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Flat-rate agent license agreements trade short-term compute losses for permanent enterprise lock-in.
To block out specialized startups, SaaS incumbents offer predictable, flat-rate digital labor contracts that intentionally subsidize early compute costs.
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B2B Buyer Criteria Shift for AI
The Rise of Agentic Enterprise License Agreements (AELAs) and the Reframing of AI Pricing It shows how incumbents use flat-rate enterprise agreements to subsidize compute today in exchange for capturing long-term customer lock-in.
B2B Buyer Criteria Shift for AI
Salesforce's Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA): The "All-You-Can-Eat" Trap It directly illustrates how a leading software vendor uses unprofitable, flat-rate agent pricing as a strategic mechanism to capture decades of customer dependency.