CROSS-CATEGORY: Outcome-Based Pricing Simultaneously Adopted in Support (Intercom/HubSpot), CRM (Salesforce), and Security (Fini) — Three Verticals Converge on Same Model

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Within the same reporting window, outcome-based pricing emerged as the dominant model across three unrelated SaaS verticals: customer support (Intercom at $0.99/resolution, HubSpot at $0.50, Fini at $0.69), CRM (Salesforce running three pricing models including outcome-based Agentforce), and compliance/security (Greenboard pricing on automated audit actions). Sierra leads the pattern at $150M+ ARR on pure outcome pricing. When support, CRM, and compliance independently converge on the same pricing paradigm, the per-seat model is structurally dead.