Per-Seat Is Dying: The Usage-Based Legal Tech Pricing Shift Coming in 2026 — And How Law Firms Should Budget for 2027

By end of 2026, legal AI vendors are shifting away from per-seat SaaS pricing toward usage-based models — platform fees plus transactional charges tied to documents, matters, or AI actions. For law firm administrators, this is a budgeting earthquake. Here's how to plan for it.