SaaS Pricing Calculator for B2B Startups
Engineer profitable pricing tiers. Calculate fixed infrastructure costs against variable per-user LLM taxes to find your absolute breakeven floor.
Frequently Asked Questions
What shouldn't be included in fixed costs?
Fixed costs should be the absolute floor required to keep servers on (hosting base fees, domain, core required APIs). Do not include your own salary or optional marketing software here; those are operating expenses (OPEX), not COGS.
Why does the Pro tier match the Target Price?
We structure SaaS pricing so that the 'middle' tier carries the financial weight of the business goals. The Starter tier is a low-friction acquisition channel (loss leader or low margin), while the Enterprise tier capitalizes on high willingness to pay.
The Margin Crisis in SaaS Software
If you arbitrarily choose $9/month because 'Spotify costs ten dollars,' but you have to pay $2 in LLM token usage per user query, scaling your business will bankrupt you. Software unit economics demand rigorous analysis.
Pricing for Expansion
Your subscription price must mathematically absorb your fixed server costs while leaving enough gross margin to weather churn and pay for customer acquisition (CAC). You cannot scale a B2B SaaS tool operating below a 70% gross software margin.