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Billing is where you manage your organization’s plan, invoices, payment details, and record usage. To manage your billing, go to Settings → Billing.

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Cloud plans

Blnk Cloud has two plans: Sandbox and Production. Every new organization starts on Sandbox, with a 5-day trial. Once you’re in, you can deploy Production when you need dedicated infrastructure and operational guarantees.
For current rates and the full feature list, see our Pricing page.

Managed instances

Learn more about Sandbox and Production

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Usage-based billing

Sandbox and Production instances include a usage limit measured in records. A record is any ledger, transaction, balance, identity, or reconciliation external data stored in an instance. Your record count is the total of these objects, including records from previous months. Why records? We measure usage this way so your Cloud cost only grows as your product grows. Billing Instance usage table with a tooltip breaking down records into ledgers, balances, transactions, identities, and reconciliations When you reach your included limit, you choose whether to opt into usage-based billing:
  • If you opt in, you can keep creating records. Blnk charges you for each extra record stored, not for each extra record created during the month.
  • If you don’t opt in, you cannot create new records in the instance.
At the end of each monthly billing cycle, Blnk takes a snapshot of the records stored in each instance. Extra records above your allowance are billed from that snapshot.
  • On monthly plans, this is billed with the next month’s plan fee.
  • On yearly plans, it is billed monthly as a separate usage charge.
Extra records stay in the instance and keep counting toward your bill until you destroy or terminate the instance.

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How to monitor your usage

You can track your record usage in Settings → Billing. Blnk does not charge for extra usage until you opt into usage-based billing for your instance.
Billing page Instance usage table showing name, type, usage, extra records, and usage cost for each instance

Track record usage for each instance in Billing settings

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Manage your billing

From Settings → Billing, you can update your plan and payment details, review subscriptions and invoices, or cancel your subscription.
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Manage your subscription

Click Manage subscription to change your plan, billing address, or payment method. Plan updates take effect immediately.
  • If you’re upgrading, we charge the prorated amount of your new plan for your billing period.
  • If you’re downgrading, we charge nothing.
Billing page Plan card showing the Manage subscription buttonWhen a payment fails, you’ll no longer have access to your Cloud workspace until you resolve the pending invoice. Update your payment details to resolve the pending invoice.
If you don’t resolve the payment within 30 days, any active deployments will be deleted and your subscription will be automatically cancelled.
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View subscriptions

See your active subscriptions and deployments.Billing page showing active subscriptions, billing frequency, next payment date, and monthly amounts
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View invoices

View and download your past invoices.Billing page invoices table showing invoice number, description, date, amount, and payment status
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Cancel your subscription

Click Manage subscription to cancel. We do not offer refunds for cancellations mid-subscription.When you cancel, your subscription remains active until the end of your billing period.

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FAQs

Yes. You can deploy a fully managed ledger from your Blnk Cloud workspace with one click. No extra setup required. See Managed instances.
Storage refers to the number of records stored. A record is a ledger, transaction, balance, identity, or external data uploaded for reconciliation in your instance.
Each instance includes a maximum number of records you can store. When you go over the limit, you can opt into usage-based billing. You are then billed monthly for the additional records stored in that instance, not for records created during the month.
Yes, but predictably. Your bill is tied directly to records stored, so it grows in line with your additional usage. You can estimate costs anytime by checking your record count.
No. Your additional records remain stored in the instance and keep counting toward your bill until you destroy or terminate the instance.
Yes. Sandbox works for smaller, low-risk projects. It does not include SLA-backed guarantees such as backups or 99.9% uptime. For those guarantees, use Production. See Deployment types.
Upgrade to Production when you need dedicated infrastructure, high availability, backups, compliance, or guaranteed operational and support SLAs.
Yes. New customers get a 5-day trial on the Sandbox plan, including a sandbox instance to build your product.
If you opt into usage-based billing, your instance keeps running and additional charges apply for records stored beyond your included amount. If you don’t opt in, you cannot create new records in the instance.
You no longer have access to Blnk Cloud until you resolve the pending invoice. If you don’t resolve it within 30 days, any active deployments will be deleted and your subscription will be automatically cancelled. See Manage your subscription.
Yes. If you need help with migration and onboarding, contact Support. To move data between self-hosted Core and Cloud, see Migrate your instance.
Sign up to Blnk Cloud. Every organization starts on Sandbox, with a 5-day trial. Then deploy an instance or connect your self-hosted Core. See Getting started. If you run into issues, contact us.

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Need help?

We are very happy to help you make the most of Blnk, regardless of whether it is your first time or you are switching from another tool. To ask questions or discuss issues, please contact us or join our Discord community.