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

# Billing

> Prepaid credit. Started minutes plus platform fee. Failed boot is $0.

Compute is **prepaid**. You add credit, then runs hold and burn that balance.

## Rules that are live

* Minimum Checkout: **\$10** (`compute credits add 10`).
* You are billed **started minutes** while the provider machine exists, rounded up.
* A **failed boot** that never starts the machine is **\$0**.
* When the run ends (success, error, cancel, timeout), Compute terminates the machine and writes a receipt.
* One receipt line is provider usage. Another is the **platform fee**.

```bash theme={null}
compute credits
compute usage
compute runs receipt <run_id>
```

## Rates and fee

List rates (¢/hr) come from `compute gpu list`.

The platform fee percentage is published on [Pricing](https://compute.cx/pricing). This manual does **not** restate a number so it cannot drift from the site or the biller.

## Caps

Per-account spend and one-active-run limits can refuse a create even when `compute credits` is positive. Provider availability and create-rate limits can also prevent a run. The API error includes a request id — keep it for [Support](/support).

## Dashboard

[Credits](https://compute.cx/credits) and [usage](https://compute.cx/usage) mirror the CLI. Checkout still completes in the browser.