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Pricing & Access
Set pricing models, access controls, and dynamic pricing for your charge points.
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- Apply a price group to accounts, lists and more (bulk apply)Apply a price group to many charge points at once (whole accounts, saved lists, member groups, sites or selected EVSEs), including operator-owned global price groups, across all price group types.
- Apply a price recommendation to a price groupApply the recommended price to a price group from its recommendation, and see what the checks do before the price changes.
- Charge point access control explainedExplains the access types available for charge points (public, private, mixed), authentication methods, how to configure access, and how to control roaming access per EVSE.
- Charges recorded while your charge point was offlineWhen a charge point charges while offline it sends the session to Monta on reconnect. What offline means, the timestamps you'll see, who pays (RFID, app, sponsored/home reimbursement, roaming, card), why idle fees aren't applied, and how to troubleshoot a charger that does it often.
- How do I add an hourly tariff to a price group?How to add time-based electricity tariffs to price groups in Monta, including selecting from the public library, building a custom tariff, and applying tariffs to roaming price groups.
- How do I add a team payment card in Monta Hub?Learn how to add, update, or remove a payment card for your team to pay for subscriptions in Monta Hub.
- How do I apply a price group as the default for new account members?Apply one of your global price groups as the default for new members on many accounts at once, from the Accounts list or from the price group, or set it on a single account.
- How do I apply cost tracking to charge points?How to create a cost price group in Monta and apply it to charge points or charging sites to track electricity costs and compare them against charging revenue.
- How do I configure charge point pricing and access?How to configure charge point visibility (public, private, scheduled), create and apply price groups, control map visibility, enable reservations, and share charge point deeplinks.
- How do I create additional charging fees?How to set up starting fees, charging fees, per-minute fees, and idle fees on price groups in Monta, including when each fee applies and how to configure stop conditions.
- How do I create a dynamic price for charging?How to set up dynamic (spot price) pricing for EV drivers in Monta, including configuring spot pricing, advanced settings, additional kWh fees, and related fees and tariffs.
- How do I create and manage operator price groups in Monta Hub?Learn to create and manage operator price groups, so you set prices once and every account in your operator profile can use them.
- How do I enable Plug&Charge for my charging stations?Learn how Plug&Charge works on Monta, why sessions are billed as roaming, what your charging stations need to support, and how to request activation.
- How do I let employers reimburse residents who charge at my EVSEs?
- How do I manage PowerBank via Monta Hub?How to sign up individual or bulk charge points for PowerBank, including special requirements for Swedish charge points, and how to stop participating.
- How do I manage tariffs on the Energy tariffs page?How to browse the public tariff library, create and manage your own tariffs, edit older tariffs, and view spot market reference prices on the Energy tariffs page in Monta Hub.
- How do I schedule changes or request approvals in Monta Hub?Learn how to efficiently schedule changes and request approvals using Monta Hub's intuitive features.
- How do I set the kWh limit for guest charging?Set your own kWh limit and pre-authorisation for drivers who charge without a Monta account.
- How do I set up pricing for EV drivers?An overview of how to create and apply price groups for EV drivers in Monta, covering price group types, pricing methods, optional hourly tariffs, additional fees, and minimum charge fees.
- How do I use Deep links in Monta Hub?How solution providers can create, connect, search, and export deeplinks for charge points in Monta, enabling EV drivers to start charges by scanning a QR code or tapping an NFC tag.
- How do I use Pricing benchmarks in Monta Hub?Discover how to effectively use pricing benchmarks in Monta Hub to optimize your pricing strategy and enhance profitability.
- Set up a driver's charging rule on an EVSE in HubCreate, pause or delete a driver's charging rule on an EVSE, so the driver's charging starts on plug-in and an employer can pay for it.
- Understanding Monta pricing typesExplains the pricing models available in Monta Hub — free, fixed, dynamic, price group, and hourly tariff — and when to use each.