Metering & Usage

Overview

Every operation on the wede platform is metered and debited from the tenant’s annual plan. Usage is tracked in real time in the tenant_annual_usage table and visible in the billing dashboard.

Billable operations

Operation	Trigger	Channel cost
Event via internet	`POST /v1/events` with internet channel	No extra cost
Event via structured protocol	`POST /v1/events` with structured channel	Yes - per unit
Event via voice	`POST /v1/events` with voice channel	Yes - per voice minute
Event via LoRa	`POST /v1/events` with LoRa channel	Yes - per transmission
Event via satellite	`POST /v1/events` with satellite channel	Yes - per packet
Dispatch	`POST /v1/teams/dispatch`	No extra cost
Mission created	`POST /v1/missions`	No extra cost
Location update offline	`PATCH /v1/teams/:id/members/:memberId/location` with structured channel	Yes - per unit

Internet-based operations (events, dispatch, missions, location updates via IP) count against the plan’s max_events_per_year limit. Off-channel operations (structured protocols, voice, LoRa, satellite) also incur the per-unit channel cost defined in country_channel_costs.

Annual plans

All wede plans are annual. There are no monthly plans.

Plan limits reset on the plan anniversary date
Overage is billed at the per-unit channel rate
Tenants can pre-load credit or be invoiced at period end

Usage tracking

Usage is accumulated in tenant_annual_usage:

{
  "events_total": 12400,
  "events_internet": 12100,
  "events_sms": 280,
  "events_voice": 20,
  "location_updates_offline": 840,
  "dispatches_total": 156,
  "dispatches_offline": 12,
  "missions_total": 156,
  "overage_events": 0,
  "overage_amount_eur": 0
}

Overage

When events_total exceeds max_events_per_year:

Operations continue without interruption
overage_events counter increments
overage_amount_eur accumulates at the overage rate
Tenant is notified at 70%, 80% and 90% consumption thresholds

Channel costs

Channel costs are defined per country, per channel in country_channel_costs. Each country has independent pricing reflecting local telco rates.

[
  { "channel": "sms", "cost_per_unit": 0.04, "currency": "EUR" },
  { "channel": "voice", "cost_per_unit": 0.08, "currency": "EUR" },
  { "channel": "lora", "cost_per_unit": 0.01, "currency": "EUR" }
]

Introduction

Core Concepts

Examples by Vertical

Overview

Billable operations

Annual plans

Usage tracking

Overage

Channel costs

​Overview

​Billable operations

​Annual plans

​Usage tracking

​Overage

​Channel costs

Overview

Billable operations

Annual plans

Usage tracking

Overage

Channel costs