To assign prices to resources for enterprises, create pricing models with prices for VM elements.
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Add your currencies at Pricing → Currencies
Pre-create cost codes at Pricing → Cost codes Extra charges to assign to resources, for example, hardware profiles or templates
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Go to Pricing → Pricing models
To create a new pricing model when there is none assigned to your enterprise, click +add; 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 and only users with the same scope can edit the pricing model
Complete the dialog
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If your enterprise already has a pricing model, the platform will base the new model on the existing model and enable you to apply a markup/discount to all prices. And you can set new resource prices using the existing prices as a guide. |
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Field | Description | |
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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 for prices | Integrated on-premise billing will charge by calendar |
Minimum period for prices |
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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 systemand it is included in on-premise billing | |
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 systemand it is included in on-premise billing | |
Show charges before deployment | Mark Select 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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You can enter general prices for datacenter resources.
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Resource prices table
Field | Description |
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Currency | The currency for this location (datacenter or public cloud region) |
Hypervisor Datastores GB | Price of hypervisor datastores per gigabyte. In public cloud regions, the platform does not use this value |
Networks | Price per network. (The platform always creates a private network for each virtual datacenter) |
Public IPs | Price per public IP address reserved |
NAT IPs | Price per NAT IP address reserved |
CPU | Price per virtual CPU core for deployed virtual machines. If the location uses hardware profiles, pricing does not use this value. |
CPU on | Price per virtual CPU core when virtual machine is powered ON |
CPU off | Price per virtual CPU core when virtual machine is powered OFF |
Memory (GB) | Price of virtual memory in GB for deployed virtual machine. If the location uses hardware profiles, pricing does not use this value. |
Memory on | Price of virtual memory in GB when virtual machine is powered ON or OFF |
Virtual machine | Fee per VM in addition to charges for other VM items |
Virtual machine on | Fee per VM in addition to charges for other VM items |
Repository (GB) | Price of template repository use in GB for virtual machine templates. The platform does not include conversions. In public cloud regions, the platform does not use this value |
Backup (GB) | Price per gigabyte of backup used. See Backup prices for more details |
Anti-Affinity | Price per VM deployed in anti-affinity layer. In public cloud regions, the platform does not use this value |
Firewall | Price per firewall attached to VM |
Load balancer | Price per load balancer attached to VM |
DR protected VM | Price per VM protected by Disaster Recovery |
The provider can configure billing by usage or allocation.
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In a private cloud datacenter, datastore tiers set service levels for storage. See Manage datastore service levels with datastore tiers.
Persistent storage
In private cloud, you can set prices for the persistent storage tiers. In public cloud regions, the platform automatically imports the storage tiers from the providers so you can price them.
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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 backup size.
In Abiquo 6.1, the platform accounts for usage of valid (not expired) backups as the summed backup size in GB, and uses the backup price per GB for billing.
In previous versions, the platform does not account for backup usage, only the backup policy. Using the backup price (GB) the platform bills based on the VM disk size in GB ( in the platform).
For example, if a customer has a VM with 50 GB of hard disk and , a summed size of non-expired backups of 42GB. And the customer is using a daily backup policy . If with the price for the backup policy is of $20 and the price per GB is of $1 per GB.
In Abiquo 6.1, the customer will pay $20 + ($42 * $1) = $62 per month
In previous versions, the customer will pay $20 + (50 * $1) = $70 per month.
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Extra charges prices for cost codes
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This The Extra charges 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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