> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.visibility.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Billing and credits

> The free trial, your plan, what Credits pay for, topping up, and invoices.

Each website has its own plan. **Settings › Billing** shows your Credits, your plan, and where to manage payment. Only people with the **Manage billing and credits** permission can see it.

![The Billing tab in Settings showing the Credits balance with a Top up box, the plan with its monthly price, and the Manage billing button](https://mintcdn.com/doableteam-a944c448/-xY7efs05LdNCk9O/images/settings-billing.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=-xY7efs05LdNCk9O\&q=85\&s=861adbd37f154e389f103916d521506b)

Settings › Billing: your Credits, your plan, and payment

## The free trial

A new website starts in a preview. You can look around every screen, but the agents don't work and reports show sample numbers until you start.

**1. Start the trial**

Choose **Start my free trial** wherever it's offered — on a locked screen, or **Start free trial** in **Settings › Billing**.

**2. Add a card**

Secure checkout checks your card with a small charge that comes straight back to you as Credits, and adds free Credits for the trial.

**3. Your agents start**

Your SEO Manager introduces itself, and the agents get to work.

When the trial ends, your plan starts at the monthly price shown. Cancel any time before then and you won't be charged.

Don't need the trial? **Activate now** starts the plan today. A website that has already had its trial goes straight to **Activate**.

## Credits

Credits pay for what the agents use when they work — the AI that thinks and writes, and paid SEO data such as keyword rank checks, keyword metrics and AI visibility checks.

* Your plan adds Credits at the start of every month. The balance is shown in **Settings › Billing** and at the bottom of the sidebar.
* **Top up** any time: enter an amount in **Top up (USD)** and pay. Every dollar buys 100 Credits.
* Credits from your plan don't carry over to the next month; Credits you top up don't expire.

If a website runs out, the agents stop and the chat or Task offers **Top up credits**. Once Credits are added, run it again.

> [!TIP]
>
> Spend less by tracking only the searches and AI questions that matter: each one is checked, and costs Credits, on every run.

## Payment and invoices

**Manage billing** opens a secure billing page where you change your card, download invoices, or cancel the plan.

If a payment fails, you're notified and the website is paused until it's sorted out. Your data is kept.


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