[ Case studies ]

The results are
everything.

B2B software companies that rebuilt their pricing architecture with SPP, and the outcomes that followed.

Every case study below started the same way: pricing had become the bottleneck. Discounting was running ahead of the deal desk, the model couldn’t absorb the roadmap, or the team couldn’t enter a new segment without a defensible structure. SPP rebuilt the architecture from transaction data, deployed it through the sales motion, and stayed close through go-live, taking the calls long after the formal engagement ended. Decades of doing that is why we built LevelSetter.

What you’ll see in the cards: ARR multipliers, exit premiums, deal-velocity gains, and architectures that survived PE-level diligence years post-engagement. See the full outcomes record →

50+
Exit events with the
architecture intact.
$134.9B
Combined exit
value.
$481B+
Transaction data
analyzed.
Engagement led by
Chris Mele
CEO, Software Pricing Partners · Ranked #1 on OpenView’s list of B2B SaaS pricing experts · You get the senior in the room, not their junior · LevelSetter runs the pricing infrastructure end-to-end so your experts focus on the calls only humans can make
The pattern

Each engagement starts when pricing becomes the operational blocker, not when it becomes a strategic question. The architecture is what we leave behind.

The proof

What the architecture
produces.

01.A

BambooHR

$250M+

Current ARR · 12.5× growth · approaching IPO

Stalled at ~$20M ARR in 2017. Three years after SPP rebuilt their licensing, packaging, and pricing architecture, ARR reached $150M. Today they’re approaching $250M and remain poised for IPO. Enterprise segment unlocked.

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01.B

OSIsoft

$5B

Acquisition by AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Pricing architecture survived PE-level due diligence five years post-engagement. The same model that grew the business through expansion held up under acquisition scrutiny, the strongest test of architectural durability.

01.C

BDNA

$5M

Year-1 upside · ASP raised 13–14%

→ +20% exit premium · Flexera

Eliminated unstructured discounting in the first 12 months, raising ASP 13–14% and adding ~$5M to the top line. Two years later, that pricing discipline drove a 20%+ premium on exit valuation when Flexera acquired BDNA.

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01.D

Nearmap

50%+

Closing rate · SMB channel · year one

Aerial imagery SaaS revitalized its US SMB sales channel after rolling out a new pricing strategy. Closing rates exceeded 50% in the first year post-engagement, on the same product, with the same sales team.

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01.E

WordPress VIP

$1M+

Renewal → expansion · competitive bid won

A renewal at an enterprise media customer was already out to competitive bid. After SPP redesigned the value metric, WordPress VIP presented the new framing, ended the competitive process, and turned the renewal into a multimillion-dollar expansion. The product didn’t change, the metric did.

01.F

WordStream

$150M

Acquisition by Gannett · 2018

“We just closed the biggest software-only MRR deal in WordStream history. New pricing has been live 3 days.”

, Jason O’Hare, VP Sales

The same engagement raised single-deal value 79%, an existing $948 contract closed at $1,698 under the new tier structure, three days post-rollout.

Why the architecture lasts

Load-bearing since 1982.

SPP founded the B2B software pricing category. The methodology in every case study above traces back to the three-decisions framework, value-metric concept, and continuous-pricing operating model we’ve been refining for forty-plus years.

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FIG 11.A [ TESTED ] Architecture Walk ✓ TENDRIL $4.5M DAYTON P&L CLOSE FIG 11.B [ TESTED ] Discount Discipline ✓ BDNA 264% TOP REP · NO EXCEPTIONS FIG 11.C [ TESTED ] Speed to Value ✓ WORDSTREAM 3 DAYS → BIGGEST MRR DEAL FIG 11.D [ TESTED ] PE-Buyer Pattern ✓ AXIO $75K → $375K · PE AGGREGATOR FIG 11
Stress-rated.
40+ years deep.

Your pricing architecture should compound, not age on a shelf.

If your team is discounting without guardrails, losing deals they can’t explain, or stalling at a revenue plateau, that’s the conversation. Year by year, renewable. Each year is one we earn.