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How Apiculus Makes Money

Cloud management platform for service providers

How did Apiculus monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Apiculus monetized primarily through usage-based fees linked to the capacity utilized in their customers' cloud services. They also generated revenue from recurring subscriptions and services including consulting engagements.

Revenue sources

3 sources · grouped by how Apiculus makes money
  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 1 mention
    “We were north of, I would say, one and a half million dollars of revenue.”
    high
  • Usage-based fees

    · 1 mention
    “the moment COVID hit, cloud adoption went through the roof. Everybody wanted to shut down their small servers in their offices and move everything to some cloud provider. So all my customers sort of grew massively during that phase. And since our billing was linked to the capacity being utilized ...”
    high
  • Services & consulting

    · 1 mention
    “It started with a consulting engagement, then moved on to a complete services and software engagement.”
    high

How 1,857 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Apiculus’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    54%
  • Services & consulting
    30%
  • Physical products
    29%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    23%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    15%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%