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 "study_id": "aibm-p01-software-terms-panel",
 "slug": "software-terms-panel",
 "title": "Panel: software terms, month by month",
 "type": "market_observation",
 "edition": "2026-10",
 "first_published": "2026-10-07",
 "edition_published": "2026-10-07",
 "population": "A fixed panel of 78 business tools (Tools whose pricing page had readable amounts in our Price Watch captures of August, September and October 2026. Fixed at creation; tools are never added later.)",
 "population_short": "78 fixed panel tools",
 "selection": "Tools whose pricing page had readable amounts in our Price Watch captures of August, September and October 2026. Fixed at creation; tools are never added later.",
 "measurement_period": {
  "start": "2026-08-01",
  "end": "2026-10-07"
 },
 "headline": {
  "text": "panel tools with a confirmed price change in the last reviewed round (2026-08 to 2026-09)",
  "numerator": 0,
  "denominator": 78,
  "metric": "confirmed_change_share"
 },
 "metrics": [
  {
   "id": "2026-08->2026-09:reviewed: no price change",
   "label": "2026-08->2026-09: reviewed: no price change",
   "numerator": 10,
   "denominator": 78
  },
  {
   "id": "2026-08->2026-09:unchanged",
   "label": "2026-08->2026-09: unchanged",
   "numerator": 68,
   "denominator": 78
  },
  {
   "id": "2026-09->2026-10:awaiting review",
   "label": "2026-09->2026-10: awaiting review",
   "numerator": 24,
   "denominator": 78
  },
  {
   "id": "2026-09->2026-10:unchanged",
   "label": "2026-09->2026-10: unchanged",
   "numerator": 54,
   "denominator": 78
  }
 ],
 "limitations": [
  "The panel is the tools whose pricing pages we can read automatically, not a random sample.",
  "A changed set of amounts is only a price change after a person has read both captures; until then it is 'awaiting review'.",
  "Terms come from our dossiers and carry the dossier's reading date, which can be older than the newest capture.",
  "AI access and export options are not recorded in a structured way yet."
 ],
 "method_url": "#method",
 "evidence_url": "#panel",
 "verification": {
  "last_verified": "2026-10-07"
 },
 "next_full_recheck": "monthly: capture on the 1st-2nd, review of the differences, then a new edition",
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 "author": {
  "name": "Daniel Haket",
  "url": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/about/",
  "email": "daniel@aibuildermarketplace.com"
 },
 "reviewer": null,
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "scope": "Our own data, analysis, tables and charts. Quoted vendor text and screenshots of vendor pages remain the vendor's; we reproduce them as evidence."
 },
 "contact": "daniel@aibuildermarketplace.com",
 "corrections": [],
 "fingerprint": "5cb5397569bda349"
}