Predictika · Billing and monetization platform quotes
An AI sales agent prepares an annual subscription quote for CSG Ascendon, CSG's cloud billing and monetization platform: the edition, the billing model, the number of subscribers and countries, the optional modules, the support tier, Managed Services, the go-live time, the term, the discount and the annual total the quote states. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of how those choices fit together and returns a verdict, every reason and the annual price it computed.
This validator models CSG Ascendon quotes, not just the scenarios shown below.
Any CSG Ascendon quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other CSG products, professional services pricing and taxes. The product and module names and a few capabilities (cloud delivery, subscription, usage and hybrid billing, Managed Services, a go-live in as little as 12 weeks, running alongside a legacy system, 118 countries) follow public CSG web pages. CSG publishes no editions, support tiers or prices: the editions and their limits, every price, the module dependencies, the minimum terms and go-live times and the discount limits are modeled from comparable billing platforms and are not published by CSG.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Modules that depend on other modules | Only with care Rating & Charging, Digital Partner Management and the other modules each need a rule that checks which others are on the quote, and the list of pairs grows with every module. | Modules and their prerequisites are fields of one request and are checked together on every call. |
| Limits that change with the edition | Only with care Subscriber, country, go-live and term limits all depend on the edition, so each limit needs its own rule for each edition. | The edition sets every limit inside the model, and the quote is compared with them in one pass. |
| A stated annual total that must match the computed one | Only with workarounds The price adds an edition fee, a rate per thousand subscribers, modules and support, less the discount, so a separate rule is needed to recompute it and compare it with the stated figure. | The stated total is a field of the request and is compared with the computed annual price on every call. |
| Approval bands | Only with workarounds A discount above 10 percent, a term above 5 years, 10 million subscribers and 50 countries are not refused but need a person, so each needs a third outcome besides yes and no. | The model returns allow, needs approval or block for each band. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, so the agent can fix them in a single pass. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | Usage-based and hybrid billing need the Rating & Charging module and the quote has none. |
| 2 | 251K subscribers is above the 250K this edition supports. |
| 3 | 20001K subscribers needs a capacity review before the quote goes out; a person should confirm. |
| 4 | 6 countries is above the 5 this edition covers. |
| 5 | 118 countries needs a data-residency and tax review; a person should confirm. |
| 6 | Multi-party Partner Settlement needs CSG Digital Partner Management on the quote. |
| 7 | Partner Settlement is not offered in the Foundation edition. |
| 8 | Convergent Mediation & Activation feeds usage into Rating & Charging; the quote has no Rating & Charging. |
| 9 | Bill Explainer is not offered in the Foundation edition. |
| 10 | CSG Quote & Order is not offered in the Foundation edition. |
| 11 | Mission-Critical support is available only with the Enterprise edition. |
| 12 | Managed Services need Premium or Mission-Critical support; the quote has Standard. |
| 13 | A go-live in 11 weeks is shorter than the 12 weeks this configuration needs. |
| 14 | A term of 2 year(s) is shorter than the 3 year minimum for this edition. |
| 15 | A term of 6 years is longer than 5 years; a person should approve it. |
| 16 | The discount is more than 10 percent of the annual price; a person should approve it. |
| 17 | The discount is more than 25 percent of the annual price. |
| 18 | The quote states $800,000 a year; the edition, volume, modules and support give $820,000. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Please quote the Foundation edition with hybrid billing for 300K subscribers in 6 countries, with CSG Quote & Order and CSG Bill Explainer, Mission-Critical support, a go-live in 8 weeks and a 1 year term. The quote states $650,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Growth edition with hybrid billing for 300K subscribers in 6 countries, with Rating & Charging, CSG Quote & Order and CSG Bill Explainer, Mission-Critical support, a go-live in 8 weeks, a 3 year term and a discount of $130,000. The quote states $880,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Growth edition with hybrid billing for 300K subscribers in 6 countries, with Rating & Charging, CSG Quote & Order and CSG Bill Explainer, Premium support, a go-live in 16 weeks and a 3 year term. The quote states $930,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the Growth edition with subscription billing for 800K subscribers in 10 countries, with Partner Settlement and CSG Convergent Mediation & Activation, Standard support, Managed Services, a go-live in 20 weeks and a 1 year term. The quote states $1,280,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Growth edition with subscription billing for 800K subscribers in 10 countries, with Rating & Charging, Partner Settlement, CSG Digital Partner Management and CSG Convergent Mediation & Activation, Premium support, Managed Services, a go-live in 20 weeks and a 2 year term. The quote states $1,560,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the Enterprise edition with hybrid billing for 8,000K subscribers in 119 countries, with Rating & Charging, Partner Settlement, CSG Digital Partner Management, CSG Convergent Mediation & Activation, CSG Quote & Order, CSG Bill Explainer and CSG Forte, Mission-Critical support, Managed Services, a go-live in 26 weeks, a 2 year term and a discount of $800,000. The quote states $4,410,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Enterprise edition with hybrid billing for 8,000K subscribers in 40 countries, with Rating & Charging, Partner Settlement, CSG Digital Partner Management, CSG Convergent Mediation & Activation, CSG Quote & Order, CSG Bill Explainer and CSG Forte, Mission-Critical support, Managed Services, a go-live in 26 weeks, a 3 year term and a discount of $40,000. The quote states $5,120,000 a year. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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