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sharp frigateBOT Oct 14, 2025, 6:32 PM

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wild bridge Oct 14, 2025, 6:33 PM

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inviting @ripe timber

shadow saddle Oct 14, 2025, 6:35 PM

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hello! looking at this now

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hmm, i'm digging into this a bit more and i don't think we have a super clean way of supporting this. the best option might just be to create a monthly subscription and then to use some reference point (metadata on the subscription or the billing_cycle_anchor or something like that) to instruct your application when to give them more "credits"

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can you share more about your subscription? what exactly are the credits? are they just something you're tracking on your side?

sharp frigateBOT Oct 14, 2025, 6:44 PM

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ripe timber Oct 14, 2025, 6:46 PM

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Our current subscription consists of a yearly flat fee price (3000$) + usage based graduated tiered price (with $XX worth of credits included for free)

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The credits are just measured via meters

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Ideally, we could keep everything the same, except charge monthly (as like a yearly commitment-based subscription)

lilac path Oct 14, 2025, 6:51 PM

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Hello
Sounds like you want - https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based-v1/use-cases/flat-fee-and-overages

But I don't think you can mix intervals here

As far as I know, you'd need to switch to flexible billing mode for that - https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/billing-mode/compare#mixed-intervals-on-the-same-subscription

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ah actually - https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/mixed-interval

We have a doc that talks about your exact usecase

ripe timber Oct 14, 2025, 6:55 PM

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Hi Hanzo, we've looked at this doc https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/mixed-interval, but it doesn't quite cover our case. In our case, we would like to setup a commitment-like subscription, where customers commit to a yearly flat fee, but are charged monthly for it.

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We're already using flexible billing subscriptions

lilac path Oct 14, 2025, 6:56 PM

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Ah I see. Sorry about the confusion.

For a monthly invoice, you need to have a monthly subscription. You could model it as a yearly sub in your application but on Stripe it can't be considered an "annual" subscripition as such

ripe timber Oct 14, 2025, 7:26 PM

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I see. Thanks for the help! Are there any plans on the Stripe future roadmap to support subscription commitments? (This seems like something a lot of companies & startups would love to see!)

lilac path Oct 14, 2025, 7:29 PM

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I'm not sure I fully understand the usecase but let's take a step back..
A monthly subscription goes on until it's cancelled so I don't fully grasp how it's different from an annual subscription that you charge monthly?

Are you looking for a Subscription that ends after that "commitment" period i.e. 12 months? If so, we do have Subscription Schedules API

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Like what I'm trying to understand is - how is a $3000 "annual" subscription that you'd charge monthly different from $250 monthly subscription?

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