Futurecasting benefits from mingling multiple insights. Here we share a map (dare we say a concept blend) of 2026 predictions from Kyle Poyar at Growth Unhinged, Jason Lemkin from SaaStr, Tom Tunguz at Theory Ventures and Steven Forth from valueIQ and Ibbaka. By combining these four perspectives we came up with four new predictions.

1: The Rise of "Synthetic PLG" (Product-Led Growth)

2: The "Bifurcated" Sales Organization

3: "Dynamic Value Stacking" as the Foundation for Pricing

4: Corporate Branded Content as a "Data Moat"

What will happen in B2B pricing in 2026? Our predictions.

1. API pricing is generalized

2. Credit based pricing becomes the dominant model

3. Credit wallets become standard

4. Synthetic data becomes the normal way to explore

5. Pricing and value become transparent

6. Pricing of all enterprise applications goes down

7. Pricing of chatbots goes down

8. Pricing of agents goes up

9. Costs go up

One of the open questions for SaaS and AI pricing in 2026 is the fate of user based pricing. In 2025 there was a lot of interest in credit based pricing. Towards the end of the year there has been pushback, with people as prominent as Marc Benioff from Salesforce predicting that user based pricing will prevail. We disagree. Credit based pricing provides a better answer to the questions of price predictability and price flexibility than does user based pricing. Over the long term, credit based pricing models will push out user based pricing.