Usage Metering

Overview

5min
metering cloud amberflo metering services enables you to ask and answer the following question in real time and with accuracy what was used by whom, when, where, and how much? meter event data structure amberflo's meter event data structure captures this information clearly and concisely aspect details what meter name and api name whom customerid when timestamp how much meter value where dimensions accurate, real time, secure, and reliable usage data meters are facts! to build trust and efficiency, you need a metering service that provides an accurate, real time, and secure single source of truth for usage and consumption data amberflo cloud metering service is designed from the ground up to deliver just that learn more about our metering design principles standardized usage tracking across all systems amberflo offers a standardized and flexible api interface for metering product usage across your technology stack benefits of standardization accelerate development and deployment enhance cross team collaboration and data sharing focus resources on core products and services reduce metering and billing errors improve customer satisfaction meter any resource type our standardized and flexible meter definition api and data structure form the foundation for driving accuracy, visibility, and insights — both internally and for your customers decoupled from pricing and billing amberflo cloud metering service operates independently of pricing and billing this ensures you have a highly scalable system of record for usage and consumption data, without dependencies on pricing models for those who need it, the system seamlessly integrates with amberflo's usage based pricing and billing service — but you can also use the cloud metering service alone and export data via api to third party systems seamless integration with your tech stack no need for a rip and replace approach amberflo integrates smoothly with your existing technology stack we provide language specific sdks direct third party system integrations explore our meter ingestion options automatic data transformation & aggregation let us handle the heavy lifting ingestion transformation aggregation time series distribution on demand invoice and bill generation simply send us the meters — we take care of the rest real time alerts & notifications set usage and cost limits with ease — get real time alerts and notifications so you’re always in control usage explorer access fast, on demand, and actionable usage reports and invoices — all in real time api first approach amberflo is an api first platform every feature and artifact can be accessed and managed through our apis and sdks 📘 quick links metering design principles meter ingestion options