Hi, I want to understand how billing works after I use up the included credits.
When I exceed my credits and on-demand usage starts, how are the extra charges billed to my card? Are they aggregated and charged once per billing cycle, or charged immediately/daily as I use the models?
Is on-demand usage purely pay-as-you-go, or do I need to prepay or add balance first?
Is there a specific date in the billing cycle when these overage charges are posted, or does it vary?
Thanks for any help.
Hey there!
How the extra charges hit your card (aggregated, not per-request). You’re not charged per request or on a fixed daily schedule. On-demand usage accrues and is billed via invoices that Stripe auto-charges to the card on file. You’ll typically see incremental invoices during the cycle as your outstanding on-demand balance builds (these usually start around $20 and can scale up based on your payment history, capped around $100 per invoice), plus a final invoice shortly after your billing cycle renews to settle whatever’s left. So light overage means one small charge, and heavier usage means a few charges spread across the month.
Purely pay-as-you-go, with no prepay or balance. There’s nothing to top up in advance. On-demand is opt-in and billed in arrears at API rates (no markup on individual plans). You have to explicitly enable on-demand usage in your dashboard settings, and you can set a spend limit to cap it. If you leave it off, you’re simply paused when your included usage runs out, with no surprise charges.
Posting date varies. There’s no single fixed overage date. Mid-cycle charges land whenever your accrued usage crosses the invoice threshold, and the settlement invoice lands shortly after your monthly cycle resets (your reset date is your subscription anchor, visible via Manage Subscription in the dashboard).
One thing worth knowing: if a usage invoice goes unpaid, on-demand is paused until it’s settled.
More detail here: Usage-based charges and Usage and limits. Let me know if anything’s unclear!
Hi,
I have Cursor Pro.
I enabled On-Demand usage and set a monthly spending limit.
However, every new Agent immediately says:
“You’re paused until your usage resets in 24 days.”
The prompt cannot even be submitted.
I already:
According to the billing documentation, enabling On-Demand should prevent being paused after included usage is exhausted.
Is there anything else I need to do, or is there an issue with my account?
Thanks!
This looks like a separate issue from the original billing question in this thread, but let’s get you unblocked.
That “You’re paused until your usage resets” message means Cursor has hit a limit and on-demand isn’t currently spilling over. Since you’ve already enabled it and restarted, a couple of things to check:
Make sure your spend limit isn’t $0 or already reached. In your dashboard under the Spending tab, confirm on-demand is enabled and your monthly limit is a real positive amount (a $0 limit, or one that’s already been hit, pauses you until the next cycle). Try raising it or setting it to “No Limit”, then reload the page to confirm it saved.
Check for an unpaid invoice. In Billing & Invoices, if there’s an unpaid or failed usage invoice, on-demand stays paused until it’s settled. Paying it or updating your card usually lifts the pause right away.
If on-demand is genuinely enabled with a positive limit, nothing’s outstanding on invoices, and you’re still blocked, then it’s something specific to your account. Since that’s separate from this thread, could you email [email protected] with the email on your account, a screenshot of your Spending / on-demand settings, and the exact message? That’ll let us dig into your account directly and get you moving again.
More detail: Spend limits and Usage-based charges.
Adding a caution that fits this thread: unpaid / failed usage invoices do not only pause on-demand — in my case a back-billed “previously unbilled” correction invoice also locked dashboard billing controls until settled.
Cursor called it “issue resolved” after they failed to invoice on-demand at cycle end, then issued a one-time correction invoice. Ask for itemized usage mapping before paying.
Full write-up: Warning: "correction invoice" for previously unbilled on-demand usage