# Usage-based pricing: Should you build or buy?

DevFeed: [Usage-based pricing: Should you build or buy?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/usage-based-pricing-should-you-build-or-buy-18731.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/usage-based-pricing-should-you-build-or-buy>)

Author: Cameron Archer

Published: 2022-07-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>)

Tags: [pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pricing.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [scalable-analytics-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalable-analytics-architecture.md>)

## AI overview

The article considers whether realtime analytics platforms may reduce the value of purchasing SaaS usage-based pricing.

## Source excerpt

With the advent of realtime analytics platforms, the value of buying SaaS usage-based pricing may be diminishing.