What is a Pricing Plan

Products are the basic unit at api.market that you use to sell APIs. Each Product needs to have one or more Pricing Plans.

Pricing Plan Config allows you to offer different types of Products suited for your Business Use-Case. You can offer a limited FREE version or offer a pay-per-use Plan. Some of the more frequently used Pricing Plan configs are described below: A Pricing Plan can be configured in many different ways.

You can add Pricing Plans using "Manage Pricing Plans" Tab.

Example Pricing Plans for a Product

Pricing Plan Access:

While creating a Pricing Plan you can configure it accessible only through a certain way. These are the various types of visibility/access patterns we support. If you want any other way then let us know, it's quite easy to add new access ways.

• public: Anyone can see on Portal and subscribe

• private: Only emails on the private access list added by the admin can be seen and subscribed. Users can always see products they have subscribed to.

• restricted: Anyone can see but only admin-approved users can subscribe. Users can request access by clicking on "Request Access" and once the admin approves, they can see the Subscribe button. enterprise A dummy product that links to a "Calendly" link or a Form. Used to display the "Talk To Us" button with that link.

Various types of Pricing Plans

These plans are not really types but various examples of the Pricing Plan configured differently. You can configure the PricingPlan of a Product in whatever way you may like.

1. FREE:

Settings:

• Pricing: $0/month

• Limited API Calls

• Hard LIMIT

• No Credit Card Required

This Pricing Plan allows API Sellers to offer a free product that enables users to experience the platform without providing credit card information. Typically, this plan is limited to a few hundred API calls per month.

2. Pay Per User:

Settings:

• Pricing: $0/month

• Large number of API Calls

• Soft LIMIT with Overage Charges

• Credit Card Required

This Pricing Plan allows API Sellers to offer a product where charges are incurred at the end of the subscription cycle based on usage, calculated as the number of API Calls multiplied by the Cost per API Call.

3. Subscription:

Settings:

• Pricing: Greater than $0/month

• Defined Number of API Calls

• Hard LIMIT with No Overage Charges

• Credit Card Required

This Pricing Plan enables API Sellers to provide a straightforward subscription product. Once the customer reaches the allocated quota of API calls, they will receive a 429 error.

4. Subscription with Overage:

Settings:

• Pricing: Greater than $0/month

• Defined Number of API Calls

• Soft LIMIT with Overage Charges

• Credit Card Required

This Pricing Plan allows API Sellers to provide a subscription product where customers are charged based on the overage amount once they exceed the allocated quota of API calls.