To assign prices to resources for enterprises, create pricing models with prices for VM elements.
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Go to Pricing → Pricing models
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 modelExpand title Click here to display details of create a new pricing model general information Field
Description
Name
The name of your pricing model. The name can represent a service level agreement
Description Description 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
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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.
Prices
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The provider can configure billing by usage or allocation. |
Datastore tiers
In a private cloud datacenter, datastore tiers set service levels for storage. See Manage datastore service levels with datastore tiers.
Persistent storage
In a private cloud datacenter, persistent storage tiers set service levels for storage. See Manage Storage
In public cloud regions, the platform automatically imports provider tiers so you can price them.
Hardware profiles
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You can price hardware profiles in public cloud and in private cloud datacenters with hardware profiles, see Hardware profiles. The platform can retrieve hardware profile costs from AWS and Azure. See Import hardware profile prices from AWS In private cloud, you can also use cost codes for hardware profile pricing. Pricing and billing of dynamic hardware profiles also includes the usage cost of CPU and RAM.
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Backup prices
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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.
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
This tab displays resources and cost codes with their initial prices. You can modify these prices in this new pricing model. The platform will display a warning symbol if you enter a discount of the price in the current pricing model.
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