Secure Reporter Update: Pay-As-You-Go Subscription Model Now Supported

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Zyxel’s Secure Reporter now supports the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) subscription model, offering customers greater flexibility in managing their security service licenses.

What’s New?

Previously, Secure Reporter only displayed information for license-based subscriptions (fixed-term licenses with expiration dates). With firmware 1.35 and the latest Secure Reporter update, the platform now recognizes Pay-As-You-Go subscriptions and displays them differently across dashboards and license pages.

How PAYG Subscriptions Appear

1. Secure Reporter Dashboard

• License-based: Shows the remaining time limit
• PAYG: Shows “Active” instead of time-based expiration

2. Organization and Device Inventory (Secure Reporter Portal)

• License-based: Displays expiration dates for each device
• PAYG: Displays only “Active” status

3. Device Information > License Information (Secure Reporter)

• License-based: Shows remaining days or date
• PAYG: Shows “Active” status

4. Firewall Web GUI > License Page

• License-based: Displays the license’s official expiration date
• PAYG: Always displays the end of the current month as the expiration date
  • This reflects the PAYG billing cycle, as payments are processed monthly

Benefits of PAYG Model

Feature	License-Based Subscription	Pay-As-You-Go Subscription
Upfront cost	Fixed-term license purchase	Billed monthly
Expiration display	Date-based countdown	Active / End of month
Flexibility	Locked to term length	Adjusts month-to-month
Use case	Predictable, long-term deployments	Scalable, flexible deployments

By supporting Pay-As-You-Go subscriptions in Secure Reporter, Zyxel is giving organizations greater flexibility in how they consume and manage network security services—whether they prefer predictable term-based licensing or a usage-based billing model.