Change plan, cancel and see your bills

Plans and billingUpdated

An admin changes plan, updates payment details or cancels from Setup, Billing, with the Change or cancel plan button. The same page lists your past bills, newest first, each with a PDF to download.

Where do I find my bills? #

Open Setup and choose See past bills on the card headed Billing. The card reads "Your past bills, with a copy of each to download." and the page is headed Billing.

BotSay reads the bills from Stripe every time you open the page and stores nothing itself, so the list matches what Stripe charged. Before your first bill, the page says No bills yet and "Your first bill shows here once your plan has been charged."

What does the list of bills show? #

A table captioned Past bills shows one row per bill, newest first.

A bill that is still a draft is left out, because it can still change. The list shows 24 bills a page, and Older bills and Newest bills move between pages.

Who can see Billing? #

Admins only. A member does not see the Billing card on Setup and cannot open the page, because a bill names the plan and what was paid.

People and Engines are admin-only in the same way. What admins and members can do lists what each role can do.

Where is my receipt? #

Your receipt arrives by email, separately from the email that tells you your workspace is ready. The bill in Setup, Billing is the same payment, with its own page and PDF.

How is payment taken? #

Stripe takes payment monthly, on Stripe's own payment page. You reach it from Continue to payment when you sign up, and you enter your payment details there, not on BotSay.

If a payment fails, the bill reads Not paid yet and readings carry on while Stripe retries the payment. Plans and prices has the sign-up steps.

How do I change plan? #

An admin changes plan from Setup, Billing by choosing Change or cancel plan, which opens Stripe's own billing page for your workspace.

  1. Open Setup, then Billing.
  2. Choose Change or cancel plan.
  3. On Stripe's page, pick the new plan and confirm.

Plans differ only in how many questions you can ask, and Plans and prices explains how the limit works.

How do I change my card or payment details? #

An admin updates the card or other payment method on the same Stripe page. Open Setup, Billing, choose Change or cancel plan, and update the payment method there.

How do I cancel? #

An admin cancels on Stripe's billing page, opened with Change or cancel plan on Setup, Billing. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the month you have paid for, so readings carry on until then.

What if the plan page does not open? #

The button shows a note under it: "The plan page could not be opened. Nothing has changed. Try again in a moment." Nothing about your plan has changed, so try again shortly.

Members do not see Billing at all, so only an admin can open the plan page.

What happens at the end of the paid month? #

If the subscription ends, BotSay stops asking your questions and nothing new is measured, so no figure moves.

Setup, Readings then says that readings have stopped because the subscription is not being paid, and that your figures stop at the last reading. When readings happen explains that screen.

What if the page says my bills could not be read? #

Nothing about your plan or payments has changed. The page shows an error card saying your bills could not be read, with the note "Nothing has changed. Reload the page in a minute to see them." and a Try again link.

The page reads Stripe live, so it can only show bills when Stripe answers.

Why does it say No billing account yet? #

The page shows No billing account yet when the workspace has no Stripe account attached.

It adds "This workspace is not billed through a plan yet, so there are no bills to show."