# Rate per seat

A term used when buying msp.

What a managed contract charges per user each month, the number the whole book is built on.

Rates vary several-fold between providers doing similar work, and an MSP that has not repriced in five years is carrying its own inflation. It is also the cleanest lever a new owner has and the riskiest, because the clients who accepted a low rate are the ones most likely to shop it. Ask for rate per seat by client with the renewal date beside it, and ask when each was last raised.

Part of: Buying an MSP (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-msp)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-msp/terms/rate-per-seat
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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