When implementing a usage-based plan for your customers on Salesbricks, you have the flexibility to charge based on two distinct types of usage data: Gauges and Counters, referred to as Final value and Prorated in the admin interface.
With final value measurement, tally up all billable events over a set time period. This approach is suitable for measuring cumulative usage, such as the total number of API calls in a month.
Calculation is sum(billable events) * unit price = total
.
In the illustrated graph,
API Usage
Number of API calls used in a month.
Exported Documents
Count of document exports by a customer.
Service Requests
Total service requests made by a client.
With prorated measurement, tally up billable events per time unit over a set period. This method is ideal for tracking usage over time, such as virtual machine hours used in a month.
Calculation is ((billable events * time unit (days), ...) * unit price = total
.
In the illustrated graph,
Virtual Machine Usage
Number of virtual machine hours used in a month.
Subscription Tier Utilization
Hours spent in different subscription tiers.
Feature Utilization
Time spent using specific features within a service.
Regardless of your chosen pricing strategy, integrating usage data with Salesbricks requires just one simple API call:
When implementing a usage-based plan for your customers on Salesbricks, you have the flexibility to charge based on two distinct types of usage data: Gauges and Counters, referred to as Final value and Prorated in the admin interface.
With final value measurement, tally up all billable events over a set time period. This approach is suitable for measuring cumulative usage, such as the total number of API calls in a month.
Calculation is sum(billable events) * unit price = total
.
In the illustrated graph,
API Usage
Number of API calls used in a month.
Exported Documents
Count of document exports by a customer.
Service Requests
Total service requests made by a client.
With prorated measurement, tally up billable events per time unit over a set period. This method is ideal for tracking usage over time, such as virtual machine hours used in a month.
Calculation is ((billable events * time unit (days), ...) * unit price = total
.
In the illustrated graph,
Virtual Machine Usage
Number of virtual machine hours used in a month.
Subscription Tier Utilization
Hours spent in different subscription tiers.
Feature Utilization
Time spent using specific features within a service.
Regardless of your chosen pricing strategy, integrating usage data with Salesbricks requires just one simple API call: