Billing periods
How ADO Pilot's monthly billing period works, when RCs reset, and how annual plans differ.
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Your billing period is anchored to your subscription date, not the calendar month. Each period is one month long, and your review credit (RC) allocation resets to zero at the start of the next period — unused RCs do not carry over.
When does your billing period start?
The period begins on the day of the month you subscribed and ends on the same day of the next month. If you subscribe on February 15, your periods are February 15 to March 15, March 15 to April 15, and so on. If you subscribe on the 31st, Stripe handles short months by billing on the last day of months that do not have a 31st.
The period boundary is the same every month for the lifetime of your subscription, unless you change your plan or your billing day in the Stripe portal.
What happens at the end of a period?
Three things happen on the period boundary:
- RCs reset. Your remaining RC count goes back to your plan's included allocation. Any unused RCs from the previous period are discarded — there is no carryover.
- A new invoice is generated. For monthly plans, this is the next subscription fee plus any overage billed for the period that just ended. For annual plans, only overage is invoiced monthly; the subscription fee is charged once per year.
- The overage cap resets. If you hit your cap and reviews were blocked, they resume on the new period.
Your remaining RCs this period
The Billing page shows two numbers at the top: included RCs and RCs consumed so far in the current period. The difference is your remaining allocation.
For example, on a Starter plan with 150 RCs included, after consuming 80 RCs you have {% $plans.starter.includedRcs %} − 80 RCs left. Once that number reaches zero, your overage policy decides what happens — see Overage behavior.
Annual plans
Annual plans charge the subscription fee once per year, but RC metering is still monthly. Each month you receive your plan's included RCs, and any overage from that month is invoiced at the end of the month. The yearly fee does not buy a 12-month pool of RCs — it is a discount on the subscription fee, not on the RC allocation.