# Cloider billing and monthly invoices > Read your Cloider invoices: who can see billing, when invoices are issued, what each line and unit means, and invoices from the CLI, API and MCP. **Billing** shows the account's monthly invoices: one per month, with a line for every resource and what it cost. Only the account **Owner** can see it. To follow costs during the month, use [Usage](/account/usage) instead. ## At a glance | | | | --- | --- | | **Where** | Dashboard, **Billing** (in the sidebar for the Owner only) | | **Who** | The account Owner. Admins and Restricted members can't see invoices | | **When** | One invoice per month, issued early in the next month, once the last day's usage is finalized | | **Contents** | One item per resource, with lines for compute, storage, load balancers and database plans | | **Tools** | Dashboard, `cloider billing`, `GET /api/billing`, the `get_billing` MCP tool | | **How it's priced** | See [Billing model](/concepts/billing-model) | ## View your invoices **Dashboard** 1. Open **Billing** in the sidebar. The **Invoices** list shows each invoice's **Month**, **Amount** and **Status**. 2. Click an invoice to open it. The **Invoice** dialog lists every resource with its lines. 3. Click the printer icon (**Print**) next to the title to print the invoice or save it as a PDF from your browser's print dialog. Before the first invoice, the page says *Your monthly bill is not due yet!*. **CLI** ```bash cloider billing ``` ```text title="Output" MONTH AMOUNT STATUS September 2026 $45.63 Unpaid August 2026 $38.10 Paid ``` Show one invoice's items by its month: ```bash cloider billing show "September 2026" ``` The table lists each item with its service, quantity and unit, price and amount, followed by the total. Add `-o json` for the full invoice. **Terraform** The Terraform provider doesn't read invoices. Use the **Dashboard**, **CLI** or **API** tab. **API** `GET /api/billing` returns every invoice of the account, newest first, with its items: ```bash curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOIDER_TOKEN" https://cloider.com/api/billing ``` ```json title="Response (trimmed)" [ { "month": "September 2026", "amount": 45.63, "paid": false, "created_at": "2026-10-01T02:10:00Z", "items": [ { "service_type": "PostgreSQL", "description": "Database: \"orders-db\"", "amount": 15.00, "subitems": [ { "service": "PostgreSQL", "description": "Plan: Starter ($15/mo)", "qty": 720, "unit": "Hour", "price": 0.020833, "amount": 15.00 } ] } ] } ] ``` The token must be a **Read & Write** token generated by the Owner. Any other token or role gets `403` with `You don't have access to this account billing page!`. **MCP** ```text title="Prompt" Show me last month's Cloider invoice with every item. ``` ```json title="Tool call: get_billing" {"month": "September 2026"} ``` Without `month`, the tool lists every invoice. The CLI behind the MCP server must be logged in as the Owner with **Read and write** access. ## What an invoice contains An invoice has one **item** per resource that cost something that month. Each item has **lines** (subitems) for what was metered: | Item | Lines | Unit | | --- | --- | --- | | `Cluster: ""` | **Compute** (average CPU and memory, usage time), **Persistent Volumes** (average GB), one **LoadBalancer** line per load balancer (its name and IP) | Compute-Hour, GB-Hour, Hour | | `App: ""` | **Compute** | Compute-Hour | | `Database: ""` | The engine (for example **PostgreSQL**) with its plan and monthly price, and **Persistent Volume** for time spent paused | Hour, GB-Hour | | `Bucket: ""` | **Object Storage** (average GB stored) | GB-Hour | | `Registry project: ""` | **Container Registry** (average GB stored) | GB-Hour | The invoice dialog's columns are: | Column | Meaning | | --- | --- | | **Service** | What the line is for. When prices changed during the month, the line names its price period | | **Description** | Detail such as `Avg. CPU usage: 0.84 cores`, `Avg usage: 20 GB` or `Plan: Starter ($15/mo)` | | **Usage** | The quantity, in the line's unit | | **Unit** | **Compute-Hour**, **GB-Hour** or **Hour** | | **Rate** | The hourly rate: the monthly price divided by 720 | | **Cost** | Usage times rate | Items with several lines end with a **Subtotal**, and the invoice ends with **Total Amount**. - A **Compute-Hour** is one compute unit for one hour. See [compute units](/concepts/billing-model#compute-units). - A **GB-Hour** is one GB stored or provisioned for one hour. 20 GB for a whole 720 hour month is 14,400 GB-Hours. - If a database changed plan during the month, it has one line per plan, each with the dates it covers. ## When is an invoice issued? Cloider issues invoices once a month for the month that just ended, early on the first days of the new month, after the last day's usage has been finalized. A month with nothing to bill doesn't get an invoice. Deleted resources appear on the invoice for the part of the month they existed. ## Paying an invoice An invoice shows a **✓ Paid** tag in the dashboard (`Paid` in `cloider billing`, `"paid": true` in the API) once its payment has been recorded. For questions about payment, an invoice or pricing, open a [support request](/account/support) with the type **Billing/Payment/Pricing Question or Issue**. ## Troubleshooting | Symptom | Cause and fix | | --- | --- | | No **Billing** in the sidebar | You aren't the account Owner. Only the Owner sees invoices. | | `You don't have access to this account billing page!` | The request came from an Admin, a Restricted member, or a **Read** token. Use the Owner's dashboard session or a **Read & Write** token the Owner generated. | | *Your monthly bill is not due yet!* | No invoice has been issued yet. The first one arrives early in the month after you start using resources. | | An amount looks wrong | Compare it with the resource's daily figures on [Usage](/account/usage), then open a Billing support request. | ## Next steps - [Usage](/account/usage): costs to date and forecasts. - [Billing model](/concepts/billing-model): how every line is metered. - [Pricing](/reference/pricing): current prices and units.