Credits and automatic payment

Top up credits

In Budget, Top up credits: choose an amount or enter another one. The console tells you how long that amount gives you at the current rate. A promo code is applied before payment; the window shows the discount, the VAT and the total.

The amount is charged right away to your payment method. The invoice appears in Invoices and statements.

On your first top-up, you’re asked for your billing details and a payment method along the way.

Payment methods

Card or SEPA Direct Debit. You enter them with Stripe, Fransys’s payment provider: Fransys never sees the numbers. Choose the Default method: it’s the one automatic payment charges.

Automatic payment

Automatic payment at the end of the period: anything beyond your credits is charged automatically, at the end of the period, to your default payment method. Your infrastructure is never shut down, even if a payment is late.

When it’s off, only your credits pay for usage, and your infrastructure is shut down 2 hours before they run out. To turn it off when you’ve used more than your credits, first cover that amount.

Spending limits

• Monthly limit: the total the period must not exceed. With automatic payment, your services stay online if it’s exceeded; without it, they’re shut down.
• Maximum rate: a monthly spending guide, indicative only. Fransys stops nothing when it’s exceeded.

Beyond these, the maximums set by Fransys apply. To go higher, write to the team.

The safest setup

Add a payment method, turn on automatic payment, then check your limits. See Never get shut down.