Automate usage-based billing for API companies
Configure and iterate pricing models like pay-as-you-go, tiered, freemium, committed use discounts, burst pricing, flat rate, or hybrid models. Meter API calls at scale, and automate billing – with our point-and-click web interface, developer-friendly API, or both.
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Every team wins with Zenskar
For C-suite
Set up any subscription or usage-based pricing model, support your sales team to negotiate custom pricing, and close deals faster – without diverting engineering resources.
For Finance
Turn API usage data into billable metrics seamlessly. Generate invoices, reconcile payments, recognize revenue, and streamline reporting - no spreadsheets required.
For Product
A/B test pricing tiers, get real-time visibility into API usage and adoption trends, and ship faster – without worrying about metering or billing limitations.
Price however you want
- Pay-per-call, tiered pricing, volume discounts, freemium with usage limits – create any pricing plan with no-code contract builder.
- Experiment with pricing strategies in a sandbox. Switch between pricing models, and evaluate pricing impact on API adoption – without writing a single line of code.
- Empower sales to create custom quotes on demand, and close deals quickly with pre-built product catalogs and pricing plans.
Meter usage accurately
- Ingest API usage data via webhooks, or plug your existing data pipeline into Zenskar with native integrations.
- Get round-the-clock visibility into API usage and acquire rich, actionable product and pricing insights.
Set API rate limits and manage entitlements
- Allocate API usage entitlements however you want – per user, account-wide, or even endpoint-specific.
- Automatically track and deduct credits as your customers make API calls. Limit API access once credit is reached, or bill for overages.
Minimize billing disputes and get paid faster
- Include detailed API usage metrics like request volumes, data transfers, and error rates on customer invoices for transparency.
- Let customers download complete API logs with granular usage data from the self-server customer dashboard or attach reports directly to email invoices.
- Set up automated payment reminders tailored to different customer segments based on plan, usage, location, etc.
- Integrate with different payment gateways, get payments from multiple currencies around the world, and improve cash flow.
Get 360° business analytics at your fingertips
- Get a unified view across your API calls, usage, billing, payments, and revenue cycles.
- Analyze API usage patterns against recognized revenue by plan, customer segment, and more to spot growth opportunities.
- Set up alerts for abnormal usage spikes or drops to proactively engage customers, troubleshoot issues, and prevent churn.
Automate revenue recognition
- Build flexible revenue recognition rules for any API pricing model - tiers, pay-per-use, committed-use, overage fees, and more.
- Translate usage and billing events into accurate accrual-based journal entries for revenue, deferred revenue, and receivables.
- Recognize revenue across jurisdictions, calculate forex gains/losses, and maintain parallel ledger for tax compliance and reporting.
- Adhere to ASC 606/IFRS 15 accrual standards out-of-the-box. Breeze through audits with error-free financials.
How Zenskar works
See how Zenskar automates your financial operations end to end
Let Zenskar set you free
Reclaim your time and eliminate operational headaches. Zenskar takes over seamlessly and reliably, so you can focus on growing your business.
Matt Barnard
70% faster month-end closing
“We’re able to automate revenue recognition accurately for our value-based billing, reducing the manual hours spent by 70%.”
Noy Kalansky
Saved 200+ hours of grunt work
“We're saving 200+ hours/quarter on invoicing and receivables management by completely automating our recurring billing.”
Zachary Rattner
90% less engineering bandwidth
"We cut 90% of engineering bandwidth spent on billing. Zenskar integrated seamlessly with our tech stack, including Hubspot"
Kshitij Gupta
4 months faster product launch
“We launched our product 4 months faster instead of building an in-house system for our usage-based pricing model.”
Frequently asked questions
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Absolutely! Our infrastructure easily supports horizontal scaling and can process up to 50,000 events per second.
Our latency is around 50 ms, ensuring quick request complications.
It allows you to meter usage in near real-time, perfect for scaling AI businesses with usage-based pricing.
Our real-time usage data and historical analytics provide granular visibility into customer usage and spending patterns. This helps your finance teams build accurate revenue projections based on pricing, promotions, seasonality, and other factors.
The implementation usually takes 6 - 10 weeks to complete. It includes migrating data, integrating existing tools, configuring workflows, and final rollout. However, the exact timeframe can vary based on the complexity of pricing models, existing processes, and other factors.
Throughout implementation, the Zenskar team provides live support via Slack, Email, and Zoom to ensure a smooth and rapid rollout.
Experience billing and revenue recognition without limits
Create nuanced pricing models, elaborate contracts and measure any usage metric reliably with Zenskar.
