# General Translation Platform: Managing billing URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/platform/dashboard/guides/managing-billing.mdx --- title: Managing billing description: How to manage plans, usage-based pricing, prepaid credits, and auto-reload. related: links: - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/reviewing-translations - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/adding-translation-context - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/adding-annotations - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/using-ask-ai --- Usage records and spend estimates live on **Usage**. Plans, credit balances, reload settings, and invoices live on **Billing** for your Organization. ## Plans [#plans] Start for free. Add a payment method to turn on usage-based billing: - **Starter — $0/month.** For individuals and small teams. There is no monthly fee; you pay only for what you use. Includes unlimited users, projects, and languages, plus the [Translation Editor](/docs/platform/dashboard/guides/reviewing-translations), GitHub integration, and the [Locadex](/docs/platform/locadex/quickstart) AI agent. - **Enterprise — custom.** For larger teams with complex localization needs. Everything in Starter, plus forward-deployed localization engineers, custom workflows for any file format or framework, shared context across every Project, and enterprise-grade security, SLAs, and support. Each free Organization gets 5M free platform credits to start. You will be rate-limited until you add a payment method. ## Usage-based billing [#usage] You pay per workflow: cost is based on the number of input tokens, workflow type (build time, runtime, or development), file format, and any context you provide. Google Slides also has a separate **Layout Processing** charge for each completed slide. Review consumption under **Organization > Usage**. Switch between **Tokens** and **Agent**. If your role can view billing, **Cost** is also available. The page opens to the current billing period when one is available, or the last 30 days otherwise. You can also select the last 7 days or a custom date range of up to 100 days. - **Tokens** shows total and daily input tokens with breakdowns by target locale and service type. - **Agent** shows total and daily Organization-wide LCU usage. - **Cost** shows Organization-wide spend after contract pricing, custom discounts, and applied credits. Amounts can change until the billing period is invoiced. The page also lists recent translation records with input and output token counts and recent Agent workflow records with trace IDs. When the Organization has multiple Projects, the Project selector filters token metrics and translation records; Agent and Cost totals remain Organization-wide. ### How usage is metered [#usage-metering] - **Translation workflows** are metered by input tokens, workflow type, and file format. - **Ask AI** is charged in **Locadex Compute Units (LCUs)**. - **Google Slides** adds a per-slide **Layout Processing** charge to its translation workflow. This charge has no context surcharge. - **Context** adds a surcharge based on the input tokens and the amount of Project context provided. - **Locadex** agent runs are metered in **Locadex Compute Units (LCUs)**. An LCU measures the resources an agent uses to run end to end. See the [usage rates](https://generaltranslation.com/pricing/usage) page for current rates and calculation examples. ## Invoice history [#invoices] When invoices are available, the **Billing** page shows each invoice's date, description, status, and amount. Choose **Breakdown** to review line items and quantities, or **View** to open the hosted invoice when one is available. **Enterprise-managed Organizations:** Cost and invoice data are managed at Enterprise scope. Open **Enterprise > Billing** to review them. ## How the credit balance works [#credits] Your **credit balance** is a prepaid wallet for platform usage, shown on the **Billing** page and denominated in dollars ($1 = 1M credits). The balance is split into buckets: - **Purchased** — credits you purchased. - **Granted** — any one-time signup credit. - **Included** — any credits included with your plan. Every billable workflow, including translations and Ask AI responses, deducts its estimated cost from your balance. Purchased credits are non-refundable and expire one year from the purchase date. ### Buying credits [#buying-credits] Choose **Buy Credits** on the Billing page and enter an **Amount** to charge to your default payment method. The dialog shows the allowed range for your plan (the Starter minimum is $10). ### Auto-reload [#auto-reload] Auto-reload keeps your balance topped up automatically when your balance falls below a certain threshold. It is off by default. To turn on, choose **Auto Reload** on the Billing page, turn on **Enable Auto Reload**, and set: - **Minimum Balance** — when your balance goes below this, a reload is triggered. - **Reload to** — the target balance to bring your credits back up to. - **Usage Limit** (optional) — a hard cap on total usage spend per billing period. When usage reaches the limit you've set, billing is blocked even with auto-reload on. ### Billing alerts The billing contact receives email alerts before usage pauses: - **Auto-reload off:** a balance warning after 80% of the loaded credit balance is used, followed by a depleted-balance alert at $0. - **Auto-reload on with a Usage Limit:** a warning at 80% of the limit, followed by a limit-reached alert at 100%. Balance alerts link to **Billing**, where you can buy credits or turn on auto-reload. Usage Limit alerts show the cap and billing-period reset date, and link to the setting so you can raise or remove it. ### When your balance runs out [#running-out] What happens at $0 depends on auto-reload: - **Auto-reload off (default):** API access is blocked until you buy more credits, and requests are rejected as soon as the estimated cost exceeds your available balance. Your card is never charged on its own. - **Auto-reload on:** your card is charged automatically to refill to your Reload to target amount. A Usage Limit, if set, still applies as a hard cap. ## Upgrading your plan [#upgrading] ### Upgrade to Starter [#to-starter] Because Starter has no monthly fee, upgrading is simply adding a payment method. On the **Billing** page, choose **Manage Billing** and add a card and billing address. Upgrading removes your rate limit and also unlocks features including: Locadex, team invites, auto-reload, the Translation Editor, version branching, and unlimited Projects. ### Upgrade to Enterprise [#to-enterprise] Enterprise plans include custom pricing and terms for larger teams, including: custom integrations, a custom SLA, forward-deployed engineers, and enterprise security and support. Join teams like Ramp, Cursor, and Profound. [Contact](https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/enterprise) the General Translation team to set up an Enterprise plan. ## Next steps - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/reviewing-translations - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/adding-translation-context - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/adding-annotations - /docs/platform/dashboard/guides/using-ask-ai