BILLmanager Hosting&Cloud tariff

On May 2, 2023, a new BILLmanager 6 Hosting&Cloud tariff was announced.

Tariff description

Hosting&Cloud is a dynamic tariff, which takes into account the turnover for the reporting period. See Turnover Accounting for more details.

This billing system allows to determine the optimal amount to be paid for BILLmanager.  

The following license periods are available for the Hosting&Cloud tariff:

Features of the Hosting&Cloud tariff

With BILLmanager 6 Hosting&Cloud, all the features of the platform are available out-of-the-box. The price of the license includes all modules, tools, and integrations. The tariff contains all the features of BILLmanager 6, which were previously available only for the tariff with the maximum set of options (Corporate). For example, features include reselling services.

Turnover accounting

Concept of turnover

Turnover is all paid expenses for the reporting period. 

The tariff takes into account:

• the portion of the credited payment in the reporting period that was used to pay any expenses for any period;
• the costs that became payable in the current reporting period, even if covered by payments from the previous period.

Turnover includes:

• credited payments covering expenses. Only a payment in the "Paid" status is considered a credited payment;
• certificates for balance topup, partner program (referral program) payments, if they cover the costs;
• test payments, if they cover the costs.

Turnover excludes:

• promised payments covering expenses;
• expenses covered by the credit limit;
• balance topups, topup certificates if they do not cover expenses.

If a payment or a part of a payment is returned due to an incorrect expense, the turnover will be recalculated during the reporting period. 

Turnover report

BILLmanager generates a turnover report within the license. The turnover report is available in the platform and in the client area.

In the platform

You can open the report in two ways:

• on the Home page:

• 1. Go to License information → Actual turnover.
  2. Click on the turnover amount. It is displayed as a clickable link.

• In the Reports section:

• 1. Go to Provider → Reports.
  2. Select the Report on turnover under the license.
  3. Click Print.

In your client area

To open a report:

1. Enter Products/Services → Licenses.
2. Select the required service.
3. Click Statistics in the top menu.
4. Select the report period.
5. Click Show Report.

To view only the turnover amount, in your client area, go to:

• Products/Services → Licenses → Turnover column;
• Products/Services → Licenses → Edit → the Turnover field.
  

Providing data on turnover

To provide BILLmanager turnover data:

1. Open port 8443. This is necessary for the transfer of statistics on the company's turnover and the correct calculation of the tariff plan.
2. Update BILLmanager to the current version. BILLmanager version 6.76 or higher is required for correct calculation of turnover. For update instructions, see the Installation and updates article in BILLmanager documentation.

To avoid providing your turnover data, close port 8443.

Switching to Hosting&Cloud tariff

To switch to the Hosting&Cloud tariff, follow the instructions in the article Transition between versions of BILLmanager 6 in BILLmanager documentation.

After the tariff change, all configured integrations will continue to work if they use the standard BILLmanager API. API remains the same in BILLmanager 6 Hosting&Cloud. For more information about API functions, see the List of API functions article in the BILLmanager documentation. 

Blocking when license limit is exceeded

On the first day of exceeding the limit:

• a notification about exceeding the turnover is sent to the client area;
• BILLmanager interface displays a banner stating that the paid license does not comply with the terms of the license agreement.

After 15 calendar days of exceeding the limit, the following options will be blocked:

• creating new clients;
• creating new tariff plans;
• renewal of the service for further periods.

After 30 calendar days of exceeding the limit, BILLmanager will be completely blocked.

To unblock it, you need to buy a license extension.  

If you do not pay for a license for the following month, BILLmanager functionality will be completely blocked. Your BILLmanager will be stopped, you will not be able to login or interact with the interface, and your clients will not be able to log in or manage services.

Security

The product does not transmit your client data or other sensitive information. The calculation of the amount of the license fee is performed on the client side, and the product sends only the final aggregate value. Also, in order to protect against further misuse in case of late payment, the registration number of the company created in the product is additionally subject to transfer.