Griffin Parry

Mar 31, 2026

m3ter and PwC UK survey finds software companies won’t fully realise value of AI due to legacy billing and finance infrastructure

Core systems must modernise to fully capture revenue as 63% of UK executives lack full confidence in billing operations, study finds.

Mar 30, 2026

Zuora alternatives: Modern subscription and usage billing solutions

Zuora helped define subscription billing but modern alternatives better support usage-based and hybrid pricing—offering more flexibility, scalability and lower complexity for today’s SaaS businesses.

Mar 27, 2026

Best usage-based billing software: key features to evaluate in 2026

Usage-based billing is now the SaaS default, but poor tools cause revenue leakage and inefficiency. The best platforms combine scalable data processing, flexible pricing, real-time billing and strong integrations, driving accuracy, agility and better customer experience.

Mar 24, 2026

Complex SaaS pricing models explained: from flat-rate to hybrid billing

Complex SaaS pricing combines advanced models: usage-based, tiered, credits and hybrid with enterprise billing demands. Choosing the right structure, supported by robust infrastructure, is critical to driving revenue growth, protecting margins and maintaining customer trust at scale.

Mar 20, 2026

AI billing: Usage-based pricing strategies for AI and data-driven services

Usage-based billing aligns AI costs with customer value, enabling scalable revenue and margin control. Learn how to design pricing metrics, build billing infrastructure and improve customer trust with transparent, consumption-based models for AI and data services.

Mar 12, 2026

How usage-based pricing reshapes SaaS go-to-market and product strategy: lessons from billing as a strategic lever

Usage-based pricing reshapes SaaS beyond billing, influencing go-to-market and product strategy. But its benefits: value alignment, expansion-led growth and higher retention, depend on reliable usage data infrastructure that ensures accurate, auditable, and scalable billing across teams.

Mar 09, 2026

Metered utilization: how to measure and bill usage in SaaS

Metered utilization lets SaaS companies charge customers based on actual product consumption, aligning revenue with delivered value. But it only works with reliable usage data pipelines and billing infrastructure that capture, process and rate events accurately at scale.

Mar 04, 2026

m3ter Expands Integration With Salesforce to Support Advanced Usage Monetization in Agentforce Revenue Management

Collaboration enables high-scale metering and rating capabilities for customers deploying complex usage-based pricing models

Feb 17, 2026

The impact of net revenue retention on SaaS company valuations

Net revenue retention (NRR) is a key driver of SaaS valuation. Companies with 120%+ NRR grow more efficiently, rely less on new customer acquisition, and command premium ARR multiples. A 10-point NRR increase can boost valuation by 20–30%, making expansion revenue a powerful compounding advantage.

Feb 13, 2026

Usage‑based billing analytics: Metrics every SaaS revenue team should track

Usage-based billing relies on seamless integration between product usage, billing and finance systems. Learn how to build a scalable, automated usage-to-cash pipeline and prevent revenue leakage.

Feb 09, 2026

Usage‑based billing integration: Connecting product usage with finance systems

Usage-based pricing only works if product usage connects seamlessly to finance systems. Without automated integration across metering, rating, billing, CRM, and ERP, teams face manual reconciliation and revenue leakage. Learn how to build a scalable, auditable usage-to-cash pipeline.

Feb 06, 2026

Usage Data Ingestion: An Engineer’s Technical Guide to Building Scalable Pipelines for SaaS Billing with Usage Billing

Usage-based billing depends on a reliable ingestion pipeline. This technical guide explores the challenges of ingesting high-volume usage events at scale and shows how production-grade architectures and platforms like m3ter ensure resilient, accurate SaaS billing.

Jan 30, 2026

Usage data ingestion: Building scalable pipelines for SaaS billing

Usage data ingestion is the foundation of accurate usage-based and hybrid SaaS billing. As event volumes scale, fragile pipelines cause billing errors, revenue leakage, and disputes. This guide explains why ingestion fails at scale and how to build reliable, high-throughput pipelines.

Dec 16, 2025

Billing transparency: Building customer trust with clear usage reporting

Billing transparency is now essential for SaaS using usage-based pricing. Customers expect clear, error-free bills, near real-time visibility into usage and spend, and self-serve reporting. Learn best practices, the right tech stack, and common pitfalls to avoid disputes and churn.

Dec 11, 2025

SaaS billing management 101: Best practices for subscriptions and usage

Consumption-based billing is now mainstream in SaaS. Learn what’s driving adoption, the must-have features of modern billing systems, and best practices to launch usage-based pricing without sacrificing accuracy, transparency, or growth.

Nov 19, 2025

Essential Features of Subscription Management Tools for Hybrid Billing

Hybrid billing blends subscriptions with usage-based pricing—giving enterprises predictability, flexibility, and control. Learn how the right subscription management tool, like m3ter, powers automation, reduces revenue leakage, and supports complex pricing at scale.

Nov 12, 2025

Enterprise SaaS Pricing Models: Balancing Subscription, Tiered, and Consumption

Enterprise SaaS pricing is shifting from flat subscriptions to usage-based and hybrid models, aligning prices with actual usage. This drives easier adoption, natural upsells, and retention, but requires metered billing automation to prevent errors and optimize revenue.

Oct 28, 2025

What Is TCV? Understanding Total Contract Value in SaaS

SaaS is evolving rapidly. As more companies adopt usage-based and hybrid pricing models, our foundational metrics need to evolve, too. One of the most essential — but often misunderstood — is Total Contract Value (TCV).

Oct 02, 2025

Maximising Consumption Revenue: Growth Strategies with Usage-Based Pricing

The SaaS industry has undergone a dramatic shift over the last decade. Once dominated by fixed subscription fees and per-seat licenses, today’s most successful software businesses are turning to usage-based pricing (UBP) to align monetization with value delivered.

Oct 01, 2025

Pay-as-You-Go Pricing Models in SaaS: Advantages, Challenges, and Examples

In this post, we explore the rising importance of PAYG pricing in SaaS, outline how it works, unpack its benefits and operational challenges, and highlight examples and best practices.

Usage-based pricing: The ultimate guide

Discover the power of usage-based pricing with our ultimate guide. Whether you're new to the concept or a seasoned pro, our guide covers everything you need to know about usage-based pricing. Learn how it can benefit your business and gain insights into its impact on revenue and customer retention.

Software pricing predictions report - 2024

This report draws from insights of 10 software pricing experts from diverse backgrounds, including SaaS founders, pricing leaders, startup advisors, and VC investors. Their collective knowledge ensures data-backed predictions for software pricing in 2024.

2B SaaS pricing predictions report 2023

Our inaugural SaaS Pricing Predictions report from 2023 will show you just how quickly UBP is evolving. Check into our 2024 guide for the latest predictions and tips from the experts.

Pricing Palooza

Pricing and billing shouldn’t slow you down. Join SaaS finance, product, and operations leaders at m3ter's Pricing Palooza for a virtual summit dedicated to smarter pricing strategies and streamlined billing. Learn how AI, automation, and usage-based pricing are transforming SaaS monetization.

Part 1 - UBP 101: Decoding Revenue Leakage

‘Revenue leakage is the ultimate sin’ according to pricing expert Todd Gardner - but what causes it? How can you identify it in your business? What is its impact? How can you fix it?

Part 2 - UBP 101: Navigating Compliance, Audit, and Planning Challenges in UBP

B2B software companies are embracing usage-based pricing, adding pressure on Accounting/FP&A teams with new tasks and risks. Join UBP 101 for insights on compliance, audits, and planning, featuring Roxi Wen from Insight Partners.

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m3ter locks in $14M to expand its usage-based pricing tools for SaaS businesses

Four Insights to Take Your SaaS Pricing to the Next Level

How Software Pricing Strategy Is Evolving Q&A

Usage-Based Pricing: A Market Niche For Startup Tech Companies

Plugging the Revenue Leaks in SaaS Pricing