Metering & Billing

Learn how to meter and bill Kong Gateway API requests.

Learn how to meter and bill AI Gateway LLM tokens.

Real-time usage metering for Kong Gateway API requests. Monetize API traffic with flexible pricing models.

Meter any billable usage, like compute, storage, or application layer. Learn how to ingest usage events.

Examples to meter AI, API, compute, GPUs, and storage usage.

Meter external systems and data sources like Kubernetes, GPUs, and databases with the Metering & Billing Collector.

Features are what you want to price or govern. Features are customer-facing, and when priced, they show up on the invoice.

Plans are a collection of rate cards that can be assigned to customers by starting a subscription.

Pricing models describe how to price a feature, for example, free, flat fee, usage-based, or tiered.

Entitlements describe customer access, usage-limits, and configuration to features.

Customers represent individuals or organizations that subscribe to plans, gain access to features, and are invoiced for their consumption.

Subscriptions are a collection of active rate cards that can be assigned to customers.

Billing profiles handle invoicing, payment, and tax settings for a customer.

Learn how to set up invoicing in Konnect Metering & Billing.

Send invoices, calculate tax, and collect payments. Great for self-serve and PLG sales motions.

Integrate in-house invoicing, payment systems, or ERPs. Great for enterprise sales motions.

Sync customer data and analyze customer interactions through HubSpot CRM.

Integrate with Salesforce CRM to manage accounts, subscriptions, and customer insights.

Accept customer payments using PayPal’s global payment platform.

Process global payments with Adyen’s payment infrastructure.