---
title: "Get started with Billing"
description: "Add infra credits to a new MyAccount account, turn on a low balance alert, and find the first day's usage on your account statement."
content_type: "get-started"
product: "billing"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/billing/get-started/"
---

# Get started with Billing

Add infra credits to your account, set an alert so you hear before the balance runs low, and
read your first day of usage. You need a MyAccount account. New accounts are prepaid, so the
steps here add credits rather than pay an invoice. On a postpaid account, start with [Pay an invoice](/myaccount/billing/how-to/pay-an-invoice/).

## Add infra credits

Open **Billing > Pay Now**. In **Add Required Infra Credits**, enter how many credits you want.
One credit is one rupee before GST on an INR account. The **Summary** shows the GST line and
the **Net Payable Amount**, which is what you will be charged.

Click **Proceed to pay**. The payment gateway opens: Razorpay on an INR account, with cards,
net banking, UPI, and wallets; Stripe on a USD account, with a card. Complete the payment
there.

Back in MyAccount, the credits are on your balance and the payment is the first row under
**Last 5 Transactions**. An invoice for the purchase appears under **Billing > Account
Statement > Invoices**.

## Turn on a low balance alert

Open **Billing > Auto Pay** and turn on **Enable low Infra credits notification**. Enter the
balance at which you want an email, at least 1,000 credits on an INR account. Turn on **I also
want SMS notification** for a text as well, then click **Save**.

The alert needs no card. From now on, the account emails you when the balance falls below the
limit.

## Read your first day's usage

Usage is deducted once every few hours and shows on your statement as **Daily usage**. A few
hours after you launch something, open **Billing > Account Statement** and click **Usage Details**. Each row is one resource for
one day, with its rate, the hours used, the amount, and the project it belongs to. **Infra
Credit Details** shows the running balance, with **Infra Credits Used** and **Infra Credits
Available** totals.

## What to do next

- [Set up AutoPay](/myaccount/billing/how-to/set-up-autopay/) so the account buys credits
  for you when the balance is low.
- [Read your account statement](/myaccount/billing/how-to/read-your-account-statement/) for
  invoices, the ledger, monthly usage, and cost analysis.
- [Prepaid and postpaid accounts](/myaccount/billing/concepts/prepaid-and-postpaid-accounts/)
  explains what happens if the balance goes negative, and how licensed and committed plans
  are charged.

If a payment does not go through, see
[Troubleshooting Billing](/myaccount/billing/troubleshooting/billing/).