We Build Your Pricing Architecture — and Stay to Run It.

Pricing experts who work exclusively in B2B software. We build the architecture from your data and stay to run it through LevelSetter.

Led by Chris Mele — ranked #1 on OpenView’s list of B2B SaaS pricing experts. Former B2B software CEO.

Chris Mele speaking at Business of Software Conference

$481B+
Transaction Data Analyzed

400+
Client Engagements

50+
Exit Events

$134.9B
Documented Exit Value

Our clients have been acquired by

Dell|Oracle|IBM|Siemens|Schneider Electric|Vista Equity|Thoma Bravo|Francisco Partners

Trusted by B2B software companies
SugarCRM
BambooHR
LiveCode
Mission Cloud
Invoca
OSIsoft
Nearmap
Apple
Wpromote
Bentley Systems
Lockheed Martin
Avant
Alfresco
Acquia
Hexagon

When Companies Come to SPP

Every engagement starts with a moment — a deal that exposed how fragile the pricing is, a competitor that moved, or a product that outgrew its packaging.

First Product

Getting the pricing architecture right from the start.

New Product Line

Packaging a new capability without cannibalizing what works.

Competitive Threat

A competitor moved their pricing and your response was to guess.

M&A / PE

Pricing due diligence before close, or transformation after acquisition.

Inflection Point

Growth exposed the cracks — discounting is out of control.

What the Architecture Produces

OSISoft
Acquired for $5B

Pricing architecture designed to survive PE-level due diligence. Acquired by AVEVA (Schneider Electric) five years post-engagement.

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BDNA
20% exit premium — acquired by Flexera

Two years after the pricing engagement, Flexera acquired BDNA at a 20% premium attributed to the pricing architecture.

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BambooHR
Scalable growth

Restructured licensing, packaging, and pricing architecture that held as the sales team scaled and deal complexity increased.

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See all 400+ engagements and 50+ exit events →

CM
Chris Mele
CEO, Software Pricing Partners
Ranked #1 on OpenView’s list of B2B SaaS pricing experts. Former B2B software CEO — built an angel-funded company ($13M raised) recognized as an Intuit Top 10 Developer. Business of Software keynote speaker. Hired SPP as a client in 2008 and joined the firm in 2014 to build LevelSetter from the problems he’d lived firsthand.

Go Deeper on the Topics That Matter

The definitive guides to B2B software pricing.

SaaS Pricing Models
Why the model is the wrong starting point.

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Enterprise Pricing
Deal velocity, discount governance, complex sales.

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Value-Based Pricing
What it actually takes in B2B — not the B2C version.

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AI Pricing
Which AI capabilities to charge for and which to embed.

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The Trifecta
The three strategic decisions — and why order matters.

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How We Work

Three phases. Every engagement, every industry.

1. Define

Build the architecture from your data

Transaction analysis, customer conversations, competitive intelligence, and simulation — before anything changes.

2. Deploy

Implement alongside your team

Sales enablement on real deals, go-to-market rollout, discount governance, and CRM integration through LevelSetter.

3. Defend

Compound the capability every quarter

Strategic reviews, competitive response, and ongoing monitoring — so your team gets better at this, not more dependent on us.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Software Pricing Partners do?
SPP designs and implements pricing architecture for B2B software companies — the licensing, packaging, and pricing decisions that determine revenue capture. We combine deep expertise with LevelSetter, a platform that turns strategy into infrastructure your team operates every day. 400+ engagements across 40+ industries. See our outcomes.
How is Software Pricing Partners different from global consulting firms on pricing?
Global firms deliver a recommendation and leave. Software Pricing Partners builds the architecture and stays to run it. Our clients operate on LevelSetter — the same team that designs the strategy built the platform that makes it operational. See how SPP compares.
Who is Chris Mele?
CEO of Software Pricing Partners. Ranked #1 on OpenView’s list of B2B SaaS pricing experts. Former B2B software CEO — built an angel-funded company ($13M raised) recognized as an Intuit Top 10 Developer. Hired SPP as a client in 2008, joined the firm in 2014, and built LevelSetter from problems he’d lived firsthand. Learn more.
What industries does Software Pricing Partners serve?
Software Pricing Partners works exclusively in B2B software across 40+ industry verticals — from enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity to vertical SaaS, AI/ML platforms, and PE-backed portfolio companies. See industry depth on the outcomes page.

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

If your team is discounting without guardrails, losing deals they can’t explain, or navigating an AI pricing decision with no framework — that’s the conversation.