Annual Plans and Volume Discounts: How Prepaid Jobs Work

In brief: An annual plan prepays a block of Jobs for twelve months, with volume discounts that step up at 5, 16, 35, and 51 Jobs.

Applies to: Owners choosing a paid plan. The annual year starts on the day the invoice is paid.

See also: Net Net Pricing: Free Tier, 60-Day Trial, and Paid Plans covers the monthly alternative, Activating Your Free 60-Day Trial: When the Clock Starts covers committing to annual early, and Job Lifecycle: Pending, Active, Completed, Archived covers which Jobs count.

An annual plan is prepaid Job capacity for a year. You pick how many Jobs you want covered, Net Net multiplies that by the $30 monthly Job price across 12 months, then takes a volume discount off the total: 15% at 5 Jobs, 25% at 16, 35% at 35, and 50% at 51 and up. The switch to annual happens when the invoice is paid, not when you choose it, and your year starts on the day the payment goes through.

You'll find it under Settings → Billing.

How annual is different

Monthly billing watches your workspace and counts Job days as they happen, which is described in Net Net Pricing: Free Tier, 60-Day Trial, and Paid Plans. Annual does not do that. You buy a block of Job capacity up front, and that capacity is yours for the year.

The question annual asks is "how many Jobs do you want covered this year," rather than "how many Job days did you use last month."

The volume discount tiers

Start with the base: number of Jobs, times $30, times 12 months. Then apply the discount for the tier you land in.

1 to 4 Jobs: no discount
5 to 15 Jobs: 15% off
16 to 34 Jobs: 25% off
35 to 50 Jobs: 35% off
51 Jobs and up: 50% off

A worked example

Say you want 10 Jobs covered for the year.

Base: 10 Jobs × $30 × 12 months = $3,600
You are in the 5 to 15 tier, so 15% comes off: $3,060 for the year
That works out to $255 a month, against $300 a month if you ran the same 10 Jobs on monthly

The tiers are hard steps, not a sliding scale. Buying 5 Jobs instead of 4 moves you from 0% to 15%, and 16 instead of 15 moves you from 15% to 25%. If you are sitting just under a step, it is worth doing the arithmetic.

How the switch happens

The plan does not become annual the moment you pick it. It becomes annual when the annual invoice is paid.

Switching while you are already paying

Choose your Job count, and Net Net creates the annual invoice and charges your card. Once that payment succeeds, the plan flips to annual, your prepaid Job slots are set, and your 12 months start from the payment date.

If the payment does not go through, the plan stays where it was. Nothing changes underneath you.

Choosing annual during your trial

Picking annual during your 60-day trial is a commitment, not an immediate charge. Net Net stores your choice and schedules it for the day your trial ends. How that trial begins in the first place is covered in Activating Your Free 60-Day Trial: When the Clock Starts.

Your trial runs its full 60 days at no cost. On the day it expires, Net Net creates and charges the annual invoice, and your 12 months start then. You do not lose trial days by deciding early.

If that scheduled payment fails at trial end, the workspace returns to the free tier and active Jobs are archived, the same as any trial that ends without a paid plan, which is spelled out in When a Trial Ends or a Payment Fails: What Happens Next. Make sure the card on file is good before your trial runs out.

If you go over your prepaid Jobs

Prepaid capacity is a floor, not a ceiling. If you end up running more Jobs than you bought, the extra ones accrue on the same daily basis as a monthly plan and appear on a monthly invoice.

So a busy quarter does not break anything. You just pay for the Jobs above your prepaid block, prorated by the day. Whether a given Job is counting at all comes down to its status, which is covered in Job Lifecycle: Pending, Active, Completed, Archived.

Buy for your normal year, not your best-case year. Overflow is billed by the day, so under-buying costs you the discount on a few Jobs, while over-buying costs you the whole unused block.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the annual price calculated?

Number of Jobs × $30 × 12 months, minus your volume discount. The tiers are 0% for 1 to 4 Jobs, 15% for 5 to 15, 25% for 16 to 34, 35% for 35 to 50, and 50% for 51 and up. Ten Jobs, for example, is $3,600 before the discount and $3,060 after.

When does my annual plan actually start?

On the day the annual invoice is paid. Choosing annual does not switch the plan by itself. Once payment succeeds, your prepaid Jobs are set and your 12 months run from that date.

Can I choose annual during my free trial?

Yes, and it will not shorten your trial. Net Net records the choice and schedules the charge for the day your trial ends, so you get the full 60 days free and your annual year starts at trial end.

What happens if I need more Jobs than I prepaid for?

The extra Jobs are billed like a monthly plan, prorated by the day. Your prepaid block covers the first Jobs, and anything beyond it accrues daily at the standard $30 monthly Job rate and shows up on a monthly invoice.

Do unused prepaid Jobs roll over?

No. Prepaid capacity covers the 12-month term it was bought for. Buy for a normal year rather than a peak year, since going over is billed by the day but an unused block is not refunded into the next term.

Is the discount based on Jobs or on people?

Jobs. Net Net has no per-user or per-seat pricing at all. The volume tiers are driven entirely by how many Jobs you prepay for, so the size of your team does not change the price.

Since the discount is driven entirely by Job count, Projects vs Retainers: Choosing the Right Job Type is the fastest way to work out how many Jobs a normal year actually holds for you. Teammates and Billing: Why Adding People Costs Nothing confirms that the size of your team never moves the number, and Why Some Things Can't Be Deleted: Archive, Retire, Move explains why archiving a finished Job, rather than deleting it, is how you free up prepaid capacity. If an annual term turns out not to be the right shape for you, How to Cancel Your Subscription and Go Back to Free covers the way out.

Updated on: 08/04/2026

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