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  1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models

  2. To base the pricing model on your enterprise's current model, click the + add button, or 
    To clone a pricing model, click the copy clone button. The platform will name the new model "PricingModelName (c)".
    Note: The platform will assign your user scope to the pricing model


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    Field

    Description

    Name

    The name of your pricing model. The name can represent a service level agreement

    DescriptionDescription of pricing model
    Change all resource prices

    Only displays when the enterprise already has a pricing model assigned to it. Resellers can change all prices by adding this percentage.

    Charging period

    Standard period of time by which a user will be charged, such as day, week, etc. Does not have to be equal to the minimum period

    Minimum charging period

    Minimum period of time that a user will be charged for. This may be longer or shorter than the charging period. This value is not sent to the billing system. Note that the accounting system records the maximum usage value of a resource during an accounting period.

    Currency

    The currency for this pricing model. Enter new currencies in the Currency tab before you create the pricing model

    Standing charge

    Standing charge per Charging period. You can include this value in the pricing estimate message but the platform does not send it to the billing system

    Minimum charge

    Minimum charge per Minimum charging period. You can include this value in the pricing estimate message but the platform does not send it to the billing system

    Show charges before deployment

    Mark this checkbox to show a pricing estimate popup before deployment with the message entered in the box at the bottom of the window. See the explanation below

    Insert variable

    Choose a variable from the pull-down list to add to the pricing estimate message. The variables are described in the table below

    Deployment message

    Enter the estimate message for VM deployment, including variables. See Create a pricing estimate message



Modify prices

The platform uses the first pricing model for a location in a currency as the set of base prices for the location. If your enterprise has a pricing model, when you create a new pricing model, you can enter a percentage to modify prices, for example, to add a reseller markup. If you then enter a resource price that is lower than the base price, the platform will highlight the price.

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For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Hardware profiles


Backup prices

.For more details see GUI Create

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resource prices backup policies

In private cloud datacenters, you can set prices for backup policies.

When users request a pricing estimate for their virtual appliance, the platform will include the price of the backup policies of each VM.

The platform will also include the price of backup services in the VM_PRICES list.

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The platform bills backups with a monthly fixed cost and/or a separate cost for VM disk size in GB (in the platform). For example, if a customer has a VM with 50 GB of hard disk and is using a daily backup policy. If the price for the backup policy is $20 and the price per GB is $1 per GB, the customer will pay $20 + (50 * $1) = $70 per month.

Cost code prices

For more details see GUI Create a new pricing model Resource prices Cost code prices

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