If you have an existing relationship with a Google Cloud Marketplace vendor, they can send you a private offer so that you pay a custom or discounted price for their software. This page explains how to accept, purchase, and manage your private offers.
If you want to request a custom quote for a product, you can contact the vendor's sales team (Preview), if they've enabled this capability.
Private offers are typically for a set duration, such as 12 months, during which you pay a custom price. If you're already paying for the product, any adjusted pricing begins as soon as the contract starts. When the contract has ended, you can continue using the software by paying the list price, or you can work with the vendor before the current contract ends to renew the offer or receive a new offer.
When a Cloud Marketplace vendor sets up a private offer, they specify several details, including the following:
- Customer details: Your organization's information, including a Cloud Billing account from your Google Cloud organization. To view and purchase the offer, you must have access to the Cloud Billing account listed in the offer.
- Offer pricing: The customized pricing you receive based on the product's pricing plan.
- Payment schedule: The frequency and timing for how you pay for the offer. You're charged either upfront (Prepay) or monthly (Postpay).
- Contract duration: How long the offer is in effect.
- End user license agreement (EULA): The terms governing your usage of the product.
You can purchase an offer only once. To update an offer, the vendor sends you a new offer to replace the active one.
Before you begin
- Verify the Cloud Billing account that the Cloud Marketplace vendor used for the private offer.
For the Cloud Billing account listed in the offer, you must have the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) role(s):
- Billing Administrator (
roles/billing.admin) OR - Billing User (
roles/billing.user) AND Consumer Procurement Order Administrator (roles/consumerprocurement.orderAdmin)
If you don't have the correct role(s), request access from a Billing Administrator or Organization Administrator. For information and steps on granting roles, see Access control.
- Billing Administrator (
Accept a private offer
To receive a private offer, the vendor sends you a link. The link opens an offer page in the Google Cloud console, similar to the following example:
To view and accept a private offer, complete the following steps based on the type of Cloud Marketplace product:
SaaS
Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.
Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details. Click NEXT.
In the Settings section of the offer, confirm the Cloud Billing account that will be charged for the offer.
Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences later on the Your orders page.
Click NEXT.
In the Review and subscribe section, review the final details, including the plan policy. To acknowledge the additional requirements, select the checkboxes.
Click SUBSCRIBE. A window appears to confirm your subscription.
In the confirmation window, click VIEW ORDERS to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click GO TO MARKETPLACE to browse Cloud Marketplace.
Depending on the product, you might need to activate your subscription directly with the vendor.
After you subscribe, the vendor is prompted to accept the offer. The offer pricing takes effect on the contract start date, as outlined in the offer.
VM
Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.
Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details. Click NEXT.
In the Settings section of the offer, confirm the Cloud Billing account that will be charged for the offer.
Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences later on the Your orders page.
Click NEXT.
In the Review and subscribe section, review the final details, including the plan policy. Select the checkboxes to acknowledge the additional requirements.
Click SUBSCRIBE. A window appears to confirm your subscription.
In the confirmation window, click VIEW ORDERS to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click GO TO PRODUCT PAGE to deploy or configure your product.
Kubernetes
Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.
Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details.
Confirm the Cloud Billing account that will be charged for the offer.
Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences later on the Your orders page.
Review the final details, including the plan policy. To acknowledge the additional requirements, select the checkboxes.
Click Accept. A window appears to confirm your subscription.
In the confirmation window, click VIEW ORDERS to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click GO TO PRODUCT PAGE to deploy or configure your product.
It might take a few minutes before your order is active. The offer pricing takes effect on the contract start date, as outlined in the offer.
Accept offers with auto-renew
If the vendor has configured auto-renew, you can enable the private offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract. If you enable auto-renew, the renewed offer uses the same contract duration as the current offer. For offers that charge based on your usage, the renewed offer might include changes in usage metric pricing if the vendor has updated their public pricing plan. Otherwise, the renewed offer has the same pricing as the current offer.
To enable or cancel auto-renew, see Manage your accepted offers.
Download offers as a PDF
Share the offer with others in your organization, or keep a record of the offer, by saving your offer to a PDF. You can include the EULA or notes from the vendor. The PDF includes the order ID and associated billing account information.
To download the offer, in the menu bar, click Actions.