Pricing That Scales With the Project: The Logic Behind 1% and 0.1%
CFOs and Finance Directors are asked to approve software whose price often bears no relation to the work it supports. A flat per-seat fee can feel arbitrary on a small project and trivial on a large one. When the cost does not scale with the value at stake, the line is hard to defend in a budget.
The real problem is proportionality. A finance leader managing a $1 million water upgrade and a $20 million housing program should not pay the same fee for both, nor should the price of oversight rival the cost of the project itself. Pricing that ignores project size forces finance teams into awkward justifications.
Where this fits
XNM-Vision prices to project value directly. The one-time license is 1% of project value, and the annual subscription is 0.1% per year for up to ten users. The full model is set out on theXNM-Vision product page, so finance can see exactly what the fee supports.
The governance and delivery angle
Value-based pricing is easy to govern. Because the fee is a fixed percentage of project value, it is predictable, auditable, and simple to allocate against a specific capital budget rather than buried in overhead. On a $1 million project, the one-time license is $10,000 and the annual subscription is $1,000 per year — figures that sit cleanly in a capital plan and survive scrutiny.
How XNM-Vision helps
The two options match different funding realities. A one-time license suits a project with a defined capital envelope, where a single 1% charge is built into the budget at approval. The 0.1% annual subscription suits ongoing programs and supports up to ten users, spreading cost across the years the project runs. Either way, the price tracks the value being managed — the number finance already knows.
Practical takeaways
Match the model to the funding. Choose the 1% one-time license for a fixed envelope, or the 0.1% subscription for an ongoing program.
Budget from project value. Because the fee is a percentage of value, you can calculate it once the value is known.
Use the ten-user allowance. The annual subscription covers up to ten users, so plan team access within that band.
Allocate to the capital line. A value-based fee maps cleanly to the project it supports, not to overhead.
FAQ
How much would each option cost on a $1 million project?
The one-time license is 1% of project value, or $10,000. The annual subscription is 0.1% per year, or $1,000 per year for up to ten users.
Does the subscription limit how many people can use it?
The annual subscription covers up to ten users at the 0.1% rate, which suits most teams managing a single capital program.
The bottom line
Software a finance leader can defend is software priced to the value it manages. XNM-Vision ties cost directly to project value — 1% once or 0.1% per year for up to ten users — so the fee is predictable, proportional, and simple to allocate against the capital budget it serves.
