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How Intercom Reaccelerated Growth With Outcome-Based Pricing

CJ Gustafson (Mostly Metrics) · mostlymetrics.com

A CFO's-eye view of why $0.99 per resolution worked, and what that means for you as the buyer.

The question it answers

  1. What does AI support actually cost, and how should a founder think about the ROI?

Read with it

  1. Patterns from 60+ AI agent companies, the best single mental model for what you'll be charged and why. growthunhinged.com Article A new framework for AI agent pricing Manny Medina (Growth Unhinged)
  2. A rapid-fire comparison of Salesforce, Intercom and Zendesk AI pricing you can screenshot into your budget doc. substack.com Thread The most disruptive AI pricing models so far Kyle Poyar
  3. Explains why support was the first category where pricing moved from seats to resolved outcomes. a16z.com Article AI Is Driving A Shift Towards Outcome-Based Pricing Andreessen Horowitz
  4. Stripe's Collison pushes Taylor on whether outcome pricing is real economics or clever packaging. cheekypint.substack.com Podcast Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board Cheeky Pint (John Collison)
  5. The primary source: current plan plus per-resolution pricing to plug into your own cost model. intercom.com Tool Intercom Pricing Intercom
  6. Intercom's own definitions of the four billable outcome types, the fine print your invoice depends on. intercom.com Guide Fin AI Agent outcomes Intercom
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