# Overview
The overview will introduce the recharge of the EMQ X Cloud account, PayPal payment, view transaction records, monthly bills and expense reports. Click Billing
-> Overview
in the left menu to enter the billing overview page
The overview page displays the following four parts:
- Balance
- Billing of the current month (the billing fee from the 1st of the month to the current time)
- Add or Update a Payment Method
- Expense trend, you can switch between
day
andmonth
to show the corresponding expense trend
# Balance
By default, payments are processed automatically so you don't have to worry that your service will stop running if you forget to make a payment.
Balance Only if the credit card payment fails will the balance show all the charges you have incurred for the previous month's deployment, you will need to complete the payment manually or verify that the credit card information is correct.
Transactions To view your transaction history, access the Transactions page in the Billing Transactions (opens new window)
# View monthly bills
The monthly bills will show the monthly billing record of the account
Click
bills
to view monthly bills historyTo view the deployment bill associated with the bill, click on the bill record and it will be displayed below
To view the detailed expense report of the deployment bill, click on the
View report
of the deployment expense record
# View billing report
Billing report showing all costs incurred per hour of deployment
Click
View Report
on theOverview
page to enter the billing report pageThe billing report can be filtered by billing time, billing ID, and deployment name
# Add or Update a Payment Method
You can use the overview to add a credit card to your account.
To add a credit card to your EMQ X Cloud account
Sign in to the EMQ X Cloud Console and open the Billing Overview (opens new window)
Choose an editorial payment method
Enter the credit card information and billing address.
Choose Submit.
To update your credit card
Sign in to the EMQ X Cloud Console and open the Billing Overview at https://cloud.emqx.io/console/billing/overview.
Choose an editorial payment method
Enter the credit card information and billing address.
Choose Submit.
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