#alpamayo-metered-billing

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paper flint
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Hey, why can't you use metered billing in this instance? This is the exact use case it fulfils

lean geyser
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Because when you create a Price, to create the Subscription Item, you need to specify an amount (which will be multiplied by the metered quantity)

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We add a new feature to our platform, we will charge our customers for it, however for the same thing let's say it will be either 10€/month (0.333€/day) or "another amount" depending on a runtime condition.
In that case, we cannot predict the amount for it, do you understand what I'm trying to explain? 😅

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It's easy when we know the amount (10€/month), we have already created a price for it, but we do not know how to do with this special case

paper flint
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Ok, yep. So in this case the figure you can control would just act as the multiplier that denotes the 'runtime condition'

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So set a Price with the lowest unit amount and report usage accordingly to get the figure you want. It's a bit of a loophole, but the only way that can work

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If you don't know what you want to bill upfront, then metered or volume pricing are your only options really

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The unit amount (price) is always fixed in both those case, we just bill at the end of the period according to quantity/usage