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Prices define how much you charge for each billable metric within a plan. Paygentic supports multiple pricing models to match your business needs.

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Pricing Models

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Standard Pricing

Fixed cost per unit. Simple and predictable. Every unit costs the same amount regardless of volume. If you charge $0.001 per token, the 1st token costs the same as the 1,000,000th token. Use cases:
  • Flat rate per token
  • Fixed cost per GB
  • Standard hourly rates
  • Per-seat licensing

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Dynamic Pricing

Price varies based on real-time conditions. Instead of setting a fixed price upfront, you specify min/max bounds. The actual price is determined when usage occurs - you pass the current rate with each usage event. Example: GPU compute that follows spot market prices. When demand is low, charge 2/hour.Duringpeaktimes,charge2/hour. During peak times, charge 5/hour. Use cases:
  • Spot instance pricing
  • Market-based rates
  • Time-of-day pricing
  • Supply/demand adjustments

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Percentage Pricing

Take a cut of transaction value. Charge based on the monetary value flowing through your platform. Set a percentage (like 2.9%) plus optional minimum and maximum caps per transaction. Example: Payment processing that charges 2.9% of each transaction, with a 0.30minimumand0.30 minimum and 100 maximum. A 10purchasecosts10 purchase costs 0.30 (minimum applies), a 1000purchasecosts1000 purchase costs 29 (2.9%), and a 10,000purchasecosts10,000 purchase costs 100 (maximum applies). Use cases:
  • Revenue sharing
  • Transaction fees
  • Commission models
  • Marketplace takes

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Payment Terms

Control when and how customers are charged for usage.

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In Advance

Charge at the start of each billing period before usage occurs. The customer is billed upfront for the upcoming period. Perfect for:
  • Recurring subscription fees
  • Platform access charges
  • Per-seat licensing
  • Any fixed fee on Standard Billing plans

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In Arrears

Accumulate charges throughout a billing period and bill at period end. Customers pay after usage has occurred. Perfect for:
  • Metered usage (tokens, API calls, storage)
  • Enterprise contracts with NET payment terms
  • Large transaction volumes
  • Traditional invoicing workflows

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Instant (Legacy Billing only)

Charge in real-time as each usage event occurs. Money moves immediately from customer accounts. Perfect for:
  • Pay-as-you-go services
  • Prepaid wallet consumption
  • Small, frequent transactions
  • Real-time risk management
Standard Billing plans cannot include prices with paymentTerm: instant. Attempting to add one returns a 422 error. See Billing Versions for payment term constraints by billing model.

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Linking a Feature

A price can automatically provision an entitlement when a customer subscribes by linking it to an entitlementTemplate. This is how you grant access to features — quota limits, reset periods, and rollover behavior — directly through the plan’s pricing. To grant a feature without charging for it, set unitPrice: "0" on the price and attach the entitlementTemplate. When a customer subscribes to the plan, the entitlement is provisioned automatically. Key points:
  • The entitlementTemplate on the price defines the grant: quota amount, reset cadence, and rollover behavior
  • Requires Standard Billing (billingVersion: 1)
  • A single price can carry at most one entitlement template
See Features and Entitlements for the full configuration reference.

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Combining Models

Mix different approaches within one plan to optimize for your business. Example: AI Platform
  • Base platform access: $499/month (standard, in advance)
  • Token usage: Market rate (dynamic, in arrears)
  • Enterprise support: $5000/month (standard, in advance)
Example: Data Warehouse
  • Storage: $0.02/GB-month (standard, in arrears)
  • Queries: Spot pricing 0.50−0.50-2.00 (dynamic, instant)
  • Data export: 1% of monthly bill (percentage, in arrears)

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Design Principles

Start simple. Standard pricing covers 90% of use cases. Add complexity only when needed. Match customer expectations. B2C favors instant payment, B2B prefers invoicing.

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Next Steps