Kelviq

What is Kelviq?

Kelviq is a merchant of record (MoR) and usage billing platform for SaaS and AI products. It combines payments, tax handling, pricing, and feature access control so you can sell globally and charge customers based on subscriptions, one-time purchases, and real-time usage.

The core purpose of Kelviq is to unify checkout, usage metering, entitlements, and billing/tax compliance into one system—reducing the need to stitch together separate components for pricing, metering, and global payments.

Key Features

• Merchant of record for global sales: Kelviq handles tax nexus, VAT, and merchant liability as the MoR, supporting global commercialization without requiring you to run local tax setups.
• Flexible pricing models: Configure flat fees, per-seat, usage/volume/credits, one-time payments, overages, and hybrid pricing within the billing system.
• Real-time usage metering: Ingest events at scale and track units such as AI tokens, API calls, compute units, storage, or active users; update meters without processing lag.
• Billing and usage in one workflow: Run subscriptions, usage charges, and one-time payments side-by-side while keeping invoices aligned to the underlying event stream.
• Entitlements and feature gating: Gate features, cap usage, and enforce credit limits; issue license keys and manage digital downloads/renewals.
• Pre-built UI and self-serve portal: Use hosted checkout and customer portal pages to buy, upgrade, manage invoices and payment methods, and view usage history.

How to Use Kelviq

1. Get started / request a demo to set up your monetization workflow.
2. Configure pricing and meters to define subscription plans, one-time purchases, and how usage should be measured (e.g., tokens or API calls).
3. Integrate the SDKs to report usage events in real time and to check entitlement/access state from your application.
4. Use hosted checkout and the customer portal so customers can purchase, upgrade, and manage invoices without building billing UI yourself.

Use Cases

• Subscription + usage hybrid for an AI assistant: Charge a recurring plan while metering AI tokens or API calls, then apply overages according to your configured pricing strategy.
• Metered billing for agent-based workloads: Track compute units or active usage events for AI agents and adjust charges based on limits and credit consumption.
• Feature access by plan tier: Automatically unlock capabilities for “Basic vs. Pro” users and restrict endpoints or features based on entitlement checks tied to billing status.
• Digital product distribution with license keys: Issue license keys upon successful payment and deliver secure downloads, with renewals and expirations managed through entitlement controls.
• Global SaaS launch without stitching tax/payment stacks: Accept payments across 135+ currencies and local payment methods while relying on Kelviq’s MoR and VAT/tax handling.

FAQ

• Is Kelviq responsible for tax compliance? Kelviq states it acts as merchant of record and handles tax nexus, VAT, and merchant liability.

• What kinds of usage can be metered? The platform is described as tracking units such as AI tokens, API calls, compute units, or active users, including custom units.

• Do I need to build billing UI? No—Kelviq provides hosted checkout pages and a self-serve customer portal for plan changes and payment management.

• How is access control enforced? Kelviq supports entitlement-based gating and limits, linking billing plan state to user state so features unlock after payment succeeds.

• Does Kelviq support real-time limits and updates? The product page describes real-time metering and entitlement checks designed to avoid processing lag and to update meters promptly.

Alternatives

• Standalone payment gateways + separate subscription/usage billing systems: You can combine a gateway with subscription and metering tools, but you typically manage tax handling and reconciliation across components.
• Subscription-first billing platforms without real-time usage metering: Some tools focus on recurring plans and may require additional work to support fast, event-driven metering and entitlement syncing.
• Tax-only or tax automation providers paired with your own MoR setup: If you already have merchant-of-record coverage, tax automation can help; otherwise you still need MoR/payments workflow for global billing.
• Custom-built billing/entitlements services: Building in-house can offer full control over pricing and entitlement logic, but you would need to implement checkout, tax handling, invoicing accuracy, metering, and customer portal functionality yourself.