Pricing and Rating

amberflo provides a full range of rate types ranging from the traditional fixed and recurring to usage based in addition to creating flexible usage based pricing plans, you can also further customize plans with fixed rate add ons these add ons can be recurring like a subscription or platform fee, or restricted to one time (or x billing periods) to handle startup costs or other time restricted offers by combining usage based and fixed rate elements, amberflo allows you to create pricing plans that are \ usage based \ hybrid (include usage based and flat rates) \ fixed usage based rate models we support out of the box include per unit per unit with dimensions per block per block with dimensions tiered tiered with dimensions volume per unit a usage based model where a per unit price is set for this model, you can also specify a number of 'included units' which will be free of charge; after the included units are consumed, the rate you define will be applied automatically the bill amount is calculated by multiplying the amount of each unit consumed with the per unit price point(s), taking into account any included units example 100 support hours consumed $50 per support hour bill amount = 100 hours x $50 per hour = $5000 per unit with dimensions a usage based model where the per unit price is set according to any combination of dimension values for this model, you can also specify a number of 'included units' for each dimension value combination which will be free of charge; after the included units are consumed, the rates you define will be applied automatically the bill amount is calculated by multiplying each group of units having the same dimension values with their respective per unit price points and then summing the totals for each group, taking into account any included units example 10 support hours consumed in usa 40 support hours consumed in emea 50 support hours consumed in apac per unit rates defined according to the table below bill amount = (10 hours x $30 per hour)+(40 hours x $40 per hour)+(50 hours x $50 per hour) = $300 + $1600 + $2500 = $4400 per block a usage based model where the price is set per block of units you define the block size and the per block price for this model, you can also specify a number of 'included units' which will be free of charge; after the included units are consumed, the rate you define will be applied automatically the bill amount is calculated by dividing the billable usage by the block size this gives the number of blocks consumed (round up any decimal values to next whole number) example 5900 api calls made block size = 500 price per block = $10 blocks consumed = 5900/500 = 11 8 > 12 bill amount = 12 x $10 = $120 per block with dimensions a usage based model where the price is set per block of units according to any combination of dimension values for this model, you can also specify a number of 'included units' for each dimension value combination, which will be free of charge; after the included units are consumed, the rates you define will be applied automatically the bill amount is calculated by applying the appropriate per block price to each group according to the dimension values, then sum the totals for all the groups example 300 api calls in usa 750 api calls in emea 1000 api calls in apac per block rates defined according to the table below blocks consumed (usa) = 300/250 = 1 2 > 2 bill for api calls in usa = 2 x $5 = $10 blocks consumed (emea) = 750/500 = 1 5 > 2 bill for api calls in emea = 2 x $7 = $14 blocks consumed (apac) = 1000/500 = 2 bill for api calls in apac = 2 x $9 = $18 bill amount = $10 + $14 + $18 = $42 tiered per unit/per block price points are grouped into tiers based on the quantity of units consumed users can charge per unit or define block sizes for each tier the bill amount is calculated by multiplying the amount consumed in each tier with that tier's rate summing the totals for each tier gives the total amount example 500,000 api calls made tiered rates defined according to the table below first tier = ($0 x 999) = $0 second tier (8999/250) = 35 9 > 36 36 x $2 = $72 third tier (89999/500) = 179 9 > 180 180 x $1 = $180 fourth tier (899999/1000) = 899 9 > 900 900 x $0 50 = $450 bill amount = $0 + $72 + $180 + $450 = $702 tiered with dimensions per unit/per block price points are grouped into tiers according to any combination of dimension values associated with that meter/product item users can define the tiers according to dimension value combinations, and select whether to charge per unit or define block sizes for each tier a new tiered scheme can be created for each dimension value combination the bill amount is calculated by multiplying the amount consumed in each tier with that tier's rate then summing the totals for each tier to give the total amount example 500,000 api total calls made 100,000 calls made in usa 200,000 calls made in emea 200,000 calls made in apac tiered rates defined according to the table below bill for api calls in usa first tier = ($0 x 9999) = $0 second tier (89999/250) = 359 9 > 360 360 x $2 = $720 third tier (2/500) = 004 > 1 1 x $1 = $1 total for api calls in usa = $0 + $720 + $1 = $721 bill for api calls in emea first tier = ($0 x 9999) = $0 second tier (89999/250) = 359 9 > 360 360 x $2 50 = $900 third tier (100002/500) = 200 004 > 201 201 x $1 25 = $251 25 total for api calls in emea = $0 + $900 + $251 25 = $1151 25 bill for api calls in apac first tier = ($0 x 9999) = $0 second tier (89999/250) = 359 9 > 360 360 x $2 25 = $810 third tier (100002/500) = 200 004 > 201 201 x $1 10 = $221 10 total for api calls in apac = $0 + $810 + $221 10 = $1031 10 total bill amount = bill for usa + bill for emea + bill for apac = $721 + $1151 25 + $1031 10 = $2903 35 volume this is very similar to tiered pricing, except only one rate is used to calculate the bill amount per unit/per block prices are calculated entirely according to the rate set for the tier containing the quantity consumed this rate model is typically used to incentivize higher usage; as usage increases, the per unit price decreases example 100,000 api calls made rate tiers defined according to the table below since the customer made 100,000 calls, we use the tier which includes that quantity blocks consumed = (100,000/500) = 200 use the rate from tier 4 bill amount = 200 x $0 50 = $100