Togai data flow

Togai was built keeping in mind pricing configurability and model flexibility at its core. This means the architecture has been built ground up keeping in mind the requirements of different monetization models across pricing strategy (usage based, seat based, hybrid), GTM motions (self-serve, sales led) and payment terms (pre-paid, credits, post-paid, commitments).

There are 4 building blocks in Togai to be configured that can be used to replace your entire billing stack.

Configurable entities in Togai

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Quickstart guide

You can follow this 5 steps to easily get started using Togai to meter and bill your customers.

1

Create an event schema

Defining your event payload that needs to be metered is the 1st step to tracking raw usage. Learn more

2

Define your metering aggregation

The next step is to aggregate the raw event data into aggregated usage metrics. Learn more

3

Configure your price plan

To rate your metered usage, you should model the pricing for your products in a price plan. Learn more

4

Onboard your customers

Add your customers to Togai and associate a price plan to them based on your contract terms. Learn more

5

Automate your invoicing

Once you define your invoice format, your customers will receive their invoices automatically at the end of every billing cycle. Learn more

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Work backwards from your invoice

Working backwards from your customer invoice

Your invoice consists of static and dynamic fields.

  • Static fields - Your company details, your customer’s details, your line items in the invoice and tax rate
  • Dynamic fields - Invoice number, Date of the invoice, invoice period, quantity of the line items and price per unit of the line item

The below table consists of the list of fields in your invoice mapped to the corresponding entity and configuration in Togai.

Invoice fieldType of fieldTogai entity
Company detailsStaticBilling information
Customer detailsStaticCustomer -> account
Line itemsStaticBillable items
Tax rateStaticCustom charges
Invoice numberDynamicInvoice sequence
Date of invoiceDynamicPrice plan (Cycle start date, grace period)
Invoice periodDynamicPrice plan billing cycle
Usage quantityDynamicUsage meter / license quantity
Price per unitDynamicPrice plan (Rate cards)

It is ideal to think of your customer experience (pricing and invoicing) and work backwards from there to configure the relevant entities within Togai. The event schema is defined based on how your product is instrumented. Once all the configurations are done, you can start posting the event data to Togai. The invoices are generated accurately and automatically without manual intervention.