{"schemaVersion":"1","contentVersion":"2026-10-18.1","slug":"controls-billing","title":"Usage & pricing controls","summary":"Read the usage dashboard, compare plan options, and understand exactly which actions change billing.","category":"Control reference","minutes":6,"prerequisites":["Open the named screen in Rumata. Available controls may depend on your account, permissions, and resource state."],"sections":[{"id":"usage-panels","title":"Usage dashboard","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Expanding a panel or changing the displayed history period is read-only. The figures belong to the account named on the page."},{"type":"table","headers":["Control","What it does"],"rows":[["Hosted database details","Expand database state, storage used, remaining ready time, and recovery information. Collapse it to return to the summary."],["All plan allowances","Expand the complete list of allowances. Check whether each value represents usage this period, currently active resources, a maximum per action, or capacity per resource."],["Usage period","Choose [Last 7 days](/guides/controls-billing#usage-panels), [Last 30 days](/guides/controls-billing#usage-panels), or [Last 90 days](/guides/controls-billing#usage-panels) for compute history. This does not change the subscription’s billing period."],["History and technical totals","Expand runtime hours, CPU core-hours, memory GiB-hours, and daily compute allocation."],["Runtime / CPU / Memory","Switch the metric shown in the daily compute chart. Use the chart’s labels and selected period when interpreting the values."],["Plan and billing details","Expand the current plan, features, status, and available upgrade link."],["Upgrade Plan","Open [Pricing](https://app.rumata.dev/pricing). No subscription change occurs just by following this link."]]}]},{"id":"credit-packs","title":"AI credit packs","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Credit packs add Rumata-managed model usage to a paid plan. They are separate from changing the subscription tier."},{"type":"table","headers":["Control","What it does"],"rows":[["Credit pack amount buttons","Select the pack to purchase. Compare the AI credit amount and the amount you will pay; the page shows both. Selection alone does not charge you."],["Add [amount] AI credits","Start checkout for the selected credit pack. Complete checkout only after confirming that the amount matches what you intend to buy."],["Currently available balance","Read the current AI credit balance before purchasing more. This is a display, not a spending limit control."]]}]},{"id":"plan-choices","title":"Subscription choices","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"[Pricing](https://app.rumata.dev/pricing) has separate [Infrastructure only](/guides/controls-billing#plan-choices) and [Infra + AI](/guides/controls-billing#plan-choices) sections. Check the selected plan and machine option together."},{"type":"table","headers":["Control","What it does"],"rows":[["Add a Rumata development machine","On an infrastructure-only plan, select whether to include development-machine hours. The displayed price changes to show the selected package. It is not applied until you take the plan-change action."],["Current subscription","Identify the plan you already have. The disabled button prevents selecting the same current subscription again."],["Upgrade","Request the selected plan change. It may update an existing subscription or open checkout. Review the resulting confirmation and account state."],["Downgrade","Request a move to the selected lower plan. Read when the change will take effect and how the lower allowances affect your resources."],["Scheduled next cycle","Show a plan change already scheduled for the next cycle. It is not an action to apply that plan immediately."],["Cancel subscription","Open a confirmation asking whether to cancel at the end of the current billing cycle. Confirming schedules cancellation; cancelling the dialog leaves the subscription as it is."],["Contact sales","Open the contact page for custom capacity or commercial terms. Opening the page does not order a custom plan."]]}]},{"id":"billing-states","title":"Loading, confirmation, and errors","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Use the final account state to determine whether a billing action completed."},{"type":"table","headers":["Control","What it does"],"rows":[["Loading or disabled purchase button","Wait for the in-progress billing request. Repeated clicks are disabled to avoid starting overlapping requests."],["Scheduling cancellation…","The cancellation request is being processed. Wait for its success or error message."],["Subscription activation pending message","Payment may have completed while activation is still being confirmed. Refresh shortly and check the account before starting another purchase."],["Refresh the page after a billing error","Recheck the actual plan, pending change, or balance before retrying. If the state is unclear, contact Rumata with the non-sensitive error message."]]}]}],"technical":[],"related":["billing","controls-home-account","controls-factory","system-explorer-database"],"sources":["Live app.rumata.dev/usage and /pricing, September 6 2026","kondor_frontend/rumata_studio/src/pages/PricingPage.tsx","kondor_frontend/rumata_studio/src/components/billing/AiCreditTopUpCard.tsx"],"updated":"2026-09-06","audience":"general","media":[{"src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/manual/usage.jpg","width":1046,"height":467,"alt":"Expanded All plan allowances list in Rumata Usage, with separate meters for activity runtime, builds, and development machines.","caption":"Open [All plan allowances](/guides/controls-billing#usage-panels) to check each meter. Reaching one allowance does not mean you’ve reached the others.","sectionId":"usage-panels"},{"sectionId":"plan-choices","src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/pricing-infra-ai.png","width":2626,"height":1576,"alt":"Rumata Infra + AI pricing with Builder, Pro, Team, and Custom plans.","caption":"Infra + AI plans with cloud capacity and monthly AI credits. Check [Pricing](https://rumata.dev/pricing) for current offers and billing terms."}],"video":null,"url":"https://docs.rumata.dev/guides/controls-billing"}