I don't see what bearing the point you're trying to make has on the above comment. The question is not "how much it costs", the question is whether or not it's

I don't see what bearing the point you're trying to make has on the above comment. The question is not "how much it costs", the question is whether or not it's reasonable for a company to institute per-seat pricing. I think it is, if you're using that company's hosted service, since the hosting burden for them does scale per-seat.