> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Plans and Pricing

> Learn how to create customized pricing plans for your products or services with m3ter. 

Plans represent a pricing and billing plan for end-customers who consume your products or services. They are derived from Plan Templates.

Pricing is the process of configuring the exact pricing structure you want to apply for charging end-customer Accounts that are placed on your Product Plans. You can create either usage-based or unit-based pricing for your Product Plans:

* Use Aggregations of metered usage data as the pricing metrics to apply usage-based pricing.
* Use Counters for unit quantities on Accounts as the pricing metrics to apply unit-based pricing.
* Combine usage-based and unit-based pricing for a single Plan to implement hybrid pricing for a product or service you offer to customers.

This section provides detailed guidance on how to create, configure, and price up the Plan Templates and Plans you need to meet the precise pricing and billing you want to apply to your end-customer Accounts:

* [Creating and Working with Plan Templates and Plans](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans)

  * [Reviewing Options for Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/reviewing-configuration-options-for-plans-and-plan-templates)
  * [Understanding Billing Options for Plan Templates/Plans](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/understanding-billing-options-for-plan-templates-plans)
  * [Creating Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/creating-plan-templates)
  * [Creating Plans](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/creating-plans)
  * [Editing Plan Templates and Plans](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/editing-plan-templates-and-plans)
  * [Working with Plan Groups](/guides/plans-and-pricing/working-with-plan-templates-and-plans/working-with-plan-groups)
* [Pricing and Managing Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans)

  * [Reviewing Pricing Options for Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans/reviewing-pricing-options-and-pricing-plans)
  * [Pricing Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans/pricing-plans)
  * [Pricing Plans Using Segmented Aggregations](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans/pricing-plans-using-segmented-aggregations)
  * [Managing and Editing Priced Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans/managing-and-editing-priced-plans-or-plan-templates)
  * [Duplicating Priced Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans/duplicating-priced-plans-or-plan-templates)

<Warning>
  **Important! Unit-based pricing using Counters for recurring subscription charges**. The second part of this section for [Pricing and Managing Plans and Plan Templates](/guides/plans-and-pricing/pricing-plans) covers how to apply usage-based pricing to your Plan Templates and Plans using *Aggregations* as the pricing metrics. For full details on how to create *Counters* and use them as the pricing metrics to apply unit-based pricing to Plan Templates and Plans for recurring subscription charges on Accounts, please see the [Recurring Charges: Counters](/guides/recurring-charges-counters) section.
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