# View Costs and Usage


This page explains how to inspect balances and trends, trace usage, review transaction records, and request invoices in Billing Center.

## Cost overview

Use the Billing Center home page to determine whether the balance is sufficient and which dimensions or workspaces consume Credit.

### Credit balance

Common information in the balance card:

| Information | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Current balance | Available Credit |
| Today / current month / previous month consumption | Credit consumed during each period |
| Estimated available days | Estimate based on recent consumption rate, for reference only |
| Top-up entry | Opens the top-up flow |

Short bursts of high usage affect Estimated available days. Use it as a top-up signal and use usage details for precise attribution.

### Consumption trends

Select a range such as last week, last month, current month, or custom, then switch between:

- **By billable item**: Spending on compute instances, AI services, Genesis, and other items.
- **By workspace**: Consumption by workspace.

### Monthly bill overview

Monthly summaries commonly include billing period, issue date, total consumption, usage charges, monthly subscriptions, status, and view/download actions.

A monthly bill separates **usage charges** from **monthly subscriptions**. If total consumption rises while usage remains similar, check whether a monthly subscription such as dedicated support or enterprise identity was activated.

For top-up instructions, see [Top-ups and Account Settings](manage-billing.md).

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## Usage details

Use billing-period, daily, or hourly details to identify which item, workspace, specification, or scenario generated a charge.

### Locate and filter

1. Search by bill number or select a time range.
2. Select a **statistical period**: billing period, day, or hour.
3. Select a **statistical dimension**: by billable item or workspace.
4. Narrow the results with billable-item, status, and other filters.

### Parent and child details

Items with subitems, including compute instances, AI services, and Genesis, commonly use parent and child rows:

- **Parent row**: Total consumption for the item.
- **Child row**: Specific specification, scenario, or model, with unit price, usage, and consumption.

### Meaning of billable items in details

| Item | Measurement | Common child breakdown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Compute instances | Node uptime in hours | Query/task specifications |
| AI services | Tokens at a unified price | Service scenario, such as conversation or knowledge base |
| Data storage | GB-month | Catalog data objects |
| Public-network traffic | Outbound GB | Generally no child item |
| Genesis | Input/output/cache tokens | By model, with a link to Genesis usage details |
| BYOM | Token service fee | By connected model |
| Dedicated support / enterprise identity | Monthly | Subscription status, monthly fee, and billing period |

AI-service details generally break down by **scenario**, not model. Use Genesis to inspect tokens by model.

Usage details generally support CSV / Excel export.

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## Transaction details

Transaction details record incoming and outgoing funds such as top-ups, consumption, withdrawals, and refunds.
Unlike usage details, these are **financial transaction records**. Consumption is commonly aggregated by settlement window rather than recorded once per call.

### Filters

Filter by transaction number, time range, and:

| Dimension | Examples |
| --- | --- |
| Income/expense type | Income / expense |
| Transaction type | Consumption / top-up / withdrawal / refund |
| Transaction channel | WeChat / Alipay / bank transfer / platform, and others |

The Platform channel generally refers to Credit changes that do not use an external payment channel, such as system deductions or grants, subject to product behavior.

### Common detail columns

Transaction number, transaction time, income/expense type, transaction type, channel, amount, Credit change, billing period, status, invoice, and more.

### Request an invoice

You can request an invoice for a successful top-up from its invoice column. First configure the invoice title and taxpayer ID in Settings; see [Top-ups and Account Settings](manage-billing.md).
Invoices generally apply only to successful top-ups. Consumption, withdrawals, and refunds are not invoiced separately.