# Billing and usage

> Manage your plan and payment through Stripe and track query and row usage across your organization.

*[View this page in the Flax docs](https://flax-analytics.com/docs/administration/billing-and-usage)*

Billing controls your organization's plan and unlocks paid features; usage tracking shows how much your org is consuming. Admins manage both under `/app/settings/billing`.

## Plans and checkout

Flax bills through Stripe. Any member can read the current billing status, but only admins can start checkout or open the billing portal.

- **Status** shows your current `plan`, subscription `status`, and whether a trial is active.
- **Checkout** starts a subscription for the **Pro** plan (per editor; viewers free) on a monthly or yearly cycle.
- **Portal** opens Stripe's customer portal to update payment details or cancel.

Paid features are gated by plan: if your plan (or an unexpired trial) doesn't include a feature, Flax returns a clear "upgrade required" response pointing you to billing.

> [!NOTE]
> On self-hosted deployments where Stripe is not configured, billing endpoints report that billing is disabled and plan gates do not apply.

## Usage tracking

Usage aggregates activity across your organization so you can monitor consumption and anticipate plan needs. Tracked metrics include:

| Metric | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Query count | Number of queries run. |
| Row count | Number of rows returned by those queries. |

AI-specific consumption is reported separately — see [AI settings and usage](/docs/automation-ai/ai-settings-and-usage).

## Related

- [Organization](/docs/administration/organization)
- [AI settings and usage](/docs/automation-ai/ai-settings-and-usage)