Cost per resolution (outcome pricing)
Support
Cost per resolution is a pricing model for AI support that charges each time the AI closes a customer conversation without a person stepping in.
For example, at a price of $1 per resolution, a store whose AI closes 800 conversations in a month pays $800 for those resolutions, plus any help desk seats the plan requires.
Knowing exactly what counts as a resolution keeps your AI support bill predictable and comparable with seat and credit pricing.
It depends on your volume and on what you want the AI to do. Per-resolution suits customer conversations only; credits also cover internal work. Price your real monthly volume both ways.
Each vendor defines it. Common rules count a conversation as resolved when the customer confirms the answer helped or leaves without asking for a person. Check the definition in the vendor's help pages.
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