> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://hilt.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Billing

> Subscription, collector usage, and invoice history in the Hilt console.

Billing lives under **Settings → Admin → Billing**.

Use this page to review your plan, current collector usage, referral credits, and invoice history. Pricing for new customers is discussed on [hilt.ai](https://hilt.ai) — this page is the in-product billing surface for an existing tenant.

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## What you can see

The Billing page is organized into three areas:

### Collector usage

The main card shows how your deployment is metered:

* **In use now** — collectors currently reporting telemetry
* **Billed peak** — the highest concurrent collector count reached during the current contract term; this is the number your annual invoice is based on
* **Annual** — total contract value for the term at the billed peak (amounts may be masked in the UI depending on your role)

A usage bar compares in-use collectors against the billed peak. Below it, a monthly chart shows how peak concurrent collectors trended through the year — the highest bar is what the account is invoiced against.

Billing follows **peak concurrent collector count** for the term, not average daily hosts or storage volume. Linux collectors, macOS collectors, and other enrolled data sources each count as a collector when active.

### Plan

Shows your current plan tier (for example **Business** or **Enterprise**). If you are on Business, Enterprise may appear as an upgrade option with a contact-sales action.

Plan names and entitlements are set at contract time. Contact your account team to change tier or add capacity.

### Referrals

If your organization participates in Hilt's referral program, a referrals card tracks introduced companies, their pipeline stage, and any credits applied to your account (for example, pilot-month credits or collector credits when a referral becomes a customer).

### Invoice history

A table lists past invoices and credits:

| Column | Meaning |
| :- | :- |
| **Invoice** | Invoice or credit reference ID |
| **Issued** | Date the document was issued |
| **Service period** | Contract window the charge covers |
| **Data collectors** | Collector count the line item is based on (annual term, prorated increment, or credit detail) |
| **Amount** | Charge or credit applied |
| **Status** | Payment state (for example **Paid** or **Credited**) |

Mid-term capacity increases appear as prorated invoices for the incremental collectors through the end of the term.

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## What billing does not cover

**Telemetry storage** is tracked separately on the [Storage](https://hilt.ai/docs/administration/storage.md) page under **Settings → Admin → Storage**. Storage shows hot/cold tier usage, daily growth, per-dataset retention, and lifecycle policies — it is an operational capacity view, not the subscription invoice.

Infrastructure costs in your own cloud account (compute, databases, object storage for a BYOC deployment) are outside this billing page. See your cloud provider's cost tools and your Hilt agreement for how those are handled.

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## Permissions

Billing requires an admin role. Users without admin access do not see the Billing section in Settings.

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## New customers and pricing

Hilt pricing is commercial and depends on deployment size, plan tier, and term. List prices are not published in product documentation.

* Visit [hilt.ai](https://hilt.ai) for product and pricing inquiries
* Contact your Hilt account representative for quotes, capacity changes, and contract amendments

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## Related

* Settings map → [Settings](https://hilt.ai/docs/dashboard/settings)
* Telemetry storage usage → [Storage](https://hilt.ai/docs/administration/storage.md)
* Collector fleet health → [Collectors](https://hilt.ai/docs/dashboard/collectors.md)


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