SaaS Twitter goes back and forth on what their favourite pricing model is. 4 years ago, subscriptions were all the rage. Today it's one-time payments. At the end, it's really about what pricing model fits your business best.
\- Subscriptions do add additional friction to user signups. Users worry about this recurring expense. Happy to pay $100 once. $10/month ughhh.
\- One time payments don't have this friction. They don't always fit the business though. My Google Drive 1TB Cloud Storage subscription can't be turned into a one-time payment because Googles server costs are recurring.
The trick here is to calculate your users lifetime value. Example:
Your monthly subscription is $5/month. The average users uses the service for 6 month before they cancel.
LTV = $30. Your costs to serve an additional user is low.
Therefore a one-time payment of ~$50 is a good deal for both parties.
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