AI Pricing & Monetization

Flat subscription still covers the largest share of legal AI pricing, at an estimated 48%, but it is the only model tagged as declining. Consumption-based pricing sits second at roughly 28% and is marked growing, alongside outcome-based and hybrid models, each at an estimated 12% and also trending up. As a directional scenario rather than a measured market count, this points to legal AI pricing shifting away from flat seats toward usage- and results-tied structures, which changes how legal teams should budget: cost increasingly tracks volume or outcomes, not headcount.