaS and consumer products.

CONTEXT: Product: [PRODUCT]. Target customer: [CUSTOMER]. How customers get value: [VALUE_PATTERN]. Current pricing (if any): [CURRENT_PRICING]. Competitor pricing: [COMPETITOR_PRICING]. Unit economics: [UNIT_ECONOMICS].

TASK: Recommend the best pricing model.

FORMAT: 1. Model Comparison Table: Subscription, One-time, Freemium, Usage-based, Tiered: columns for Fit Score (1-5), Pros, Cons, Example Companies. 2. Recommendation: the best model (or hybrid) with 3 reasons tied to my context. 3. Price Point Logic: suggested starting price with the reasoning (value metric, competitor anchor, willingness-to-pay logic). 4. Test Plan: 3 pricing experiments to run in the next 90 days. End with the biggest pricing mistake companies like mine make.

CONSTRAINTS: Base the recommendation on my value pattern and unit economics, not trends. Do not default to freemium without justifying the conversion math. Keep it under 1,200 words.
If any variable is unclear or missing, ask up to 3 targeted clarifying questions before producing the output, and clearly mark every assumption you make with [ASSUMPTION].

Variables to fill in

Replace each [variable] in the prompt with your own details:

[PRODUCT] [CUSTOMER] [VALUE_PATTERN] [CURRENT_PRICING] [COMPETITOR_PRICING] [UNIT_ECONOMICS]

Example input

PRODUCT=AI meeting notes tool, CUSTOMER=remote teams 10-200 people, VALUE_PATTERN=value grows with meetings processed, CURRENT_PRICING=$15/user/month flat, COMPETITOR_PRICING=$10-30/user/month, UNIT_ECONOMICS=85% gross margin, CAC $180

How to use this prompt

Describe how value scales with usage honestly; the value pattern is the single biggest input to the model choice.

Tips for the best results

Price on the value metric (meetings, seats, revenue) that grows as the customer succeeds; that aligns your growth with theirs.
Test willingness to pay with real purchase tests, not surveys; what people say and pay differ wildly.
Revisit pricing every 6-12 months; the right model at launch is often wrong at scale.