# Pricing plans and billing for Shopify apps · Meridian > Design plans, features and usage-based pricing, publish them to Shopify Billing, and gate your app with one SDK call. Source: https://www.the-meridian.ai/plan-builder ## Pricing that fits Shopify Billing, without billing code. Design plans, features and usage-based pricing, publish them to Shopify, and gate your app with one SDK call. [Start building](https://app.the-meridian.ai/register) [Read the docs](https://help.the-meridian.ai/plans) ### Pricing plans, built in. Plans, trials, yearly and usage pricing, published to Shopify Billing. - Plans and features, without billing code - Free trials on any plan - Monthly and yearly pricing - Usage-based pricing with a spending cap ### Usage events, measured for you. Every event metered, analysed and logged, store by store. - Define the events you bill and measure - Event analytics over time - Saved views on your stores - Every event, store by store ### The SDK, in your code. Gate features, check limits and track usage from your app. - Feature gating in one call - Limits per plan - Track usage, never twice - React hooks and a server client ### Questions. #### What does Plan Builder add over Shopify App Pricing? Your code can read what each plan includes: feature gates by key, on or off or with a numeric limit. You also get discounts by code or automatic, a pricing page and an account page rendered by the SDK, and usage events with an included quantity, an overage rate and a spending cap, all published to Shopify Billing. #### Does Meridian work with Shopify App Pricing? Meridian's Plan Builder replaces it. Shopify offers two ways to charge merchants: Shopify App Pricing, where you set plans in Shopify and it hosts the plan page, and manual pricing through the Billing API. Plan Builder runs on manual pricing, so your plans, trials, discounts, usage charges and feature gates are all managed in Meridian. #### Why does Plan Builder use Shopify's Billing API? By choice. Shopify App Pricing is young and less flexible: no feature gates in your code, and a plan page Shopify hosts and you cannot change. Plan Builder adds no-code plans, gating, usage analytics and caps, and pricing and account pages inside your app, where you can add reassurance and reviews. #### Can I use Meridian if my app is hosted somewhere else? Yes, for most of it. A self-hosted app keeps feature gating, the CRM, segments, automations, emails, affiliates, the App Store tools and the webhook pipeline, and Meridian still sees the subscriptions it bills itself. Charging merchants through Plan Builder needs Meridian hosting: creating a Shopify charge uses the shop's offline token, which lives in your app's own database. #### We used Mantle. Can we move to Meridian? Yes. Meridian brings plans and billing, CRM, revenue analytics, email, automations and affiliates together with hosting, in one place. Customer Account Blocks moved its app to Meridian in four days after Mantle shut down, with our team's help. Migration services are included on Enterprise, and the team helps on every plan as much as it can. Talk to us to plan yours. #### Do merchants have to approve their subscription again when we move? No. Your merchants' subscriptions live in Shopify, and they keep running when you move. Meridian reads them from the Shopify Partner API, so current plans and billing history show up in Meridian without any merchant approving again. #### Does Meridian take a cut of what I charge merchants? No. Meridian takes no fee or revenue share on the charges you bill through Plan Builder. Merchants pay through Shopify Billing, so Shopify's own revenue share applies as usual, and Meridian is paid only by your plan. ### Loved by Shopify teams. From solo developers to agencies and enterprises. > Meridian quickly became the obvious choice. Our app is already live thanks to the team! Starship Security > We migrated our app to Meridian after Mantle shut down. With the team’s help, it took 4 days. Customer Account Blocks See Meridian in action. Book a demo and we'll walk you through Meridian with your own apps. [Schedule a demo](https://www.the-meridian.ai/contact-sales) In the press ### They talk about Meridian ![The SaaS Hub](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-saashub.jpg) SaaS Hub · Issue #41 #### The Shopify app stack is getting too complicated Issue #41 of Shopify App Founders Edition takes a closer look at Meridian, from hosting and billing to API alerts, MCP and vulnerability scans. [Read the issue](https://thesaashub.com/Shopify-app-founders-edition-newsletter/shopify-app-stack-is-getting-too-complicated) ![The App Collective](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-app-collective.png) The App Collective · Newsletter #### Featured in The App Collective The App Collective newsletter presents Meridian as an operating platform for Shopify app partners: billing, analytics, email and automation. [Read the post](https://lnkd.in/p/eJNA244T) ![Watch For Tools](https://www.the-meridian.ai/assets/press-watchfor-tools.png) watchfor.tools · Directory #### Listed in the Shopify app vendor's toolkit An open, community-rated directory of tools for Shopify app builders features Meridian among its ecosystem suites. [See the listing](https://watchfor.tools/tools/meridian) ### Ready to ship your next Shopify app? Book a personal walkthrough of Meridian. [Schedule a demo](https://www.the-meridian.ai/contact-sales) [Start building](https://app.the-meridian.ai/register)