Credits & billing
Top up credit, refill it automatically, get warned before it runs out, and find your invoices.
Kontinent is prepaid: your organization holds a credit balance, and every request debits its exact cost. Billing lives under Credits in the console. Every member can see the balance, transactions and invoices; topping up, payment methods and auto top-up are reserved for the owner (see Team & roles).
Top up
Choose an amount between €5 and €10,000 in whole euros and pay through Stripe Checkout. The credit is available as soon as the payment is confirmed, and a suspended organization works again immediately. If a top-up fee applies to your organization, Checkout shows it as a separate line before you pay. Each top-up produces an invoice.
You can save a payment method in the same place. It is required for auto top-up.
Auto top-up
Auto top-up refills the balance before it runs out, so your requests never hit 402 insufficient_credits.
| Setting | Range | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Threshold | €1 to €10,000 | When the balance falls below this amount, a top-up starts. |
| Amount | €5 to €10,000 | How much is charged to the saved payment method each time. |
| Daily cap | €5 to €100,000 | The most auto top-up may charge per day. Must be at least the amount. |
The daily cap is the safety net: a runaway loop cannot charge more than this per day. After three failed charges in a row, auto top-up is switched off and you get an email. Switch it on again to resume; that also resets the failure count.
Low-balance warning
Set a threshold, and owners and admins get an email when the balance falls below it. Use it together with auto top-up or as your reminder to top up by hand.
Invoices and transactions
The Credits page lists your invoices and every movement on the balance: top-ups, auto top-ups and corrections by Kontinent. Usage itself is listed per request in the logs.
Budgets are a separate tool
The balance is shared by the whole organization. To cap spend per key, team or purpose, use budgets and spend limits: they stop one key or team without stopping everyone.