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Metronome charges are based on your actual usage of the platform. Your pricing consists of an annual platform fee for access to the services, plus consumption-based charges that accrue after you go live in production. This page defines the key concepts that appear on your Metronome invoice and in your order form.

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Pricing structure

Metronome pricing has two components:
  • Annual platform fee: A fixed fee charged for access to the services. This fee doesn’t count toward any consumption-based charge categories (Percentage of Billings, Events-based, Data Export, or Invoice Row Updates).
  • Consumption-based charges: Variable fees that depend on your usage of the services. These start accruing on your go-live date in the production instance.
If your order form includes a Consumption Commitment, this is a pre-paid, non-refundable minimum commitment against your consumption-based charges. Any unused portion expires at the end of the Initial Service Term or any Renewal Service Term without refund or credit.

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Usage metrics

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Events

An Event is a single usage event—each discrete JSON object submitted to and accepted by Metronome through the ingestion API. Each event represents one measurable interaction on your platform, such as:
  • An API call
  • A storage measurement
  • A data transfer
  • Any other billable action

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Billings

Billings are the total value of all invoices you generate through Metronome, whether invoiced automatically or generated by Metronome and invoiced manually. The following are excluded from your Billings total:
  • Invoices finalized within the current Metronome billing period that you void before Metronome invoices you
  • Invoices drafted in a non-production instance (for example, a Sandbox environment) for testing or demonstration
  • Zero-dollar invoices used to track free trial credits

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Data Export

Data Export continuously syncs your Metronome billing and usage data into your own data warehouse or object storage destination. Use it for reporting, reconciliation, financial close, and custom analytics.

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How rows are counted

A Row Exported is one row of data written by Metronome to your configured export destination, across any table type in the Data Export schema. How rows accumulate depends on the table type:
Table typeBehavior
IncrementalOnly new or updated rows are exported in each sync cycle.
SnapshotAll rows in the table are re-exported in each sync cycle. Each row in each full export cycle counts as a Row Exported.

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Table categories

Data Export tables are categorized as Standard or Premium: Standard Data Export Tables include:
  • Contracts tables
  • Contracts modification tables
  • Contracts pricing tables
  • Payments tables
  • Alerts tables
  • Finalized invoice tables
  • Customers tables
  • Events tables
  • Core entities tables
Premium Data Export Tables include:
  • draft_invoice
  • draft_line_item
  • breakdowns_draft_invoices
  • breakdowns_draft_line_items
  • breakdowns_invoices (Finalized)
  • breakdowns_line_items (Finalized)
  • Rated Events (finalized and draft)
Premium Data Export Tables may not all be currently available. Contact your Metronome representative for the latest availability.