> "Bucket-based pricing creates an adversarial relationship between you and the customer because the customer is always going to pay more for your service than

> "Bucket-based pricing creates an adversarial relationship between you and the customer because the customer is always going to pay more for your service than they want to." A great point, but there's also a significant group of people who prefer flat predictable rates, rather than fluctuating bills. Examples of popular services with fixed rates; Digital Ocean, Spotify, Netflix... Although these aren't API services, they could be using usage based business models.