Why Flat Pricing for AI Agents Won’t Last

AI agents are getting more advanced—but they’re also getting more expensive to run. That trend is beginning to force AI agent sellers to change their pricing models to pass on more of the cost of running the agents to their users.

Traditionally, AI companies have sold their products to businesses like most other types of software: by charging a flat fee as a monthly subscription, typically pegged to the number of “seats” that a company wants to pay for.