CROSS-CATEGORY: Per-Seat Pricing Collapses Simultaneously Across CRM, Support, and Collaboration — Hybrid Models Surge to 41%

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Per-seat pricing share dropped from 21% to 15% of SaaS companies in 12 months while hybrid (base + usage overage) surged to 41% adoption, up from 27% in 2025. The shift is hitting every category simultaneously: CRM (Salesforce Agentforce outcome-based), support (HubSpot $0.50/resolved conversation, Intercom $0.99, Zendesk resolution-based), and collaboration (Monday.com AI agents replacing SDR teams). OutSystems reports 96% of organizations now use AI agents resolving 80%+ of service requests, projected to cut licensing costs by 50%.