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Fees based on subscriptions purchased, not actual usage

Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited

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Statement
MSA §5.1 Fees: “Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form, (i) fees are based on Services subscriptions purchased and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.” Flexible Buying Models names the Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA) as a fixed-price, fixed-term agreement with unlimited access to Salesforce consumption services, no overages, and no usage-based billing — the published consumption exception to MSA §5.1’s subscription-not-usage fee base. AELA list prices and Flex Credit pack sizes are not published.
Applies when
Invoicing Purchased Services under the MSA, except where an Order Form or AELA expressly provides usage-based / unlimited-consumption commercial terms.
Applies to
MSA Purchased Services User subscriptions. AELA consumption overlay (Agentforce / Data 360 Flex Credits family as named on Flexible Buying Models).
Aliases
MSA §5.1; subscriptions purchased not actual usage
Related metrics
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