Planless Subscriptions allow you to create and manage Subscriptions by selecting Products a la carte. Instead of relying on a single plan to define billing behavior, you can build Subscriptions entirely from individual Products, giving you greater flexibility and more precise control over billing.
This model is especially useful for flexible selling motions that don't rely on packaged bundles of products.
Terminology Update
- Plans now refer to what were previously called Products
- Products now refer to what were previously called Components
Planless Subscriptions introduce changes to how data is displayed across Maxio.
| Location | Field/Column Change | Value for Planless Subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions Index | Product renamed to Configuration | Displays "X Products" (for example, "3 Products") instead of a Plan name. |
| Subscription Summary | Product renamed to Plan | Displays "(Product Family Name) X Products". The "Price Point" line is hidden. |
| Transactions Report | Product renamed to Plan | Displays "X Products" in the report, column selector, and CSV export. |
| Filters | Product & Component | The "Product" filter is now Plan; the "Component" filter is now Product. |
How Planless Subscriptions work
In traditional Subscriptions, a plan determines the billing interval (such as monthly or annual), and all associated items inherit that cadence.
Planless Subscriptions remove this dependency.
- Each Product (formerly called a Component) can define its own billing interval
- A Subscription can include multiple Products with different billing frequencies
- There is no base plan selected for the Subscription
This ensures billing is explicit and predictable for every item in the Subscription.
Key Behavior and Requirements
- Every product must have a defined billing interval.
- Billing is determined at the product level, not the subscription level.
- Subscriptions can contain a mix of billing frequencies.
- Validation prevents incomplete billing configurations.
- All Products in a planless subscription must belong to the same Product Family .
- You cannot combine Products from multiple Product Families without selecting a Plan.
- If you create a Subscription without selecting a Plan, the term field automatically defaults to Evergreen.
When to Use Planless Subscriptions
Planless Subscriptions are ideal when:
- You need custom combinations of products per customer
- Products have different billing intervals
- You want to avoid maintaining multiple plans for similar configurations
- Your pricing model is modular or usage-driven
How to: Create a Planless Subscription
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