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For regular off the shelf SaaS like dropbox, gmail, slack, surveymonky and just about any other tools that SMBs use the pricing seems very clear: it's always clearly listed on the site.

All of the providers you listed have clearly listed rates, but each of those listed will also willingly negotiate those rates.

At a previous job, the owner of the company required you to request a discount/custom pricing before purchasing anything. It took me a while to get used to it, but more often than not we got price breaks with little friction simply for asking. Even if there were clearly listed prices with self-service checkout and even if there wasn't a "Contact us" price option listed. And this was at a ~30-person company, where most software purchases were only for 3-5 licenses at most.

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