AWS marketplace documentation change
Summary
Updated maximum contract duration for multi-annual/custom duration offers from 3 years to 12 years
Security assessment
The change extends maximum contract duration limits for private offers from 3 to 12 years. This is a business/pricing model update with no security implications. No vulnerabilities, security weaknesses, or security incidents are mentioned.
Diff
diff --git a/marketplace/latest/userguide/pricing-ami-products.md b/marketplace/latest/userguide/pricing-ami-products.md index a52ed1df4..e4f3b188f 100644 --- a//marketplace/latest/userguide/pricing-ami-products.md +++ b//marketplace/latest/userguide/pricing-ami-products.md @@ -44 +44 @@ Bring your own license (BYOL) | AWS Marketplace doesn't charge customers for us -Paid hourly or hourly-annual | **Hourly** – Software is charged by the hour. Each instance type can be priced differently (but it isn't required to be), and usage is rounded up to the nearest whole hour. **Hourly with Free Trial** – Customers are limited to running exactly one instance of the software without incurring a charge. You define the duration, between 5 and 30 days. The free trial applies to the most expensive instance type that is running, and any concurrent usage outside the 1 instance is billed at the hourly rate. NOTE: This is a different model than the AWS Free Tier for Amazon EC2 usage whereby customers are given 750 hours of free usage each month. **Hourly and Monthly** – Both hourly and monthly charges are applied independently. The monthly fee is charged every month regardless of usage, and the hourly fee is applied based on hourly usage only. **Hourly with Annual** – Customers have the option to purchase a year’s worth of usage upfront for one Amazon EC2 instance of one instance type. You set the pricing for each instance type and can offer net savings over the hourly price. Any customer usage above the number of annual subscriptions purchased is billed at the hourly rate you set for that instance type. **Hourly with Multi-Annual and Custom Duration** – This type of offer is only available through seller private offers. Using seller private offers, you specify a custom contract duration, up to 3 years. You can specify upfront payment, or include a flexible payment schedule. You set the pricing for each instance type. If there is a flexible payment schedule in the offer, you also set the invoice dates, payment amounts, and number of instances for each instance type included in the offer. For an active seller private offer with a flexible payment schedule, after the customer launches the specified number of instances, any additional instances launched are charged at the hourly rate specified in the seller private offer. For more information about multi-year and custom duration contracts, see [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html) and [Private offer installment plans](./installment-plans.html). **Hourly with Annual (includes Free Trial)** – This is identical to the Hourly model with an Annual option, except it includes a Free Trial allowing a customer to run one instance of any instance type for free for a set number of days that you determine. Annual subscriptions can be purchased at any time, and they are combined with the Free Trial subscription. **Annual with Hourly** – Same as the Hourly with Annual pricing model. Customers have the option to purchase a year’s worth of usage upfront for one Amazon EC2 instance of one instance type. You set the pricing for each instance type and can offer net savings over the hourly price, but offering savings isn't required. Any customer usage above the number of annual subscriptions purchased is billed at the hourly rate you set for that instance type. **Multi-Annual and Custom Duration with Hourly** – This is only available through [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html). Using seller private offers, you can specify a custom duration contract of up to three years. You can require upfront payment, or you can offer a flexible payment schedule to the customer. You set the pricing for each instance type for the duration of the contract, and the hourly pricing for additional instances launched. If you offer a flexible payment schedule, you also set the invoice dates, payment amounts, and number of instances for each instance type included in the offer. For an active private offer with a flexible payment schedule, after the specified number of instances have been launched, any additional instances the customer launches are charged at the hourly rate specified in the private offer. For more information about multi-year and custom duration contracts, see [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html) and [Private offer installment plans](./installment-plans.html). +Paid hourly or hourly-annual | **Hourly** – Software is charged by the hour. Each instance type can be priced differently (but it isn't required to be), and usage is rounded up to the nearest whole hour. **Hourly with Free Trial** – Customers are limited to running exactly one instance of the software without incurring a charge. You define the duration, between 5 and 30 days. The free trial applies to the most expensive instance type that is running, and any concurrent usage outside the 1 instance is billed at the hourly rate. NOTE: This is a different model than the AWS Free Tier for Amazon EC2 usage whereby customers are given 750 hours of free usage each month. **Hourly and Monthly** – Both hourly and monthly charges are applied independently. The monthly fee is charged every month regardless of usage, and the hourly fee is applied based on hourly usage only. **Hourly with Annual** – Customers have the option to purchase a year’s worth of usage upfront for one Amazon EC2 instance of one instance type. You set the pricing for each instance type and can offer net savings over the hourly price. Any customer usage above the number of annual subscriptions purchased is billed at the hourly rate you set for that instance type. **Hourly with Multi-Annual and Custom Duration** – This type of offer is only available through seller private offers. Using seller private offers, you specify a custom contract duration, up to 12 years. You can specify upfront payment, or include a flexible payment schedule. You set the pricing for each instance type. If there is a flexible payment schedule in the offer, you also set the invoice dates, payment amounts, and number of instances for each instance type included in the offer. For an active seller private offer with a flexible payment schedule, after the customer launches the specified number of instances, any additional instances launched are charged at the hourly rate specified in the seller private offer. For more information about multi-year and custom duration contracts, see [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html) and [Private offer installment plans](./installment-plans.html). **Hourly with Annual (includes Free Trial)** – This is identical to the Hourly model with an Annual option, except it includes a Free Trial allowing a customer to run one instance of any instance type for free for a set number of days that you determine. Annual subscriptions can be purchased at any time, and they are combined with the Free Trial subscription. **Annual with Hourly** – Same as the Hourly with Annual pricing model. Customers have the option to purchase a year’s worth of usage upfront for one Amazon EC2 instance of one instance type. You set the pricing for each instance type and can offer net savings over the hourly price, but offering savings isn't required. Any customer usage above the number of annual subscriptions purchased is billed at the hourly rate you set for that instance type. **Multi-Annual and Custom Duration with Hourly** – This is only available through [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html). Using seller private offers, you can specify a custom duration contract of up to 12 years. You can require upfront payment, or you can offer a flexible payment schedule to the customer. You set the pricing for each instance type for the duration of the contract, and the hourly pricing for additional instances launched. If you offer a flexible payment schedule, you also set the invoice dates, payment amounts, and number of instances for each instance type included in the offer. For an active private offer with a flexible payment schedule, after the specified number of instances have been launched, any additional instances the customer launches are charged at the hourly rate specified in the private offer. For more information about multi-year and custom duration contracts, see [Preparing a private offer for your AWS Marketplace product](./private-offers-overview.html) and [Private offer installment plans](./installment-plans.html).