diff --git a/pages/billing/additional-content/assets/scaleway-invoice-taxes.webp b/pages/billing/additional-content/assets/scaleway-invoice-taxes.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3879109b42 Binary files /dev/null and b/pages/billing/additional-content/assets/scaleway-invoice-taxes.webp differ diff --git a/pages/billing/additional-content/understanding-savings-plans.mdx b/pages/billing/additional-content/understanding-savings-plans.mdx index 102dfd2bbd..4f237d1557 100644 --- a/pages/billing/additional-content/understanding-savings-plans.mdx +++ b/pages/billing/additional-content/understanding-savings-plans.mdx @@ -19,25 +19,50 @@ Scaleway's Savings Plan is a commitment-based discount program that provides mor When you purchase a Savings Plan, you: -- Commit to a specific amount of resource usage each month, calculated before taxes and discounts. This is the usage amount you will be billed for at the Savings Plan rate. -- Will be charged at the Savings Plan's discounted rate for any usage within your committed amount. - - This means that: - - If you use less than what you committed to, you will still be billed for the committed amount with the Savings Plan discount applied. - - If you use more than the committed amount, the extra usage will be charged at the regular on-demand rate. - -- The Savings Plan discount will apply to the committed amount. +1. Commit to a certain amount of spending per month for a set period of time (3 years, for example). Commitment rates are calculated based on the public prices of resources before taxes and do not include any discounts. +2. Receive a discount on your monthly bill in exchange. +3. Have the discount applied to the total amount of resources you use, up to the committed amount. + + Keep in mind that: + - If you use less than you committed to, you will still be billed for the committed amount with the Savings Plan discount applied. + - If you use more resources than the committed amount, you will be charged the standard prices for the excess amount. + +### Example + +If you have a Compute Savings Plan with a committed amount of 900€ per month over 3 years, a 10% discount is applied. Your consumption within the Savings Plan will cost you 810€ per month. + +If in the month of March you consume: + +| Number of Instances | Instance Type | Hourly Price | Usage (in hours) | Monthly total | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | +| 1 | DEV-1S | €0.008 | 744 | €5.95 | +| 1 | POP2-64C-256G | €2.35 | 381 | €895.35 | +| | | | **Total** | **€901.30** | + +You will be charged: + +| Detail | Amount | +| --- | --- | +| Savings plan committed amount | €900 | +| Savings plan 10% discount | -€90 | +| Additional consumption | €1.03 | +| **Total untaxed bill** | **€811.03** | + +To sum up: + +Since the Savings Plan has a committed amount of **€900**, you would be charged the discounted monthly fee for the committed amount (**€810**) added to the excess amount used above the committed amount, charged at the standard price (**€1.03**) equating to your total untaxed bill in March (**€811.03**). + ### Eligibility and quotas Your Organization is eligible to purchase a Savings Plan if: - - It does not have any ongoing contracts with Scaleway + - It does not have any ongoing signed sales agreements with Scaleway - You have verified your identity via the Scaleway console - Does not have any outstanding invoices @@ -72,13 +97,15 @@ Understanding this order helps you optimize your savings and ensure that you mak Savings plans cannot be canceled or exchanged. -If you need to request a change to your savings plan, [contact the sales team](https://www.scaleway.com/en/contact-sales/). +If you need to request a change to your savings plan, [contact the sales team](http://scaleway.com/en/cancel-saving-plans/ ). We do not make refunds for savings plans that have already been invoiced. ### Taxes and currency -The total cost displayed for the Savings Plan does not include applicable taxes. Taxes are displayed on a dedicated section of the invoice. +The total cost displayed for the Savings Plan does not include applicable taxes. Taxes are displayed on a dedicated section of the invoice, under the summary of your Projects' total consumption. + + Currently, we invoice all customers in euros (EUR). If your primary currency is different, our Payment Service Providers (PSPs) apply the prevailing exchange rate. @@ -104,4 +131,4 @@ The following resources are **not** covered by the Savings Plan discount: The list of products included in the Compute Savings plan is subject to periodic changes. - \ No newline at end of file +