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I thought teams would be cheaper than individual.

Have you ever seen an enterprise plan cheaper than the individual plans (Which are often free)?

Now normal software is priced to squeeze as much money as you can, enterprises can afford more, so are charged more. Individuals are highly price sensitive, so has to be very cheap.

GenAI is quite different in that its not 0 marginal cost, the marginal costs are probably at least 50% of the price. So the price difference between enterprise and individual plans will be far smaller than usual, due to the common cost base.

No, per-seat cost for these kinds of things is ALWAYS cheaper than retail. However it does require you to set up a meeting with a sales rep who will then work tirelessly to expand the number of services you use and require longer commitments etc. With “enterprise” pricing, the sticker price is just the opening number in a negotiation, and basic theory tells us that the opening number must be large since it sets a ceiling.

There are many products which cater to both individual users and enterprises, and these will often charge individual users more.

WinRAR is 30 EUR per user when buying a single license, 9 EUR when buying 100 licenses.

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