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# How we Price Quortex Switch

## Understanding Your Quortex Switch Billing
This guide explains how billing works for Quortex Switch, so you can plan and manage your usage with confidence.
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### 💼 Business Model Overview
Quortex Switch uses a **Pay As You Go** model, designed to scale with your needs—no upfront commitments, no guessing your future usage.
Your monthly charges are based on three components:

###### Feature Plan
Choose the set of features that best fits your needs:
* **Starter**: Free, includes essential live streaming features.
* **Standard & Premium**: Paid plans offering advanced capabilities.

###### Usage
You’re billed based on actual usage:
* Per million requests to Quortex Switch

###### Service & Support Level
Select the support level that matches your operational needs:
* **Basic**: Free, includes essential support.
* **Professional & Enterprise**: Paid tiers with faster response times and enhanced services.

| Feature Plans and Support Levels apply across all Quortex products. You can find detailed comparisons here for Feature Plans and here for Support Levels.
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### 📊 Usage Pricing for Quortex Switch
Quortex Switch usage is billed based on the number of requests made to the system, which includes the creation of CDN pathways to deliver content to viewers.
| Item | Commitment | Cost per Million Requests |
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| Quortex Switch Usage | Pay As You Go | $20 |
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### 🔍 Estimating Your Usage
To help you forecast your monthly usage, consider the following parameters:
| Information | Example |
| ---- |
| Average number of viewers/month | 1,000,000 |
| Average viewing time per day/viewer | 2 hours |
| Number of peak events/month | 4 (e.g., one football match/weekend) |
| Duration of each peak | 2 hours |
| Viewers during peak events | 2 million |
| Steering frequency | Default is every 5 minutes |

These inputs help generate an **estimated usage**, but remember: **billing is based on actual usage recorded monthly**.
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### 💡 Save with a Quortex Commitment
If you have predictable usage, you can opt for a **Quortex Commitment** to receive discounted rates. Commitments apply across all Quortex products, giving you flexibility and savings.