Commercial intensity varies by desk and season. Seat fees punish collaboration. Credits align cost with matters priced and negotiations run.
Seat licenses tax collaboration. Pricing is inherently multi-role: partners, pricing, finance, BD, and clients all touch the process.
Usage-based credits align cost with commercial intensity - matters priced, negotiations run, scenarios modeled, analytics pulled - without charging for every person who needs visibility.
Firms can estimate spend from expected volume, then refine as patterns emerge. That is how software should meet law-firm economics.