INTRODUCTION
Managing Reserved Instances and Savings Plans across a growing client portfolio isn't just a technical challenge — it's a financial one. The wrong commitment size, a missed utilization signal, or a client exposed to on-demand pricing you could have avoided: these are the gaps that erode margin and damage trust.
Ripple's Guaranteed Commitment Manager is built to close those gaps — giving MSPs a single control layer to manage client commitment access, and giving clients a guided experience that makes commitment decisions feel less like a gamble and more like a strategy.
This guide introduces how Ripple Commitment Management works, what the platform does, and where to go when you're ready to set it up.
What Are Guaranteed Commitments?
Guaranteed Commitments are AWS Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans (SPs) with a money-back guarantee. After the minimum usage period (lock-in period), if the total monthly savings generated by the commitments become negative, the difference is refunded — bringing net savings back to zero. Your costs will never exceed on-demand pricing.
There are two types of Guaranteed Commitments:
Guaranteed Reserved Instance (GRI) — A Reserved Instance with a money-back guarantee on savings.
Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) — A Savings Plan with the same money-back guarantee mechanism.
How the Risk Premium works: The Risk Premium is the cost of the guarantee — calculated as a percentage of realized monthly savings, not a flat fee. If utilization drops and savings decrease, the Risk Premium decreases proportionally. If monthly savings reach zero, no Risk Premium is charged.
Available plans:
Flexible Plan (30-Day): 30-day lock-in period with a higher Risk Premium rate. Best for variable or unpredictable workloads.
High Discount (1-Year) and 1 + 3 Year: 365-day lock-in period with a lower Risk Premium rate. Best for stable, predictable workloads where deeper savings are the priority.
This is where Ripple's Guaranteed Commitment Manager comes in — giving MSPs the control layer to enable Guaranteed Commitments for their clients, and giving clients the tools to purchase and manage them through WavePro.
Ripple’s Guaranteed Commitment Manager and Who It's Built For
Ripple Guaranteed Commitment Manager is a purpose-built feature for MSPs and cloud partners who manage or resell cloud services for their clients. It connects two platforms — Ripple and WavePro — into one unified workflow, giving partners control over commitment access from a single place.
Ripple: MSP Management Console
Ripple is where MSPs operate. Built for cloud billing management, it also provides the administrative layer for configuring how Guaranteed Commitments work across all your client organizations.
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Think of Ripple as the control tower: you enable access and define which clients can interact with commitments through WavePro.
WavePro: Client Self-Service Commitment Experience
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WavePro is the interface clients use to manage their own commitment strategy. Through WavePro, clients can review commitment plan recommendations, purchase Guaranteed Commitments, and track what they hold — all from an interface designed to make commitments approachable and actionable.
What You Can Do with Guaranteed Commitment Manager
For MSPs in Ripple
From the Guaranteed Commitment Manager, you can enable Guaranteed Commitments for your clients. When enabled, the client gains access to WavePro's commitment features — the Commitment Planner and Commitment Inventory — where they can review recommendations and purchase Guaranteed Commitments.
For Clients in WavePro
When Guaranteed Commitments is enabled, clients gain access to two tools:
Commitment Planner — Evaluates historical AWS usage and generates structured, data-driven commitment recommendations. Clients can review the recommendations and purchase Guaranteed Commitments directly from the planner.
Commitment Inventory — A record of all purchased Guaranteed Commitments, including service type, utilization rate, and cost reduction effect (monthly cost and monthly savings).
Ready to Get Started?
Setting up Guaranteed Commitment Manager involves onboarding your AWS Organization, configuring your billing account, and enabling access for your clients.
Follow the step-by-step guides below to get up and running:
👉 Setting Up and Managing Guaranteed Commitments in Ripple →
👉Using WavePro to Plan, Purchase, and Track Guaranteed Commitments →