update: annual and mixed interval pricing - #796
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WalkthroughBilling documentation now covers annual pricing, mixed-interval charges, Pay annually, Next invoice behavior, plan setup, customer plan selection, and subscription changes. ChangesBilling documentation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The documentation adds annual and mixed-interval pricing guidance, but one definition may incorrectly imply that mixed intervals require selecting an annual offer, which could confuse administrators configuring plans. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness or a small documentation follow-up. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@src/content/docs/billing/about-billing/billing-concepts-terms.mdx`:
- Line 69: Update the mixed-interval pricing definition in the billing concepts
documentation to describe fixed charges renewing at different intervals
independently of any customer selecting “Pay annually.” Preserve the note that
“Pay annually” can also produce this pricing arrangement, while aligning the
wording with the existing fixed-charge and plan-setup guidance.
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| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. | ||
| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. Multiple fixed charges on one plan may use different intervals. | ||
| - **Metered and unmetered feature** – Metered features are provisioned in units, often with pricing per unit, e.g., MAU. An unmetered feature behaves like a boolean toggle—a basic entitlement with no pricing attached. | ||
| - **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules after the customer chooses annual for the charge that offers it—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. |
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Define mixed-interval pricing independently of Pay annually.
A plan can use configured yearly and monthly fixed charges without any customer selecting an annual offer. This definition conflicts with the fixed-charge guidance on Line 52 and the plan setup guidance. State that mixed-interval pricing uses fixed charges with different renewal intervals. Then note that Pay annually can also create this result.
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-- **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules after the customer chooses annual for the charge that offers it—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`.
+- **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. This can be configured directly with yearly and monthly charges, or result when a customer selects an annual offer for one charge while other charges keep their own intervals.📝 Committable suggestion
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| - **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules after the customer chooses annual for the charge that offers it—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. | |
| - **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. This can be configured directly with yearly and monthly charges, or result when a customer selects an annual offer for one charge while other charges keep their own intervals. |
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In `@src/content/docs/billing/about-billing/billing-concepts-terms.mdx` at line
69, Update the mixed-interval pricing definition in the billing concepts
documentation to describe fixed charges renewing at different intervals
independently of any customer selecting “Pay annually.” Preserve the note that
“Pay annually” can also produce this pricing arrangement, while aligning the
wording with the existing fixed-charge and plan-setup guidance.
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Additionally, it's not only an internal wording nit. about-plans.mdx and kinde-billing-model.mdx (both touched in this same PR) already describe mixed-interval pricing as something you configure directly on the fixed charges, no Pay annually selection required. E.g. kinde-billing-model.mdx: "A single plan can combine intervals - for example an annual base fee plus a monthly fixed add-on. Each charge renews on its own schedule" - no mention of the customer picking anything.
So right now this glossary entry contradicts two other pages shipped in the same PR, not just line 52 in this file. Worth fixing all three consistently before merge so admins reading the glossary don't walk away with the wrong mental model of how to configure it.
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@dtoxvanilla1991, agreed. The inconsistency affects the configuration model, not only wording.
Mixed-interval pricing must mean fixed charges on one plan with different billing intervals. The definition must not require a customer to select Pay annually. The glossary can then state that Pay annually can also produce annual and mixed pricing where an annual offer is configured.
This aligns the glossary with about-plans.mdx, kinde-billing-model.mdx, and the fixed-charge definition in this file.
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File: src/content/docs/billing/about-billing/billing-concepts-terms.mdx:69-69
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T00:04:39.839Z
Learning: In Kinde billing documentation, mixed-interval pricing is configured directly by assigning different billing intervals to fixed charges on the same plan, such as an annual base fee and a monthly fixed add-on. A customer does not need to select `Pay annually` for mixed-interval pricing to exist. The `Pay annually` option can also result in annual and mixed pricing when a plan has an annual offer.
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Mixed interval plans should not be mentally linked to Annual offering of a fixed charge.
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There's no blank line between this <img> and the next sentence ("This toggle is preview-only..."). Every other image in this file (including the one two lines above) has a blank line before and after it. In Markdown/MDX, a raw HTML block keeps consuming lines until it hits a blank line, so that sentence is at real risk of getting swallowed into the image block instead of rendering as its own paragraph. Add the blank line back.
While you're there - this is the only raw <img> tag in the file, everything else uses . If you need the width for sizing, team-member-roles.mdx already does this with width="300px" (yours is missing the px). Either match that pattern or just go back to the markdown image syntax for consistency with the rest of the page.
| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. | ||
| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. Multiple fixed charges on one plan may use different intervals. | ||
| - **Metered and unmetered feature** – Metered features are provisioned in units, often with pricing per unit, e.g., MAU. An unmetered feature behaves like a boolean toggle—a basic entitlement with no pricing attached. | ||
| - **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules after the customer chooses annual for the charge that offers it—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. |
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Additionally, it's not only an internal wording nit. about-plans.mdx and kinde-billing-model.mdx (both touched in this same PR) already describe mixed-interval pricing as something you configure directly on the fixed charges, no Pay annually selection required. E.g. kinde-billing-model.mdx: "A single plan can combine intervals - for example an annual base fee plus a monthly fixed add-on. Each charge renews on its own schedule" - no mention of the customer picking anything.
So right now this glossary entry contradicts two other pages shipped in the same PR, not just line 52 in this file. Worth fixing all three consistently before merge so admins reading the glossary don't walk away with the wrong mental model of how to configure it.
| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. | ||
| - **Fixed charge** – A recurring fee that does not change based on usage. You can bill at daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals. Use this for a plan’s base price or other flat recurring fees. Optionally, one fixed charge per plan can be offered as annual at a predefined yearly price. Multiple fixed charges on one plan may use different intervals. | ||
| - **Metered and unmetered feature** – Metered features are provisioned in units, often with pricing per unit, e.g., MAU. An unmetered feature behaves like a boolean toggle—a basic entitlement with no pricing attached. | ||
| - **Mixed-interval pricing** – A plan where fixed charges renew on different schedules after the customer chooses annual for the charge that offers it—for example `$100 / year + $3 / month`. |
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Mixed interval plans should not be mentally linked to Annual offering of a fixed charge.
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| <summary><strong>Can customers choose annual pricing when they change plans in the self-serve portal?</strong></summary> | ||
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| Yes. If at least one plan card on the pricing table offers annual pricing, customers see **Pay annually** on plan selection. It starts off (monthly / standard prices). Turning it on shows annual or mixed amounts and continues the plan change with annual prices selected. Customers cannot use this toggle to switch monthly ↔ annual on their **current** plan—only when moving to a different plan. |
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Not plan-only but plan - only. Otherwise, one reads the plan-only as one word.
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| <summary><strong>Can one plan bill some charges yearly and others monthly?</strong></summary> | ||
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| Yes. Offer annual on one fixed charge and keep other fixed charges on their own interval (for example monthly). Customers who choose **Pay annually** see a breakdown such as `$100 / year + $3 / month`. **Next invoice** reflects the next real charge date for those items, not a monthly-normalized average of the whole plan. |
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Offer annual one one
Implies that the fixed charge needs to be a non-annual interval and offer annual pricing, as the only approach in mixed intervals. This is not true. A fixed charge can have "Year" billing interval and another, in the same plan, can have "Month" billing interval without this latter one offering annual pricing option.
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plans - plan instead of plans-plan.
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| - **Fixed charges** – A recurring charge that does not change and is invoiced in advance. You can set the billing interval (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly) and optionally offer one charge per plan as annual at a custom yearly price. | ||
| - **Fixed charges** – A recurring charge that does not change and is invoiced in advance. You can set the billing interval (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly) and optionally offer one charge per plan as annual at a custom yearly price. Other fixed charges on the same plan can keep a different interval, so customers who choose annual may see a mixed total such as `$100 / year + $3 / month`. See [Offer annual pricing](/billing/manage-plans/create-plans/#offer-annual-pricing). |
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See Offer annual pricing.
should be removed, since it mentally links mixed-intervals to annual pricing offering.
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This release brings annual pricing to self-serve plan changes (portal) and first-class support for mixed-interval fixed charges on one plan (for example
$100 / year + $3 / month). Docs need updates so admins know how to configure and preview annual offers, and so customer-facing flows (pricing table, portal upgrades, next invoice) match what ships in product.Eight narrative pages are affected. Management/Account API reference is unchanged (no new public API fields in this release).
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