What this guide helps you decide
Make a software pricing page understandable to AI agents and buyers.
Which facts must every plan expose?
Show the monthly and annual price, currency, tax treatment, included projects, measured providers, tracked questions, refresh cadence, published work and support. State whether a free trial requires a card and exactly when billing starts.
- Price and period
- Included usage
- Trial and renewal
- Overage or upgrade rule
How should credits be explained?
Name the operation behind a credit and provide examples. If one question checked across four providers consumes four response units, say so. Buyers should not need a sales call to estimate normal usage or compare plans.
How do you prevent conflicting price facts?
Use one canonical pricing source for the website, checkout and sales materials. Review structured data and comparison pages when a plan changes. A visible last-reviewed date helps readers judge whether an external comparison is current.
Use a machine-checkable pricing example
Give each plan a stable name, billing interval, currency, included usage, overage rule and cancellation condition. State that Eli has a permanent free tier and does not require a card, then keep that claim consistent across pricing, product data, FAQs and sales material. If a price depends on seats, questions, sites or provider runs, show a worked example with the calculation. Mark custom pricing as custom instead of implying a public amount. Put important limits in visible text rather than a tooltip or image. Finally, compare the rendered page with the checkout configuration so an answer system, a buyer and the payment flow all receive the same offer.
Where this fits
To weigh specific vendors on the same criteria, see how Eli, an AI growth team of agents that do the work, compares with other AI search platforms. For how a measured gap becomes a prepared, published and verified change, see how Eli's AI agents do that work.
Questions buyers ask next
Should every SaaS price be public?
Public starting prices reduce evaluation friction, while custom enterprise terms can still require a conversation.
Can structured data contain a price not shown on the page?
No. Structured data should describe visible, accurate content and follow the search engine's current policies.
What is the clearest trial disclosure?
State the length, whether a card is required, the price after the trial and how cancellation works.
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