Chargebee Release Notes

Entitlements automatically inherited in Product Bundles

You can now automatically inherit entitlements from individual items (Plans, Add-ons, and Charges) into Product Bundles in Chargebee. When items with configured entitlements are added to a product bundle, Chargebee automatically calculates and applies the corresponding entitlements at the bundle level.

Why is this important?

Previously, entitlements configured for individual items did not automatically apply when a product bundle was created using those items. Merchants had to manually configure entitlements at the bundle level and update them separately whenever item-level entitlements changed. With this enhancement, entitlement configuration is streamlined, improving operational efficiency and ensuring consistent entitlement management across items and bundles.

How can you use it?

Entitlements for product bundles are automatically enabled when you turn on product bundling for your site. To enable product bundling, go to Configure Chargebee > Product Catalog > Product Bundling.

Chargebee now supports entitlement overrides at the item price level within subscriptions

Chargebee now supports entitlement overrides at the item price level within subscriptions, allowing merchants to configure custom entitlements for individual items (plans, addons, or charges) for a specific subscription.

Why is this important?

This provides greater flexibility for enterprise contract scenarios by enabling precise entitlement configuration at the item price level. You can customize entitlement values for individual subscriptions without impacting the default Product Catalog setup, while ensuring automatic and accurate recalculation during subscription changes.

How can you use it?

Contact Chargebee Support to request enablement of this feature for your Chargebee site.

Chargebee CPQ for Salesforce now generates a Checkout or Quote Acceptance link when you create a one time charge quote and auto-populates it in the Chargebee Checkout link field. This gives you a ready to share link that lets the customer accept the quote and complete payment through Checkout, while ensuring the transaction is created in Chargebee and synced back to the quote.

Why is this important?

This update gives you a consistent link based acceptance flow across new business, amendments, renewals, and one time charges. You can keep your sales led workflows intact, reduce manual follow ups, and ensure purchases are accepted through the correct flow so Chargebee records the transaction and syncs quote details accurately.

How can you use it?

• Create a one time charge quote in Salesforce.
• Copy the generated link from the Chargebee Acceptance link field and share it with the customer to collect payment details and complete quote acceptance.

You can now configure a free period when creating subscriptions directly from Salesforce, letting you offer a defined introductory duration before recurring billing begins without using a trial.

Why is this important?

This helps you support sales-led growth by giving your sales team more flexibility to close deals while keeping billing logic simple. It is especially useful when you want to exclude usage charges during the initial period, continue to apply one time charges such as setup or onboarding fee, if needed, and avoid the complexity of ramp configurations. You also reduce manual effort by eliminating the need to adjust billing dates after subscription creation.

How can you use it?

You can enable the free period option during subscription creation in Salesforce for eligible plans that do not use trials. Once configured, Chargebee automatically calculates and applies the updated next billing date, ensuring your billing schedule reflects the agreed introductory duration without additional follow-up actions.

Discounts applied to metered items are now displayed in both consolidated (summary level pricing) and detailed quote PDFs (itemized charges).

Why is this important?

This enhancement gives your customers and sales teams clear visibility into how discounts apply across all charge types, including usage-based charges, reducing friction during quote review.

How can you use it?

No action required. When generating quote PDFs, you will now see discounts reflected for metered items alongside other charges.