Skip to main content
Rate cards define how fee components are priced. A rate card can be defined for a paricular fee component with particular set of fee component tags. Rate cards can be defined in multiple possible variations -

Fixed Price

Fixed rate is charged irrespective of the usage. For example - if a fixed price rate card is defined with a price of INR 500, then INR 500 is added to the invoice irrespective of usages for fee component.
Fee Component UsagePrice
0500
42500
89500

Rate Per Unit

Each usage of the fee component is priced at same price. For ex - if a rate card is define as per unit rate of INR 10, then the price would be calculated as (total_usage * 10)
Fee Component UsagePrice
42420
89890

Graduated Pricing

This pricing is used when different usage amounts are divided into different tiers. Think of cases when you want the per unit price to go down as users use more of your product (a discount of sorts). In that case, one can define tiers as below
Tier StartTier LimitPrice
05010
501009
1008
A given usage for a billing period will be divided into separate tiers and pricing for each tier will be calculated separately. Refer to the table below:
Fee Component UsagePrice
40400 (10 per unit for first 40 → 10×40)
60590 (10 per unit for first 50 and 9 per unit after that → 10×50 + 9×10)
1201110 (10 per unit for first 50, 9 per unit for next 50, and 8 per unit after that → 10×50 + 9×50 + 8×20)

Volume Based Pricing

This pricing is used when the total usage amount falls into a single tier, and the entire usage is priced at the rate of that tier. Think of cases when you want to give a better per unit price only if the customer crosses a certain threshold — and the entire usage benefits from that lower price. For example:
Tier StartTier LimitPrice
05010
501009
1008
A given usage for a billing period is matched against the appropriate tier, and the entire usage is priced at that tier’s rate. Refer to the table below:
Fee Component UsagePrice
40400 (entire 40 units at 10 per unit ⇒ 10 × 40)
60540 (entire 60 units at 9 per unit ⇒ 9 × 60)
120960 (entire 120 units at 8 per unit ⇒ 8 × 120)

Min Max Pricing

This pricing is used when the charge is the minimum or maximum of two amounts — typically between a flat fee and a fee calculated as a function of the total usage (either a fixed amount per unit or a percentage of total value). It’s useful when you want to ensure a minimum revenue floor or cap the charge at a certain maximum value, regardless of high usage. For example -
UsageFlat Fee% of Usage × RateApplied Pricing LogicFinal Price
3030030 × 8 = 240Max of (300, 240)300
6030060 × 8 = 480Max of (300, 480)480
100600100 × 7 = 700Min of (600, 700)600
Types of min-max logic:
  • Minimum of (flat fee, % of usage) → useful for discount caps
  • Maximum of (flat fee, % of usage) → useful for minimum commitment pricing