Overview

Custom contract terms (a special usage allowance, a delayed discount, a one-off renewal clause) often exist only in the signed document, not in any system. Engineering approximates them in the entitlements system; finance approximates them again in a coupon or line item. The two can drift, especially after an amendment. Contract Management removes the second copy: a contract in Stigg is a single object that provisions a customer’s entitlements and drives their invoices, so what you enforce and what you bill can never fall out of sync.

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How it works

A contract represents a signed order form: the sales agreement, whether a PDF or a Salesforce opportunity, that defines what the customer bought. Creating a contract in Stigg attaches that order form and brings together two things that are normally managed separately:

• Entitlement provisioning: achieved by creating subscriptions to custom plans, so what a customer signs is what Stigg enforces.
• Invoice generation: achieved by setting up a billing contract, which defines the payment terms, billing schedule, and line items used to generate invoices.

A contract can include entitlement provisioning, invoice generation, or both, depending on what a given customer needs. When a contract includes a metered feature (like API calls or seats), usage flows directly from the subscription into the billing contract, so it’s reflected in invoices automatically: See Setting up a contract to get started, or Usage-based billing for more on how usage data flows into invoices.

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Benefits

Contract Management gives enterprise invoicing the same flexibility teams otherwise get from spreadsheets and custom scripts, without leaving Stigg or reconciling data by hand.

• Maximum flexibility for enterprise invoicing supports:
  • Any line item
  • Any pricing model
  • Any billing period
  • Any billing cadence (in advance or in arrears)
  • Any payment terms
  • Consolidate line items into one invoice, or bill any of them on a separate invoice, per your choice
  • Invoice anchors (set which date a separate invoice’s billing cycle starts from)
• Native integration with Stigg’s product catalog: contract line items can be mapped directly to the plans, add-ons, and features already modeled in your product catalog.
• Native integration with Stigg’s metering infrastructure: bill usage-based enterprise contracts instantly, using the same usage that’s reported to Stigg.
• Works alongside your existing billing stack: Contract Management orchestrates entitlement provisioning and invoicing on top of tools like Stripe Billing and NetSuite. It doesn’t replace them, and your existing product-led motions are unaffected.
• End-to-end AI monetization: Stigg is the only solution that provides a single experience for both enterprise entitlement provisioning and invoicing, so the two never drift apart.

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