Use cases

Common monetisation patterns

From simple usage billing to deep revenue investigations — patterns Mapato is built for.

Usage-Based Billing

Meter API calls, AI tokens, messages, workflow runs, compute jobs, or other billable actions. Then rate them using the correct plan, allowance, quota, currency, and pricing snapshot.

Hybrid Subscription + Usage Billing

Charge a recurring subscription fee while also billing overages, add-ons, usage, or premium capabilities.

Base Plan: £99/month
Included: 10,000 SMS
Overage: £0.045 per SMS
Add-on: AI voice assistant
Credits: £50 promotional balance

Prepaid Credit Wallets

Allow customers to buy credits upfront, consume them through usage, and top up when balances run low. Ideal for AI products, messaging platforms, developer APIs, infrastructure tools, and marketplace services.

Communications Billing

Rate SMS, WhatsApp, email, voice, OTP, notification, and conversation events. Support included allowances, provider cost mapping, and overage billing.

AI Billing

Track model usage, token consumption, tool calls, generated outputs, agent sessions, and workflow execution. Support customer-visible usage history and credit balance drawdowns.

Marketplace Monetisation

Support merchant billing, platform fees, per-order charges, subscription plans, commissions, and payment routing.

Revenue Investigation

Trace a customer charge from invoice line back to the originating action.

Invoice Line → Economic Record → Rating Result → Usage Event → Original Action → Commercial Decision