Kelviq

Kelviq: The Ultimate Global Software Monetization Platform

In the modern digital economy, building a product is only half the battle. Managing revenue, navigating global tax laws, and implementing complex billing logic can often consume more resources than the core development itself. Kelviq is designed to solve this exact problem. Built by builders, for builders, Kelviq provides a unified home for global software monetization, offering a complete revenue stack that includes payments, usage billing, tax compliance, and entitlements in one seamless system.

What’s Kelviq?

Kelviq is a robust software monetization and revenue infrastructure platform specifically engineered for SaaS and AI companies. It serves as a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to monetize their products without the technical debt of building custom billing engines or the legal burden of managing international taxes.

At its core, Kelviq acts as your Merchant of Record (MoR), which means it takes on the legal and financial responsibility for every transaction. Beyond just payment processing, Kelviq integrates real-time usage metering and dynamic entitlements, allowing you to gate features, track AI token consumption, and manage global compliance from a single dashboard. Whether you are launching a startup or scaling an enterprise AI agent, Kelviq provides the infrastructure to ship your revenue stack in one deploy.

Key Features of Kelviq

Kelviq is packed with features designed to handle the complexities of modern software sales. Below are the primary pillars of the platform:

1. Merchant of Record (MoR) and Global Tax Compliance

One of the most significant hurdles to global scaling is tax liability. Kelviq offloads this burden entirely. As your Merchant of Record, Kelviq shields your business from global tax nexus and compliance risks.

• Tax Liability: Kelviq assumes responsibility for global taxes, managing VAT/GST filings and monitoring thresholds in every major market.
• Audit Defense: The platform provides protection against audits and manages chargeback disputes on your behalf.
• Global Payments: Accept payments in over 135 currencies and local payment methods. Kelviq handles FX conversion and routes clean revenue directly to your bank.

2. Flexible Pricing Models and Usage-Based Billing

Static pricing is a thing of the past. Kelviq enables you to deploy highly flexible pricing strategies that match how your customers actually use your product.

• Pricing Models: Implement flat fees, per-seat charges, tiered usage, volume-based pricing, credits, one-time payments, overages, or hybrid models.
• Real-Time Metering: Track every AI token, API call, compute unit, or active user with zero latency. Every invoice line item can be linked back to a raw event log for total transparency.
• Billing Sync: Kelviq keeps subscriptions, usage, and one-time payments in sync, ensuring invoices always match reality.

3. Dynamic Entitlements and Access Control

Stop hard-coding permissions into your application. Kelviq links your billing plan directly to the user’s state.

• Feature Gating: Automatically unlock or lock features based on the user's plan (e.g., Basic vs. Pro).
• Usage Limits: Enforce limits on seats or API calls automatically without manual intervention.
• License Keys: Issue license keys instantly upon payment and manage secure digital downloads and file delivery.

4. Pre-Built UI: Checkout and Customer Portal

Kelviq provides hosted, high-conversion UI components so you don't have to build them from scratch.

• Hosted Checkout: A secure checkout experience for web and mobile that supports cards, wallets, and local methods. You can enable trials and coupons without writing new code.
• Self-Serve Portal: Let your customers manage their own subscriptions, change payment methods, view usage history, and download receipts, significantly reducing support tickets.

Use Cases for Kelviq

Kelviq is optimized for various software-driven business models:

• AI Companies and Agents: Track granular usage such as tokens and compute units in real-time. Kelviq is specifically designed to handle the high-volume, event-based billing required by AI platforms.
• SaaS Platforms: Ideal for B2B or B2C SaaS that requires per-seat pricing, hybrid usage models, and global distribution without setting up local entities in every country.
• Developer Tools: Sell API access with overage protection and credit-based systems. Gate advanced analytics or premium features behind specific tiers.
• Digital Fulfillment: Deliver secure license keys and private download links for software and digital assets immediately upon successful payment.

How to Use Kelviq

Kelviq is built for developers, offering SDKs that feel native to your stack, including support for Node, Python, TypeScript, and React.

Frontend Integration

Use the Kelviq React UI components to gate features based on the user's plan logic defined in your dashboard:

import { FeatureGate } from '@kelviq/react-ui';

// Automatically checks user status
<FeatureGate id="advanced-analytics" fallback={<UpgradeButton />}>
  <ProDashboardView />
</FeatureGate>

Real-Time Usage Tracking

Track usage events from your backend with minimal infrastructure overhead:

import { Kelviq } from '@kelviq/node-sdk';

// Track AI tokens in real-time
await kelviq.reportUsage('ai-tokens', {
  value: 450,
  customerId: 'user_882'
});

Backend Logic and Access Control

Perform authorization checks without complex database lookups or webhooks:

import { kelviq } from '@kelviq/node-sdk';

// Single call to authorize feature access
const { granted } = await kelviq.hasAccess('advanced-analytics');

if (!granted) {
  return res.status(403).send("Please upgrade your plan");
}

Pricing

Kelviq offers a transparent pricing structure that scales with your growth. There are no hidden fees for metering or feature gating; everything is included in a simple transaction fee.

• Introductory Rate: 2.9% + 40¢ per transaction for the first $5,000 in total volume.
• Standard Rate: 3.5% + 40¢ per transaction after the initial $5,000 volume threshold is reached.

Included in all plans:

• Global tax & VAT compliance
• Real-time usage metering
• Real-time feature gating
• Fraud and chargeback protection

FAQ

Q: What is a Merchant of Record (MoR)? A: A Merchant of Record is a legal entity responsible for selling products to a customer. By using Kelviq as your MoR, Kelviq handles all tax collection, compliance, and financial liability, allowing you to sell globally without needing local business entities.

Q: Does Kelviq support usage-based pricing? A: Yes. Kelviq is built for usage-based models. You can meter tokens, API calls, storage, or any custom unit in real-time and link them directly to your billing.

Q: How does Kelviq handle feature gating? A: Kelviq provides dynamic entitlements. You can define access rules in the dashboard, and the Kelviq SDK will enforce those limits or unlock features in your app instantly without you having to manage a complex permissions database.

Q: Can I use Kelviq with my existing tech stack? A: Absolutely. Kelviq offers native SDKs for Node and Python, along with a fully typed React UI library, making it easy to integrate into any modern development environment.

Q: How does Kelviq compare to other payment processors? A: Unlike traditional processors like Stripe, Kelviq is a Merchant of Record (similar to Paddle or Lemonsqueezy) but adds deep integration for usage-based metering and feature entitlements specifically for software builders.