Purchase Commitments

Purchase cloud commitments to optimize costs for your customers using the Archera Partner API

Use the Archera Partner API to programmatically purchase cloud commitments for your customers.

Prerequisites:

• Partner API key and partner organization ID
• Customer organization must be onboarded with cloud integration complete
• Customer billing data must be synced (typically 24-48 hours after onboarding)

Base URL: https://api.archera.ai/v2

Authentication: Include x-api-key: YOUR_PARTNER_API_KEY header in all requests.

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​Step 1: Get default commitment plans

Retrieve Archera’s recommended commitment plans for the customer:

curl -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_PARTNER_API_KEY' \
  https://api.archera.ai/v2/org/{child_org_id}/partners/plans/default

Response includes:

• Recommended commitment amounts
• Projected savings
• Breakeven analysis
• Risk metrics
• Plan configurations

Review the plans to identify which commitment strategy works best for your customer.

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​Step 2: Purchase a commitment plan

Execute the purchase for a specific plan:

curl -X POST \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_PARTNER_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "plan_id": "plan_abc123",
    "confirm": true
  }' \
  https://api.archera.ai/v2/org/{child_org_id}/partners/plans/purchase

Parameters:

• plan_id - ID from the default plans response
• confirm - Set to true to execute the purchase

The API will execute the commitment purchase in the customer’s cloud account.

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​What the API Enables

The Partner API provides:

• Archera recommendations for optimal commitment purchases based on usage patterns
• Programmatic purchasing without navigating cloud provider consoles
• Automated optimization that continuously finds savings opportunities
• White-label capabilities to embed in your platform

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​Use Cases

By integrating commitment purchasing into your platform, you can:

• Deliver enterprise-grade cloud cost optimization as a native feature
• Create new revenue streams while keeping customers in your ecosystem
• Automate savings recommendations and execution on a schedule
• Build dashboards showing ROI and lifetime savings to customers