# How to manage billing

**For:** Admin
**You'll need:** Owner role. An active or trialing subscription.

You'll open the **Stripe Billing Portal** to update your subscription, download invoices, change your payment method, or cancel. Your subscription is **per account** — one subscription covers every company you own, billed per person.

## Open the subscription panel

1. Open the account dropdown (top-right) and click **'Account'**.
2. Click **'Manage companies'**.

The **Subscription** panel at the top of the page shows your current status, your trial end date (while trialing), and your seat count (while active).

## Open the Stripe Billing Portal

1. In the Subscription panel, click **'Manage subscription'**.

{{ app_name }} creates a Stripe portal session and redirects you to it.

## What you can do in the portal

- Update the payment method.
- Download past invoices and receipts.
- Update your billing email and address.
- Cancel the subscription (you'll keep access until the period end — see {doc}`trials-and-grace`).

```{note}
You don't set the seat count by hand. {{ app_name }} counts the distinct people across all your companies (active and pending members, you included) and pushes that number to Stripe automatically — when you invite someone, change a member's status, or add or delete a company. Someone who works in two of your companies is **one seat, not two**.
```

When you're done, click **'Return to {{ app_name }}'** at the top of the portal.

## Verify it worked

Any change you make in the portal takes effect immediately. A cancellation shows as **'Cancels at period end'** in the portal until the end of the billing period; after that your account enters the grace flow described in {doc}`trials-and-grace`.

## Related

- {doc}`start-a-subscription`
- {doc}`trials-and-grace`
- {doc}`/settings-and-admin/tenants/add-a-company`