We designed Metered Guides as a flexible plan for small audiences. When you activate your guide on the Metered plan, we’ll charge your credit card each month based on how many people download your guide.
You can find more information on the differences between our Premium (Full-Service) and Metered (Self-Service) options on our pricing page.
Updates to Guidebook’s Metered Guide plan
Later this year, the features available on the Metered Guide plan will be changing. Any Metered Guides activated before December 1, 2021 will have access to the current features and will maintain current pricing for the remainder of their service term.
Guides activated on the Metered plan before December 1
- You will be charged $5 or £4 per device, depending on your region.
- You can use advanced schedule features.
- You can choose to set your guide to invite-only privacy.
- You can send up to 25 push notifications to your audience.
Guides activated on the Metered plan starting December 1
- You will be charged $6 or £5 per device, depending on your region.
- You can use basic schedule features, but must upgrade if you wish to use schedule tracks, session registration, or preset schedules.
- You can choose to set your guide to public or passphrase privacy, but must upgrade if you wish to use invite-only privacy.
- You can send unlimited inbox notifications to your audience, but must upgrade if you wish to send push notifications.
Metered Guide features
Using the Metered plan, you can build a guide with our basic features.
- Add the Schedule menu item to include your sessions or events.
- Create a Custom List for FAQs, sponsors, speakers, and more.
- Include websites using the Web View menu item.
- Engage your audience with social menu items: Interact and Connect.
If you have questions as you build your Metered guide, you can browse our help center and email our support team: support@guidebook.com.
Features that require an upgrade
If you want to use any of the following features, you must upgrade to our Premium guide plan.
- Guidebook Web
- QR code scavenger hunt game
- Unrestricted support: access to phone support and live chat.
Updates to Guidebook’s Metered Guide plan
Later this year, the features available on the Metered Guide plan will be changing. Any Metered Guides activated before December 1, 2021 will have access to the current features for the remainder of their service term.
Starting December 1, the following features will also require an upgrade to our Premium Guide plan.
- Advanced schedule features
- Invite-only guide privacy setting
- Push notifications
To upgrade, copy your guide’s content into a new guide and activate the new guide using the Premium plan. Later this year, you’ll be able to upgrade your guide directly from the Metered plan to the Premium plan.
Pricing and billing
We will charge you based on the number of unique downloads your guide receives. The first five downloads are free. The price for each additional download depends on your region. We’ll use your credit card billing address to determine your region.
| Region | Price | Currency |
| Americas | $5 per device | USD |
| EMEA | £4 per device | GBP |
| APAC | $5 per device | USD |
Updates to Guidebook’s Metered Guide plan
Later this year, we’ll be updating the price for Metered Guides. All Metered Guides activated before December 1, 2021 will maintain current pricing for the remainder of their service term.
| Region | Current price | Updated price | Currency |
| Americas | $5 per device | $6 per device | USD |
| EMEA | £4 per device | £5 per device | GBP |
| APAC | $5 per device | $6 per device | USD |
We won’t charge you for guide usage immediately. At the end of every month, we’ll calculate the number of new, unique downloads that occurred in the previous month. Once we’ve charged you for a particular device, it’s covered for the remainder of your guide’s service term.
You’ll be charged based on the number of unique devices that download your guide. Using a phone and a tablet to download your guide will result in two device-access charges.
You can view your guide’s billable usage through the Usage details section, in the lower-left corner of your guide dashboard. The chart will update daily.
You can prevent additional device-access charges by terminating your guide’s service.