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Plan upgrade & downgrade flow template

How SaaS customers change subscription plans: compare tiers, proration on upgrade, scheduled downgrades at period end, and feature limit checks. This flowchart template contains 19 labelled steps, 4 decision points, branches such as “Upgrade”, “No”, “Yes”.

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Steps in this flowchart

  • User opens billing page
  • Compare plans & pricing table
  • Upgrade or downgrade?
  • Show prorated charge for remaining period
  • Confirm payment method
  • Payment succeeds?
  • Show card error & retry
  • Unlock higher-tier features immediately
  • Send upgrade receipt
  • Show features & limits that will be lost
  • Usage exceeds new plan limits?
  • Ask user to remove seats, projects or storage
  • Offer retention discount
  • Accepts offer?
  • Apply coupon & keep plan
  • Schedule downgrade at period end
  • Send confirmation email
  • Plan switches at renewal date
  • Plan updated

How to use this flowchart template

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Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

flowchart TD
  A((User opens billing page)) --> B[Compare plans & pricing table]
  B --> C{Upgrade or downgrade?}
  C -->|Upgrade| D[Show prorated charge for remaining period]
  D --> E[Confirm payment method]
  E --> F{Payment succeeds?}
  F -->|No| G[Show card error & retry]
  G --> E
  F -->|Yes| H[Unlock higher-tier features immediately]
  H --> I[Send upgrade receipt]
  C -->|Downgrade| J[Show features & limits that will be lost]
  J --> K{Usage exceeds new plan limits?}
  K -->|Yes| L[Ask user to remove seats, projects or storage]
  L --> K
  K -->|No| M[Offer retention discount]
  M --> N{Accepts offer?}
  N -->|Yes| O[Apply coupon & keep plan]
  N -->|No| P[Schedule downgrade at period end]
  P --> Q[Send confirmation email]
  Q --> R[Plan switches at renewal date]
  I --> S((Plan updated))
  R --> S
  O --> S

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