A price experiment that led to a 3x conversion rate | Crescendo Partners

Case Study · AI Productivity Assistant

A price experiment that led to a 3x conversion rate.

Flat seat pricing left heavy users underpriced. A controlled usage-based test, then a structure the billing system could actually ship.

Published July 28, 2026

Problem

An AI productivity assistant on flat per-seat pricing. Heavy users were massively underpriced, and the flat fee was the number customers noticed and resisted.

Method

Designed a controlled usage-based experiment on a small cohort, with a comms split to isolate the reaction to the change.

Solution

Usage tiers layered onto seats. Org-level billing chosen over user-level at a fraction of the build effort.

Impact

15% more revenue in the test cohort. Conversion tripled relative to baseline — roughly 10% to a third of the cohort. Mix shifted toward annual plans.

Outcome

01

3x

Conversion relative to baseline

02

+15%

Revenue in the test cohort

03

33%

Cohort conversion rate, up from approximately 10%

Approach

Capabilities used.

  • 01

    Usage-based pricing experiment

  • 02

    Controlled cohort test design

  • 03

    Packaging design

  • 04

    Billing structure design