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title: "Subscription"
source_url: https://docs.rapyd.net/en/subscription.html
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# Subscription

Rapyd provides the ability to create payments automatically every month or other defined interval. This is called a subscription, and it has the following prerequisites:

- A customer profile with a payment method. See [Customer](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/customer.md "Customer").
- One or more products of type service. See [Product](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/product.md "Product").
- One or more plans that describe the charges for services covered by the subscription. See [Plan](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/plan.md "Plan").

## In This Section

- [Product](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/product.md "Product") - Defines a service for periodic billing.
- [Plan](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/plan.md "Plan") - Defines the pricing structure for a service.
- [Subscription](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/subscription-364807.md "Subscription") - Defines the periodic billing, as created through the API.
- [Subscription - Hosted Page](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/subscription---hosted-page.md "Subscription - Hosted Page") - Defines a customer-facing page for creating periodic payments.
- [Subscription Item](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/subscription-item.md "Subscription Item") - Defines a line item for a plan, as it appears in the subscription.
- [Usage Record](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/usage-record.md "Usage Record") - Indicates the quantity for a subscription item whose plan is based on metered billing.
- [Invoice](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/invoice.md "Invoice") - Defines the charge made to a customer's payment method for each billing cycle.
- [Invoice Item](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/invoice-item.md "Invoice Item") - Defines a line item for an invoice.