What is the Renewal Term and Payment Due in RatePlan

Google Cloud Apigee
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Can someone clarify what the “Renewal Term” and “Payment Due” settings mean in an Apigee rate plan? I’m trying to understand how each of these affects prepaid and postpaid subscriptions, and what the expected behavior or impact is on the developer in each case (for example, what happens if payment is not made on time).

Any guidance would be appreciated.

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Hi @AlexET, we need your help

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Hello @Amr ,

In this situation I am assuming you are referring to Apigee Edge monetization, correct (versus Apigee X)? If so, the following should be the expected behavior:

  • The Renewal Term determines the date/time in which a developer’s subscription is automatically renewed (considering associated fees, etc). In a prepaid scenario any added fees would be deducted from their current wallet/credit balance, while in post paid the added fees would be invoiced to the end developer
  • Payment Due is more specific to postpaid options (as prepaid developers utilize their balance, and are suspended if their credits are not sufficient) - in the postpaid workflow it is typical to suspend the user via API (see here: https://apidocs.apigee.com/docs/monetization/1/routes/mint/organizations/{org_name}/developers/{developer_email}/developer-credit-limit/post) by reducing their balance to 0 until payment is received (assuming the Payment Due date is not met)

Hope this helps!

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Hey,

Hope you’re keeping well.

In Apigee monetization, Renewal Term defines the subscription period length (for example, monthly or yearly) before the plan is automatically renewed. Payment Due sets how many days after invoicing the developer has to pay before the subscription is suspended or terminated. For prepaid plans, payment is required before the next term starts; for postpaid plans, the developer is invoiced after usage and must pay within the due window. If payment isn’t made on time, Apigee will follow the configured suspension or cancellation rules for that developer app. You can view and adjust these settings in Apigee UI under Publish > Rate Plans > [Your Plan] > Billing.

Thanks and regards,
Taz