Jan Marcell

Jan Marcell

Founder @ SAFYRO | Hybrid PM Platform

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Building SAFYRO - the first true hybrid project management platform. After 15 years managing complex engineering projects in automotive and aerospace, I've seen teams struggle with forced methodology choices. Waterfall OR Agile. Never both. SAFYRO changes that. We're creating a platform where professional Gantt charts coexist with true Kanban boards - on the same data. No methodology lock-in. Target: Teams up to 500 employees who need both structure and speed. Beta launching Spring 2026.

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Jake Friedberg

14d ago

Is usage-based pricing becoming the norm for AI tools?

Hey everyone,

I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market.
That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.

In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.

For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:

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