Well, this is pure alarmist. There are a number of examples of SaaS services that are free and/or don't use per user pricing 1. https://www.bitrix24.com/prices

Well, this is pure alarmist. There are a number of examples of SaaS services that are free and/or don't use per user pricing 1. https://www.bitrix24.com/prices/ https://www.bitrix24.com/prices/ - free plan and unlimited users for $199/mo 2. https://basecamp.com/pricing https://basecamp.com/pricing - unlimited users, tasks, projects $99/mo 3. https://www.acumatica.com/acumatica-pricing/ https://www.acumatica.com/acumatica-pricing/ - unlimited users pricing. Sure, most popular SaaS (Slack, Salesforce, Trello) do charge per user. But you can switch to Bitrix24 or Basecamp that are literally just as good as Salesforce or Trello and pay a flat fee, if you want.