Fixed Price with Overage Acronis Products
In this page we briefly analyze the ability to create and handle the Acronis Pay Per Use (PPU) products that have a Fixed monthly Price with Overage in BSS and Storefront. In the following sub-pages, you can find the analysis on creating, ordering, provisioning, and managing Acronis Pay-Per-Use (PPU) products based on Fixed Price with Overage and respectively bill your resellers and customers as an Acronis Managed Service Provider (MSP).
What is a Fixed Price with Overage Plan?
Fixed Price with Overage, is a pricing plan where an Acronis Pay-Per-Use (PPU) product, billed via external systems, has a defined pre-fixed sell price by the MSP that must be paid each month in advance from customers, regardless of the usage consumption charges returned from the external-billing system at the end of each month. More specifically, customers are charged with a pre-fixed amount either at the end or at the beginning of each month. Therefore, this pre-fixed amount is charged once in every subscription renewal. Regardless of the pre-fixed amount, customers are also charged in case the consumption is higher (Overage) than the pre-fixed paid amount when the usage consumption charges are provided by the external billing system.
Functionality of Plan & Benefits?
The pre-fixed sell price is configured according to your commercial policy and the monthly amounts that your customers are usually charged. You are able to create one or more Fixed Price with Overage PPU products with different pre-fixed sell prices.
Defining Acronis Products with Fixed Price with Overage
On this page, we will describe how you can define Acronis products that follow the Fixed Price with Overage https://interworkscloud.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ICPD/pages/612564997/Billing+Models+for+Consumption-Based+Products#Fixed-Price-with-Overage billing model, where the customer is charged initially with a fixed amount. The customer’s consumption (amount) is monitored daily and if it reaches the capped threshold, overage pricing will be enforced at the end of the month.
Ordering an Acronis Fixed Price with Overage Product
In this page we will analyze mostly the differences during the ordering process of an Acronis product between having or not having the Fixed price with Overage billing plan. In general, the ordering process is similar to processes that are pay-per-use (PPU), also known as consumption-based. The reseller or customer can select the ACPC PPU product you have published in your Storefront or any other variation of that product and proceed with the order.
Billing an Acronis Fixed Price with Overage Product
The billing process for a fixed price with overage Acronis product is similar to processes for the consumption-based but with the exception of the upfront billing of the fixed amount. An analysis follows on what you should expect from the billing process of such product along with an invoice example.
Managing an Acronis Fixed Price with Overage Subscription
This page explains how you can monitor the consumption and usage charges of a Fixed Price with Overage Acronis subscription and how you can cancel and upgrade such a subscription.