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title: "Billing, Payments, and Account Balance | Hostman Docs"
description: "Learn how to manage payments, top up your balance, view billing history, monitor active services, and understand hourly billing and pay-as-you-go pricing in Hostman."
---

> For the complete documentation index for AI agents, see [llms.txt](https://hostman.com/llms.txt).

You can manage service payments, check your current balance, view subscription fees, and track account transactions in the [Billing](https://hostman.com/my/finances/payment) section.

## Payment Model

Hostman uses a pay-as-you-go payment model and hourly billing. 

All cloud services on your account, such as Cloud servers, Images, Databases, App Platform etc. are billed hourly and charged to the account balance daily.

> [!NOTE]
> All services created on the account are billed, even if they're stopped and not in use. To stop charges for a service, you need to delete it from your Hostman account.

## Topping Up the Balance

You can top up your Hostman account balance using your bank card.

1.  Go to the **Billing** → **Payment** section.
2.  Select your preferred currency and enter the payment amount.
3.  If you want to [save your credit card](https://hostman.com/docs/billing/link-card/) for automatic balance top-ups, leave the **Link your card** checkbox selected. With a saved card, the balance is topped up automatically a week before your account runs out of funds.
4.  Click **Make a payment with Stripe**.
5.  On the Stripe payment page, enter your card details and complete the payment.

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## Active Services and Billing History

You can check the charges in the **Billing** → **Billing history** section.

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To check which services currently exist on the account and are being billed, go to the **Active services** tab.

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For clarity, all services in the account are grouped by projects. This makes it possible to evaluate the budget of each project separately.

## Data Deletion Due to Insufficient Balance

If billing fails due to insufficient funds, the services will be suspended. You have 7 days to replenish your balance, after which the services will resume automatically.

If your account balance is not replenished within 7 days, all data and services will be permanently deleted.