Cloud Billing: Invoice Customers for Cloud SaaS and IaaS Services

Cloud Billing: Invoice Customers for Cloud SaaS and IaaS services

Invoicing •

Automatic generation of customer invoices based on the pre-configured billing date

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Single invoice per customer with all billable subscriptions

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Includes all service offers-SaaS & IaaS services

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Invoicing Pattern:

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‘Same Day’ invoicing

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‘Monthly’ invoicing

Invoices can be accessed as HTML or as a PDF attachment

Configuring the Invoicing Pattern

Define the Bill Run Date

Payment Due Date

Monthly vs. Same-Day Invoicing for Prorated Offers Monthly Invoicing

Differences Frequency

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Invoice generated only once a month on the Bill Run Date

Same Day Invoicing • •

Invoice is generated on the same day, when the offer is provisioned Invoice for Recurring fee is generated o On the Bill Run Date (for prorate offer)

Type of Charge

On the Bill Run Date: • Invoices are generated • Prorate fee ( for prorated offer) • Recurring Fee ( for next billing cycle) • Usage amount (for previous billing cycle)

When offer is provisioned: • Invoice is generated for prorated offers for Prorated amount On the Bill Run Date: • Invoices are generated for prorated offer • Usage amount • Recurring amount

Benefits

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Useful for Cloud Marketplaces that generate invoices only once a month

Useful for One-time Apps Follows the natural principle of Ordering+ Invoicing together

Example 1: Prorated Service with Monthly Billing Cycle 1st Jan

1st Feb

9th Jan

Pro-rate

1st Mar

Recurring

1st Apr

Recurring

Invoice on 1st Feb Charges Prorate Fee (23/31*100= $74.19) Recurring Fee

Date Range

Amount

9th Jan - 31st Jan

$74.19

1st Feb- 28th Feb

$100

Invoice on 1st March Recurring Fee

1st Mar- 31st Feb

$100

Example 2: Prorated service with Same Day Invoice 1st Jan

1st Feb

9th Jan

Pro-rate

1st Mar

Recurring

1st Apr

Recurring

Invoice on 15th Jan ( Date of Provisioning) Charges

Date Range

Amount

Prorate Fees

9th Jan -31th Jan

$74.19

Invoice on 1st Feb ( Bill Run Date) Recurring Fees

1st Feb -28th Feb

$100

Monthly vs. Same-Day Invoicing for Non Prorated Offers Monthly Invoicing

Differences Frequency

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Invoice generated only once a month on the Bill Run Date

Same Day Invoicing •

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Type of Charge

Benefits

Invoice is generated on the same day, when the offer is provisioned Invoice for Recurring fee is generated o On Next Anniversary Date

On the Bill Run Date: • Invoices are generated • Recurring Fee ( for the entire billing cycle) • Usage amount (for previous billing cycle)

When offer is provisioned: • Invoice is generated for recurring amount for the entire billing cycle

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Useful for Cloud Marketplaces that generate invoices only once a month

On the Next Anniversary Date: • Invoices are generated for prorated offer • Recurring Fee ( for the entire billing cycle) • Usage amount (for previous billing cycle) Useful for One-time Apps Follows the natural principle of Ordering+ Invoicing+ Payment together

Example 1: Non Prorated Service with Monthly Billing Cycle Cloud Service: Wang 10G Basic with Domain @ $100/month; Quantity:1; Offer Fulfilled Date: 15 Jan; Bill Run Date: 1st

Jan 1st

Jan 15th

Feb 1st

Feb 15th

Recurring

Mar 1st

Mar 15th

Apr 1st

Recurring

Invoice on 1st Feb (Bill Run Date) Charges

Date Range

Amount

Recurring Fee

15th Jan -14th Feb

$100

Invoice on 1st Mar ( Bill Run Date) Recurring Fee

15th Feb -14th Mar

$100

Example 2: Non Prorated Service with Same day Invoicing Cloud Service: Wang 10G Basic with Domain @ $100/month; Quantity:1; Offer Fulfilled Date: 15 Jan

Jan 1st

Jan 15th

Feb 1st

Feb 15th

Recurring

Mar 1st

Mar 15th

Apr 1st

Recurring

Invoice on 15th Jan (Date of Provisioning) Charges

Date Range

Amount

Recurring Fee

15th Jan -14th Feb

$100

Invoice on 15th Feb (Monthly Anniversary Date) Recurring Fee

15th Feb -14th Mar

$100

Accessing the Invoice Invoices are created in HTML and PDF format. PDF format is automatically sent to the Primary Customer Administrator as an email attachment. (Customer invoice Screen)

Invoices are created in HTML and PDF format. PDF format is

Invoice Listing Page

Customer can filter by the Invoice Status

Configuring and Rules for Invoice Status Configuring the Payment Due Date for the Invoices

Rules

Invoice Status

When invoice is generated

Due

When invoice is paid on or before Due Date

Cleared

If invoice is still unpaid even after the due date

Overdue

When invoice is disregarded

Disregarded

Components of the Invoice • Invoice Summary (Refer slide 16) – – –

Invoice Number (unique numbering) and Invoice Date.

Payment Due date.

Customers Billing Address.

• Invoice Detail (Refer slide 17 – 21) – –

Provides breakup of all the subscription charges with quantity, price, date range and amount.

Indicates the license/usage quantity, Unit price and total amount with taxes .

• Itemized Section (Refer Slide 22) – –

Applicable only for usage based offer .

Lists the usage quantity per day and the corresponding amount.

Invoice Summary

Representing SAAS Charges in the Invoice Subscription ID

Service Offer

Charges for Additional Subscription

Representing Trials/Promotion Charges in Invoice

Representing Discounts in the Invoice

Term (Contract) Service Charges in the invoice

IAAS Charges with Granular Details AWS

Azure

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IAAS Charges with Granular Details Provider

Product Code

Product Region / AZ Usage Type

IaaS Charges

Usage Type

Charge Type

Configuring if Invoice should display the Itemized Usage

Displaying the Itemized Usage in the invoice

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