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Hosting Billing & Usage

Understand hosting billing cycles, usage-based charges, and payment management.

How Billing Works

Hosting is billed monthly based on your selected plan:

You pay upfront when creating the instance
Each month, a billing cycle is generated
If auto-renewal is enabled, the next cycle is charged automatically
If payment fails, you receive email reminders before suspension

Understanding Your Bill

Each billing cycle includes:

Base Cost: Your plan's monthly rate
Overage Charges: If your bandwidth exceeds the plan limit
Snapshot Storage: Cost for manual snapshots (if applicable)

View your detailed usage at Dashboard → Hosting → [Instance] → Billing.

Payment Timeline

Day 1: Billing cycle starts, invoice generated
Day 25: Reminder email if auto-renewal is off
Day 30: Payment due / auto-charge attempted
Day 33: First retry if payment failed
Day 37: Second retry + overdue notice
Day 45: Instance suspended if still unpaid
Day 60: Instance terminated and data deleted

Managing Payments

1.Go to Dashboard → Billing
2.View all transactions, filter by hosting
3.Click on any transaction for details and invoice download
4.Update your payment method through the Stripe customer portal

Monthly Billing Report

You'll receive a monthly email summarizing:

Each instance's usage and cost
Overage charges
Total amount billed
Payment status

Upgrading Your Plan

Currently, to upgrade you need to:

1.Create a new instance with the larger plan
2.Migrate your data
3.Terminate the old instance

In-place upgrades are coming soon.

Refund Policy

Hosting refunds are prorated based on remaining days in the billing cycle
Refund requests can be submitted within 7 days of payment
Contact support for refund processing
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