Overview
A Billing Group is a Ripple-specific grouping method that allows cost calculation to be done in any unit, without depending on the account, subscription, or project structure of each cloud vendor.
As a general rule: 1 invoice = 1 Billing Group.
Steps
1. Create a Billing Group
From the left menu, click Accounts and Groups > Billing Group, then click + Create Billing Group in the top right corner.
A form will appear with the following sections. Fill in the required information and click Register.
Basic Settings — Customer information to be associated with the Billing Group
Resource Settings — Aggregation unit, either by Accounts or Tag.
Invoice Settings — Items to be billed separately from the cloud usage fee (tax, support, etc).
Vendor-Specific Options — Only applicable for Microsoft Azure accounts.
Confirm Settings: Review and Create a Billing Group.
2. Basic Setting
Fill in the customer information to be linked to the Billing Group.
Note: The calculation type can be set to either Unblended or True Unblended per Billing Group. This can only be configured at the time of creation and cannot be changed afterwards.
3. Resource setting
Select the AWS accounts and tags to be aggregated under this Billing Group.
Linked Accounts (consolidated accounts) under your registered Payer Account will be automatically detected and displayed here. Once you select the accounts and create the Billing Group, the selected accounts will be automatically registered in Ripple.
4. Invoice Setting
Configure costs to be added on top of the cloud usage fee.
Sales tax rate (%) - Select tax rate based on the business location
Discount Settings — Set the base usage fee and percentage to be used when calculating discounts (fixed costs are also accepted)
Support Fee — Calculate the support fee based on the usage fee from Ripple's recalculation result
It is also possible to set support plans per account.
Agency Fee — Used to calculate commission fees
It is recommended to link an invoice template to the Billing Group to avoid having to configure the above settings every time.
Note: If you have a special support contract such as Resold Support, please be aware that support costs may be included in the invoice as "Usage", in the same way as AWS services. Please contact us before signing up for Resold Support.
5. Vendor-Specific Options
Configure additional options applicable to Microsoft Azure resources.
6. Confirm Settings
Review the information and click "Create a Billing Group" to complete the setup.
Filtering
You can also filter the billing group by different cloud vendors: AWS, Azure and GCP.
Notes
The list of accounts displayed when creating a Billing Group is based on CUR data. Newly created accounts or accounts with no usage may not appear in the CUR and therefore will not be displayed.
In this case, you will need to register the account directly in Ripple:
Create a new, empty Billing Group from the Billing Group menu.
Go to Accounts and create a new account, then link it to the Billing Group created in the previous step.
If any errors occur during the process or if you have any questions, please contact us via the chat function in the bottom right corner of Ripple, or at ripple_cs@alphaus.cloud for further assistance.