# Plans & products

**Summary:** Products define what a subscription includes. Plans set recurring prices and renewal terms; packages define the starting offer.

- Role: [Technical Support](https://www.subrite.no/technical-support)
- Source: https://www.subrite.no/technical-support/products-plans-and-packages
- Updated: 2026-09-28
- Markdown index: https://www.subrite.no/technical-support/llms.txt

A subscriber's price is not a live lookup of the product's base price. Product, plan, package and purchased subscription hold different values, which can legitimately differ.

| Record | Price responsibility |
| --- | --- |
| `Product` | Base price copied when adding the product to a plan; current tax used when constructing new order items. |
| `SubscriptionPlanProduct` | Recurring price for that product in a plan. |
| `PackageProduct` | Starting price for that product in a package. |
| `MemberPackageProduct` | Stored starting and recurring product prices for the purchased subscription. |
| `MemberPackage` | Subscription-level current-period and recurring totals. |

The plan picker copies `Product.price`; it does not create a price reference that stays synchronized. In the ordinary package-purchase mapping, `MemberPackageProduct.price` comes from the package product and `recurringPrice` from the plan product. Supported manual prices override that mapping. [Price copying](https://github.com/subrite/subrite-crm/blob/932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a/frontend/src/components/admin/SubscriptionPlans/components/ProductSelection/index.tsx#L87-L101) · [Subscription product mapping](https://github.com/subrite/subrite-crm/blob/932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a/api-server/src/common/utils/order-utility.ts#L173-L225).

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## Follow the value that changed

For a fictional product with base price NOK 199, a plan product at NOK 199 and a package product at NOK 99, an ordinary package purchase stores NOK 99 as the starting product price and NOK 199 as its recurring price. A later product-base edit does not rewrite those stored prices. New order items still read the product's current tax. [Order-item inputs](https://github.com/subrite/subrite-crm/blob/932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a/api-server/src/common/utils/order-utility.ts#L130-L149).

A plan-price edit has a separate propagation path. It can update subscriptions and updates a linked package product when its price equals the previous plan-product price. A different starting price, such as NOK 99, remains unchanged. A successful plan save does not establish that subscription propagation has completed. The Subscription plans reference below explains the branches. [Package-price matching](https://github.com/subrite/subrite-crm/blob/932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a/api-server/src/modules/product/services/subscription-plan.service.ts#L987-L1049).

At renewal, the checked transaction updates the subscription's `currentPrice` from its `recurringPrice`. That is separate from the product-row starting price retained in `MemberPackageProduct.price`. [Renewal write](https://github.com/subrite/subrite-crm/blob/932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a/api-server/src/modules/payment/transactions/recurrent-payment.transaction.ts#L140-L156).

Use Products for tax, seats and access behavior; Subscription plans for recurring-price changes and in-use restrictions; Product packages for starting terms, totals and checkout availability.

Source inspected at `932b0744713157826f0441fe1909d96dfede9f9a` on 28 September 2026. Examples are source-derived; deployment and runtime outcomes were not verified.

## Pages in this section

- [Products](https://www.subrite.no/technical-support/products?md=true): A product defines digital access or print delivery included in a subscription.
- [Subscription plans](https://www.subrite.no/technical-support/subscription-plans?md=true): A subscription plan defines which products a subscription includes, what they cost each billing period and whether it renews automatically.
- [Product packages](https://www.subrite.no/technical-support/product-packages?md=true): A product package defines the offer a customer buys. Its starting terms are separate from the plan's recurring terms.