# Usage and billing Review shared credits, manage your plan, open billing settings, and inspect recent usage. Use **Settings → Usage** to review your organization's shared credits and recent credit activity. People with billing access can manage plans, payments, and overage in **Settings → Billing**. Work requested through ChatGPT or another connected AI assistant uses the same shared organization credits as work started in the Skillsail web app. **Billing** and **Usage** require the **Manage billing** permission. Admins receive it by default, and it can also be assigned to other roles. Other members do not see these pages or the spending cap. ## Open the usage page 1. Sign in to Skillsail. 2. Open **Settings** from the account menu. 3. Select **Usage** in the settings navigation. You can also go directly to [skillsail.com/settings/usage](https://skillsail.com/settings/usage). Existing `/usage` links redirect here. ## What you can review - Monthly included credits remaining for the organization. - Recent starter grants and usage debits for the organization. In **Settings → Billing**, people with billing access can review the current plan, renewal or scheduled changes, paid plan options, estimated overage, and overage controls. **Manage billing** opens payment methods, invoices, and subscription details. Switch between **Billing** and **Usage** using the settings navigation. ## Manage your plan From **Settings → Billing**, people with billing access in free organizations can choose **Plus** or **Pro**. Paid organizations can switch between Plus and Pro from the plan cards. An upgrade from Plus to Pro takes effect immediately. Stripe starts a fresh Pro billing cycle, applies its proration rules, and provides the new Pro allowance for that cycle. A downgrade from Pro to Plus is scheduled for the end of the current billing period, so the current Pro plan remains active until renewal. If your current plan is scheduled to end or change, the page shows that status and lets you keep the current plan where available. For larger teams or custom needs, use **Contact sales** from the billing page. Billing settings open from **Manage billing**, where you can review payment methods, invoices, and subscription details. Skillsail uses Stripe Managed Payments for paid self-serve subscriptions. Stripe's Managed Payments merchant of record charges and collects the subscription and usage amounts shown on the finalized invoice. Plans, subscriptions, payment methods, and invoices are always managed on the Skillsail website. A connected assistant cannot purchase a plan or change your subscription for you. ## Credit allowances - Eligible new free organizations receive a one-time 1,500-credit starter allowance. It does not refresh. Existing starter grants are not reduced retroactively. - Plus costs USD $20 per month and includes 1,500 credits. Additional usage costs USD $22 per 1,000 credits ($0.022 per credit). - Pro costs USD $100 per month and includes 7,500 credits. Additional usage costs USD $18 per 1,000 credits ($0.018 per credit). Credits are shared by everyone in the organization. Credit-consuming actions include AI text generation, web search, image generation and editing, video generation, voiceover generation, and translation. On a paid plan, credit-consuming actions can continue after the monthly included credits are used. Overage is measured in individual credits and billed after the monthly billing period ends. The free tier has a one-time starter allowance that does not refresh and cannot incur paid overage: credit-consuming actions stop when all available local allowances are exhausted. Any unused starter allowance expires when the organization's first paid subscription becomes active. An incomplete or unsuccessful checkout does not expire it. Any historical top-up balance is a separate application allowance. It is preserved but not consumed during a paid Stripe Managed Payments subscription, and it does not reduce the usage reported to Stripe or offset metered overage. The preserved balance becomes available again after the paid subscription ends. Other free-tier included allowances retire with the starter allowance. Paid customer concessions are issued through Stripe. ## Spending cap In **Settings → Billing → Pay-as-you-go**, people with billing access control paid usage beyond the included credits. - **Allow extra usage** lets work continue after included credits run out. Turning it off preserves the saved cap; included credits remain available. - **Monthly cap (USD)** is a dollar amount for extra usage across the organization in the current billing period. It excludes the subscription fee and taxes. Credits are converted to dollars at your plan's overage rate. - Leave the cap blank for no limit. Extra usage is enabled without a cap by default. The estimate and remaining budget include credits reserved for work in progress. Unused reservations are released. New work is blocked if its reservation would exceed the remaining budget, so an action may be refused before the displayed cap is fully used. Usage already incurred or in progress remains billable when you lower the cap or turn extra usage off. The same cap applies each billing period while extra usage is enabled. The billing settings show a running estimate. Meter processing, usage corrections, taxes, discounts, credits, and invoice finalization can change the final amount. The finalized Stripe invoice is the billing record for the period. ## Notes For current allowance rules, credit rates, and usage mechanics, see [Credits and Usage](https://skillsail.com/legal/credits). If you have questions about your allowance or billing records, contact Skillsail support.