# Products and plans

This topic describes the product and plan resources.

## Products

Products are the goods and services that your business sells.
A product also describes sales items on invoices and receipts.
Product pricing is defined in [plans](#plans).
A product can have one or many plans.

For more information, select from the following:

- Use the API to create or manage products — see [Products](/docs/dev-docs/api/products/).
- Use the UI to create a product and plan — see [Create a product and pricing plan](/docs/settings/products-and-pricing).


## Plans

Pricing plans describe how the customer must pay for [products](#products).

Rebilly provides the following plan types.

| **Types**  | **Description** |
|  --- | --- |
| Trial only | Use this plan to create and offer a free or discounted trial period for your product.
For example, a free 2-week trial of an internet service.
After the trial, the customer can choose to sign up for a paid subscription, or stop using the service. |
| Recurring | Use this plan to create and offer a subscription for your product.
For example, a monthly subscription to an internet service that is charged at $20 per month. |
| One time sale | Use this plan to create and offer a one-off sale for your products.
For example, a one time purchase of two bags of coffee. |


For more information, select from the following:

- Use the API to create or manage plans — see [Plans](/docs/dev-docs/api/plans/).
- Use the UI to create a product and plan — see [Create a product and pricing plan](/docs/settings/products-and-pricing).