Billing / Usage and transactions
Usage and transactions
Where to see what you are spending, by resource and by kind, every movement on your credit balance, your invoices, and how to export them.
This period's spend
The Billing page shows, for the current billing period:
- Balance: your credit right now.
- Current spend: usage rated so far this period.
- Projected spend: where the period is heading, from your average day so far. It appears once a full day has been rated.
These figures are usage before VAT. The estimate of your next invoice, which your credit is compared against, includes VAT.
- Spent this period, broken down by resource (machines, storage and the rest), so you can see which one moves the total.
- Recent activity: the latest top-ups, payments and usage.
Usage lines are rated live, so they are estimates until the period closes and they are invoiced.
Usage by resource
Usage by resource, on the Spent this period card, opens Billing → Usage: what each machine, volume and database cost over 7 days, 30 days or This month, grouped by Resource or by Kind. Each table downloads as CSV. Metered this month shows the month's metered totals.
Reserved IP addresses and snapshot storage aren't rated per resource, so they aren't listed there.
The overview's Compute spend chart and Needs attention panel are the quick version: spend over time, and what you are paying for without using.
Transactions
Billing → Transactions lists every movement on your credit balance, newest first:
| Column | Shows |
|---|---|
| Date | When it happened |
| Description | What it was, such as a top-up, a virtual machine's upfront payment, or its unused part returned after a VM or database is deleted |
| Type | The kind of movement. Filter the list by it |
| Amount | What moved. Top-ups add to the balance; payments take from it |
| Balance after | Your credit right after it. Read down the column to see the balance change |
A movement with a receipt shows the receipt's number under its description; select it to open the receipt and download its PDF. See Receipts.
Usage is not listed line by line here. It is invoiced when the period closes, with your credit taken off the invoice before your card is charged.
Export to CSV
On Transactions, press Export CSV to download the whole ledger, for your accountant or your own records. If your role does not include billing exports, the page says so; ask an Owner.
Invoices
Invoices, on the How billing works card, lists every invoice, newest first, 50 a page. Filter it by status. Each invoice shows its period, when it was issued and paid, and its amounts: the Subtotal (usage this period), VAT (7.5%), the Total, then anything Brought forward, the Credit applied, and the Amount due. Invoices issued before VAT was introduced show no VAT; see VAT. The first invoice is issued when your first billing period closes.
Press Export CSV to download every invoice matching the filter. As with transactions, your role needs to include billing exports.