How does pricing scale?

**How does pricing scale?**

Short answer: Certain’s pricing scales by four factors — product subscription, SaaS edition (Basic/Pro/Enterprise), transaction volumes (prepaid transaction packages), and any miscellaneous services. Transactions are purchased and prepaid annually; if your actual usage exceeds the purchased transactions an overage is billed (monthly or quarterly) based on your last per‑participant price plus an additional per‑participant fee.

Details:

- Pricing foundations: Product subscription + Edition + Transaction volumes + Miscellaneous services.

- Transactions are ordered at contract execution and prepaid for the annual term. Overages occur if Usage > Transactions purchased.

- Transaction types include (but aren’t limited to): named user accounts, prepaid event participant transactions, marketing emails, meeting requesters/approvers, mobile app usage and event views. Base prices vary by Edition.

- Event Participant Transactions count when a registration is marked Complete and a "Reg Date Completed" timestamp exists; test or never‑completed registrations are not counted. Note this completion cannot be retroactively undone.

- Import entitlement: Pro and Enterprise editions get import entitlement equal to 20× the participants in your latest participant package; additional imports are billed at $0.20 USD/import (volume discounts negotiable).

- Named user billing: Administrator, Event Builder, and Registration Support users are billable; Reports & Approval and Reports Only are not counted.

- Overage billing: Charged monthly or quarterly for the remainder of the subscription; rates are tied to your last per‑participant purchase price plus an additional fee. For specific overage pricing, contact your Certain representative.

Source: [Transaction Pricing Policy](https://certain.com/pricing-policy)

Quick question: Are you evaluating pricing for a single event, a program of recurring events, or enterprise‑wide usage across many events?