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The death of the seat

What happens to software economics when value, not headcount, sets the price.

The Editors · 1 July 2026 · 5 min

Per-seat pricing was never about value — only about ease of billing. As software does more of the work, the seat stops making sense.

  • Usage decouples price from headcount
  • Forecasting shifts from renewals to consumption
  • Product and sales reorganise around value delivered
Note
A seat measures who is in the room. Usage measures what the software actually did.
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