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Screenshot of resource pricing for datacenter or public cloud region Create a pricing model, entering prices for resources in datacenters and public cloud regionsImage Modified

The Pricing Model allows costs to be associated with compute, networking and storage resources. Charging periods and standing charges can also be defined. And costs can also be associated with specific virtual machine templates through a unique Cost Code that is tracked by the Abiquo Accounting service.

Screenshot of Cost Code pricing. Administrators create cost codes in the Pricing view and assign them the virtual machine templates in the Apps library view. Enter prices for cost codes to assign to VM templatesImage Modified

 

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Hosting providers may need to track the licenses used by Virtual Machines (e.g. Microsoft Windows licensing), or may wish to offer Cloud services based on a per VM pricing model.

  1. Create COST codes in the Pricing view and optionally a pricing model and assign it to your enterprise.
  2. Configure a VM image in the Apps Library and open the Advanced tab
  3. From the drop down select the relevant Cost code for the VM
    Edit a template on the Advanced tab to enter template cost codesImage Modified
  4. This code can be used to track the VM in the Abiquo database either for licensing or charge back.

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Screenshot of pricing model creation with charge-forward price message in the box on the lower right-hand side. 
Create a pricing model entering the charge-forward pricing message in the box on the lower right-hand sideImage Modified


Beyond the pricing model in the UI, Abiquo collects granular accounting data for all resources on the platform. See Abiquo Accounting Services Integration The accounting data can easily be exported from Abiquo through the billing integrations. The billing integrations also gather the pricing information that corresponds to the resource usage information in the accounting system. See Abiquo Billing Integration.

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