Recent evolutions on SaaS pricing include long term engagement or price per year. This tends to move away from the genuine concept of pay-as-you-go and may lead to customer lock-in.

Some analysts think customer should worry while others argue that the pay by the sip model may not be viable for vendors and that the market is going to find a balance between classic licensing mode and the pay-as-you-go principle.

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Tags: Cloud computing, Software as a Service | Category Cloud computing