- upgrade fees
- make obsolete legacy
- sales, prod management (engaged with product, the cx ALSO tutorials ALSO extra differentiation)
- contract value
- might become a shelfware -> lose interest -> alts
- marketing - must be communicated to customer (change in pricing)
- finance (bottom and top line revenue handling)
- metered or annual full featuer
- open to small business
- less approval for capex
- pay-per-use
- user types
- capex to opex (stretch their budgets)
- some prefer capex (amortize over time, tax breaks)
- no lost of investments, improve CI though