Set up usage-based billing
Charge customers based on their usage of your product or service.
Usage-based billing enables you to charge customers based on their usage of your product or service. This guide helps you understand which Stripe integration pattern best fits your business needs.
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You can set up usage-based billing with two different patterns:
- Products and prices
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The following tables describe the differences between these patterns, including the business models they support, how they work with different billing setups, and support across other Stripe products.
Pricing model support
| PRODUCTS AND PRICES | RATE CARDS Private preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | ||
| Credit burndown | ||
| Flat recurring fee | ||
| Per-seat fee | ||
| Discounts and promo codes | ||
| Trials |
Billing functionality support
Stripe products support
| PRODUCTS AND PRICES | RATE CARDS Private preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic tax support | ||
| Manual tax support | ||
| Collect payment with Checkout | ||
| Customer portal | Limited 1 | |
| Invoicing | ||
| Automations | ||
| Smart retries |
1 Users can download invoices, update payment methods and customer information. Users can’t cancel a subscription or upgrade and downgrade subscriptions.