Metered usage submission process

Metered usage is submitted and managed differently for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) products such asGoogle Cloud Platform, Azure, and Amazon Web Services pay-as-you-go, and all other products.

Marketplace Manager can submit metered usage data through APIs or file uploads using the Metered Usage option in the UI . AppDirect allows you to submit usage data in standard and customized formats.

The following table provides a comparison of submitting and managing metered usage for IaaS and other products.

Metered usage submission for IaaS and other products

	IaaS billing products	All other products
For products	Google Cloud Platform, Azure, and Amazon Web Services pay-as-you-go	Owned by Developers and marketplaces
Usage is submitted by	AppDirect on behalf of vendor	Developers and Marketplace Managers
Submitted with	Not applicable	Metered usage V1 or V2 REST APIs
Submission structure	Usage submitted in runs. Each run includes one or more data submission requests. Each request includes one or more usage events (individual usage records).	Usage submitted with API requests. Each data submission API request includes one or more usage events (individual usage records).
Processing status and errors visible in user interface	For Marketplace Managers: Yes, for all usage submitted to the marketplace <br> For Developers who belong to the company that owns the marketplace: No <br> For Developers who belong to a Developer company that owns IaaS products: Yes, for all usage for their products submitted to the marketplace	Metered usage V1 API submissions: No <br> Metered usage V2 API submissions: <br> - For Marketplace Managers: Yes, for all usage submitted to the marketplace <br> - For Developers who belong to the company that owns the marketplace: No <br> - For Developers who belong to a Developer company that owns products: Yes, for all usage for their products submitted to the marketplace
Processing status and errors can be retrieved by API	No	By Developers who submitted the usage with the Metered usage V2 API: Yes <br> For Metered usage V1 API submissions: No
Who manages submission errors	AppDirect	Marketplace Managers and Developers who submitted the usage

Related topics

• Standard metered usage submission process
• Custom metered usage submission process