Turn Azure Usage Into Accurate Invoices
C3 prices, discounts, splits and reconciles Partner Center Azure usage with your own rules, so every customer gets a clear Azure invoice each month.
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Core benefits
Azure billing without the guesswork
Accurate Azure billing that customers trust and finance can close on, no matter how usage shifts each month.
Close every month faster
Azure invoices are ready as soon as usage arrives. Finance stops rebuilding spreadsheets every cycle.
Protect every Azure margin
Prices never fall below partner cost. Each entitlement earns the margin it should.
Give customers bills they trust
Every invoice matches the agreed price and discount. Fewer disputes reach the team.
Win larger Azure accounts
Each department and site sees its own share of the bill. Large organizations get the cost visibility they expect.
Key features
How Azure usage becomes an invoice
Every Azure charge is priced, discounted and reconciled by the partner’s own rules.
Step 01 · When Azure usage arrives from Microsoft
Bring Azure usage in, ready to bill
Sync Partner Center billing data through Microsoft’s asynchronous API v2.0, built for large datasets. Bill Azure usage on the monthly invoice run while license terms invoice upfront. Keep Azure on an invoice of its own with category-wise invoicing.
- Asynchronous API v2.0 sync
- Monthly usage invoicing
- Category-wise invoicing
Azure usageOctober · Partner CenterAzure plan · Contoso Ltd3 entitlements · usage syncedSyncedAzure plan · Fabrikam Inc1 entitlement · usage syncedSyncedMicrosoft 365 E3 · Contoso LtdAnnual term · invoiced upfrontSeparateCategory-wise invoicingAzure usage billed on its own invoice
- Licenses, software and Azure stay on separate invoices
Step 02 · When you set Azure prices
Price Azure with rules, not spreadsheets
Price Azure Plans with the Percentage on List Price billing type. Stop prices from falling below partner cost with plan-level controls. Set a different rate for any customer at entitlement level. Edit, reset, export and audit each entitlement price in one place.
- Percentage on List Price
- Entitlement-level pricing
- Partner-cost price floor
Azure pricingContoso Ltd · Azure planAzure plan · default rulePercentage on list price
Azure plan · default rulePercentage on list pricePlan ruleEntitlement · ProductionCustom price set for this entitlementOverrideEntitlement · Dev and testPrice reset to the plan rulePlan ruleAudit log3 entitlement price changes this month
- Each change recorded with user and date
Step 03 · When a customer earns a discount
Pass on discounts and savings automatically
Offer consumption-based discount slabs and tiered pricing promotions through Azure Plan coupons. Adjust each discount automatically as the customer’s usage changes. Reflect Savings Plan for Compute in invoices and usage reports, keeping savings in line with billing.
- Consumption-based discount slabs
- Tiered Azure promotions
- Savings Plan for Compute
Azure plan couponContoso Ltd · consumption slabs1Up to $10,000 a monthStandard priceNo discount2$10,000 to $25,000 a month3% off consumptionCurrent tier3Above $25,000 a month5% off consumptionNext tierSavings plan for compute$1,240.00 savings applied this month
- Shown on the invoice and usage report
Step 04 · When one Azure bill has many owners
Split Azure charges across the business
Allocate Azure Plan and entitlement charges across a customer's sites and departments by percentage from the Manage Ownership tab, and generate invoices at entitlement level so each team sees its own consumption.
- Split invoice for Azure Plan
- Percentage-based allocation
- Entitlement-level invoices
Manage ownershipContoso Ltd · Azure plan · $10,000.00- Finance department 40%
- Engineering department 45%
- Marketing department 15%
FFinance department40% allocation$4,000.00EEngineering department45% allocation$4,500.00MMarketing department15% allocation$1,500.00Allocated100%Of the bill
3Departments
1Azure plan
Step 05 · When the month closes
Reconcile Azure and post it to your PSA
Compare billing data with Partner Center in the reconciliation report. Exclude inactive, transferred and irrelevant Azure subscriptions automatically. Push usage-based billing and reserved instances to ConnectWise. Track the Azure margin earned with Revenue vs Cost by category.
- Reconciliation report
- ConnectWise Azure push Add-on
- Revenue vs Cost by category
Azure month-endOctober · reconciliationAzure margin
13.1%Margin- Revenue$48.2k
- Cost$41.9k
Contoso Ltd · Azure planC3 and Partner Center agreeMatchedLitware · Azure planTransferred subscriptionExcludedCWConnectWise ManageUsage and reserved instances sentPushed
Case studies
How CSP partners bill Azure on C3
With C3 as our CSP management platform, we've been able to grow and expand our cloud business efficiently. The Azure billing drill-down is extremely helpful for understanding and optimizing bills, and the Spektra team is genuinely invested in our success.”
C3 lets us focus on our customers instead of getting tangled in complex tools for usage consolidation and invoicing. The interface is friendly and easy to navigate, and we can make quick usage estimates and analyze cost across every metric available.”
As a Direct CSP, we needed a tool to manage all of our license and Azure subscriptions and the associated pricing. C3 understood our issues from the start and gave us a solution that lets us focus on sales while their team handles Microsoft's ever-changing billing, saving us countless hours.”
What can wehelp you find?
What CSP partners ask about billing Azure consumption accurately every month.
How is billing Azure usage different from billing license subscriptions?
License subscriptions bill a known quantity at a known price. Azure Plan usage is metered, so the amount changes every period and arrives as rated usage lines. It needs a pricing rule applied to the usage, rather than a fixed price per seat.
How can I price Azure Plans in C3?
Azure Plans support a Percentage on List Price billing type, and plan-level sale price controls stop prices falling below partner cost. Entitlement-level pricing lets you set a different price for individual Azure entitlements.
Can one customer have a different Azure price for each entitlement?
Yes. With entitlement-level pricing turned on, you can set, edit, reset and export the price of each Azure entitlement, review every change in the audit log and generate invoices at entitlement level.
How do I offer volume discounts on Azure consumption?
Use Azure Plan coupons with consumption-based discount slabs or tiered Azure pricing promotions, so the discount tier follows the customer's usage automatically.
Is Azure Savings Plan for Compute reflected on customer invoices?
Yes. Azure Savings Plan for Compute is reflected in invoices and usage reports, so savings calculations stay aligned with what you bill.
How do I reconcile Azure charges against Microsoft's invoice?
Use the reconciliation report, which excludes inactive, transferred and irrelevant Azure subscriptions. Partner Center billing data is synced through Microsoft's asynchronous API v2.0, which handles large datasets faster.
Run Your Next Azure Billing Cycle on Rules
See Azure usage priced, discounted, split and reconciled in C3, using a Partner Center scenario from your own business.
