Pricing and Plans

Subscriptions and top-ups

Each request is charged to either the subscription balance or the top-up balance, according to the account’s spending priority and available balance. A subscription tier has its own dollar quota, shown on that plan's card. A top-up is a separate balance. This page does not repeat the tier amounts, because those values live in the plan catalog.

How long a subscription lasts

Plan length and the usage cycle are different. A one-time month plan lasts 30 days, a quarter 90 days, and a year 360 days. A Stripe subscription stays active until the period end Stripe reports, not those day counts. On either plan, usage is counted in successive 30-day cycles from the plan start. Each cycle is compared with that plan's dollar quota. Leftover quota from a finished cycle is not added to the next cycle.

The pricing page offers a Stripe subscription, which renews through Stripe until the period end on the renewal invoice and opens a new usage cycle, and a one-time payment, which does not auto-renew. Buying the same one-time plan again while it is still active extends the end date by one full one-time interval (30, 90, or 360 days) and keeps the current usage cycle.

On a one-time plan, a new purchase or an upgrade while the plan is active opens a new usage cycle and moves the previous plan's remaining quota into a top-up that lasts until the new plan's end date. A Stripe subscription upgrade opens a new usage cycle and does not move leftover quota into a top-up.

How long a top-up lasts

A top-up buys 50 to 2000 dollars of quota, in steps of 25. Checkout sets the end date 30 calendar days ahead, or to the subscription end date when that is later. After that date the remaining top-up is not spent. A top-up does not replace the subscription.

Which balance is spent

The default spends an unexpired top-up before the subscription. The account can switch to spending the subscription first while that quota remains, then the top-up. Spending falls back to the other balance once the balance in use is used up or expired. A Play plan is not a funded subscription.