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Usage-Based Billing Patterns

Metered billing with Stripe for pay-as-you-go pricing including usage recording, tracking, limits, dashboards, and enforcement middleware.

What's Included#

  • Usage recording to Stripe metered subscription items with local storage
  • Usage tracking middleware for automatic API call counting
  • Buffered batch processing to reduce Stripe API calls
  • Usage summary and history retrieval grouped by metric and time period
  • Per-plan usage limits with enforcement and upgrade prompts
  • Usage dashboard component with progress bars and percentage indicators
  • API middleware for enforcing limits and returning 429 responses

Usage#

Via CLI#

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Via AI Assistant#

Ask your AI assistant:

  • "Use the usage billing pattern from Bootspring"
  • "Apply the Bootspring usage billing pattern to my project"

Key Considerations#

  • Buffer usage records and batch-write to Stripe to reduce API call volume
  • Show real-time usage metrics so users can monitor their consumption
  • Send warning notifications at 80% usage to prevent surprise limit hits
  • Handle limit-exceeded scenarios gracefully with clear upgrade paths
  • Track usage locally for fast dashboard queries while syncing to Stripe for billing

Related Patterns#