Monetizing AI Features in an Existing SaaS Product Quiz

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1. Why does adding AI turn monetization partly into a margin decision for SaaS companies?
   • AI features have no cost once built
   • AI adds a new variable cost because each AI action consumes compute
   • Margins are unaffected by AI
   • AI removes the need for pricing
2. What is the main risk of selling AI as a paid add-on?
   • It always lowers margins
   • It forces every customer to pay
   • Low attach rates, so few customers experience the feature
   • It cannot be measured
3. What is a common downside of bundling AI into existing plans with a price increase?
   • Customers who do not want AI may resent paying more for it
   • It reduces adoption
   • It makes AI revenue easy to isolate
   • It prevents usage limits
4. What did Google do with Gemini for Workspace in early 2025, according to the guide?
   • Removed all AI features
   • Made Gemini available only through a separate app
   • Began charging per token
   • Included Gemini in Workspace business plans alongside higher plan prices
5. When does creating a new tier for AI work best?
   • When AI is the only feature in the product
   • When the tier packages AI with other premium features and its overall value is clear
   • When customers are not told what is included
   • When the tier costs less than the base plan
6. Which calculation represents the basic margin math for AI features described in the guide?
   • Number of employees x salary
   • Total tokens in the model's training data
   • AI cost per active user multiplied by expected adoption, compared with the revenue the approach brings in
   • Number of features divided by plan price
7. Why use entitlements in the billing system instead of hard-coded plan checks?
   • So AI can be moved between plans, given allowances and tested without redeploying
   • Hard-coded checks are illegal
   • Entitlements make AI responses faster
   • Entitlements remove compute costs
8. Why might a bundled AI feature be profitable even without direct AI revenue?
   • Bundled features cost nothing to run
   • Customers are billed secretly
   • Regulators subsidise bundled AI
   • It may pay off through lower churn and more expansion