The rise of consumption-based IT services pricing is an organic extension to—and result of—cloud computing, with its modular and flexible services-based model.

Industry commentators have referred to consumption-based IT services pricing as à la carte computing, but that’s inaccurate. With à la carte, you have to pay for everything you’ve ordered and, if you don’t consume it all at once, you can take the rest home and save it for later.

In the world of consumption-based pricing, you can order what you like, eat as much or as little as you want… and you can still expect some form of partial (or complete) reimbursement on anything that you don’t need.

It’s in the Fine Print