specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: CSG Systems
providerId: csg
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Billing
  - Customer Engagement
  - Payments
  - Revenue Management
  - Telecom
description: CSG Systems sells enterprise BSS/OSS, billing, and Forte payments via direct sales contracts;
  no public price list exists. Forte payment processing rates are quoted per merchant. Engage CSG sales
  for tiering and per-product pricing.
sources:
  - https://www.csgi.com/products/
notes: No public pricing page. Plans are negotiated directly; replace with merchant or enterprise contract
  values once available.
plans:
  - id: csg-contact-sales
    name: Contact Sales
    type: enterprise
    description: Enterprise / merchant pricing negotiated directly with CSG. Forte payments uses per-transaction
      processing rates; Singleview / Ascendon / ACP are seat- and volume-based subscriptions.
    entries:
      - label: Negotiated subscription
        description: Custom-priced subscription or transaction processing rate
        name: contract
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://api.forte.net
          - https://api.csgi.com
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: CSG Forte REST API
      - name: CSG Forte.js
      - name: CSG Forte React Native SDK
      - name: CSG Singleview Billing API
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - negotiated
  plans:
  - name: Contact Sales
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - month