One-Off Purchases

One-off purchases are single-charge plans that don’t recur. They’re used for one-time top-ups, lifetime access plans, or any plan where the customer pays once.

Example
An AI platform lets users buy 500 credits for $10 as a one-time purchase. The credits never expire and can be used at any pace.

Setting up

CLI
Dashboard

Set the plan’s price.interval to one_off, or omit interval on the item price for a one-time charge:

autumn.config.ts

import { feature, item, plan } from 'atmn';

export const credits = feature({
  id: 'credits',
  name: 'Credits',
  type: 'metered',
  consumable: true,
});

export const creditTopUp = plan({
  id: 'credit_top_up',
  name: 'Credit Top-Up',
  items: [
    item({
      featureId: credits.id,
      price: {
        amount: 10,
        billingUnits: 500,
        billingMethod: 'prepaid',
        interval: 'one_off',
      },
    }),
  ],
});

Push changes with atmn push.

How it works

When a customer purchases a one-off plan:

Autumn creates a Stripe invoice (not a subscription) and charges it immediately
The feature balance is provisioned with the purchased quantity
The balance has a one_off interval — it never resets or expires

One-off purchases don’t create Stripe subscriptions. They generate a one-time invoice instead.

Purchasing a one-off plan

For prepaid one-off plans, pass the desired quantity via the options array:

import { Autumn } from "autumn-js";

const autumn = new Autumn({ secretKey: "am_sk_..." });

const { data } = await autumn.checkout({
  customer_id: "user_123",
  plan_id: "credit_top_up",
  options: [{
    feature_id: "credits",
    quantity: 1000,
  }],
});

from autumn_sdk import Autumn

autumn = Autumn("am_sk_...")

response = await autumn.checkout(
    customer_id="user_123",
    plan_id="credit_top_up",
    options=[{
        "feature_id": "credits",
        "quantity": 1000,
    }],
)

curl -X POST "https://api.useautumn.com/v1/checkout" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer am_sk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "customer_id": "user_123",
    "plan_id": "credit_top_up",
    "options": [{
      "feature_id": "credits",
      "quantity": 1000
    }]
  }'

One-off prices within a subscription

A subscription plan can include both recurring and one-off prices. When it does, Autumn splits them at checkout:

Recurring prices bill every cycle as part of the Stripe subscription
One-off prices are charged once on the first invoice only

This is useful for setup fees, one-time credit grants, or any charge that should happen once when the customer subscribes.

Example
A Pro plan charges $20/month plus a one-time $50 setup fee. The customer’s first invoice is $70, and subsequent invoices are $20.

CLI
Dashboard

Add a non-consumable feature for the setup fee, then include it as a separate one-off item alongside the recurring base price:

autumn.config.ts

import { feature, item, plan } from 'atmn';

export const setupFee = feature({
  id: 'setup_fee',
  name: 'Setup Fee',
  type: 'metered',
  consumable: false,
});

export const pro = plan({
  id: 'pro',
  name: 'Pro',
  price: { amount: 20, interval: 'month' },
  items: [
    item({
      featureId: setupFee.id,
      price: {
        amount: 50,
        billingMethod: 'prepaid',
        interval: 'one_off',
      },
    }),
  ],
});

When you attach the plan, you can select a quantity for the setup fee. The $20/month base price recurs on every invoice. The setup fee item is charged once on the first invoice only.

Create a boolean feature for the setup fee (e.g., setup_fee)
Create a plan with a recurring base price (e.g., $20/month)
Add the setup fee feature as an item and set its price interval to One-off
The recurring charge will bill every cycle; the one-off charge applies to the first invoice only

Balance stacking

One-off balances stack with existing balances from subscriptions. Autumn uses deduction order to ensure shorter-interval balances (e.g., monthly) are used before one-off (lifetime) balances.

Use cases

Use case	Configuration
Credit top-up	Prepaid price, add-on, no base price
Lifetime plan	One-off base price, features with no reset
One-time fee	One-off base price, no features
Setup fee + subscription	Recurring base price, one-off item price on same plan

Getting Started

Configure Pricing

Billing & Subscriptions

Customers

Additional Resources

Lakehouse

One-Off Purchases

Setting up

How it works

Purchasing a one-off plan

One-off prices within a subscription

Balance stacking

Use cases

​Setting up

​How it works

​Purchasing a one-off plan

​One-off prices within a subscription

​Balance stacking

​Use cases

Setting up

How it works

Purchasing a one-off plan

One-off prices within a subscription

Balance stacking

Use cases