Value-based pricing, which aligns pricing with customer-perceived value, is enhanced by leveraging psychological principles, particularly when combined with consumption-based and hybrid pricing models. By understanding psychological factors like price anchoring, SaaS and AI companies can create appealing pay-as-you-go models that maximize adoption and revenue. Strategies such as the decoy effect and tiered pricing can drive customers towards higher-value options by making premium features appear more attractive. Hybrid models blend subscription and usage-based pricing to offer predictability and flexibility, aligning costs with actual consumption and fostering a sense of fairness. Effective value-based pricing also requires clear communication of a product's benefits and the implementation of transparent billing systems, which can reduce psychological barriers and build customer trust. Lago provides a robust infrastructure to support these strategies, offering real-time billing transparency and flexible tier configurations that cater to customer psychology, ultimately driving both customer satisfaction and revenue growth.