---
title: "Manage payment methods and invoices"
description: "How an Organization Owner runs IoTFlows billing at /{organization}/settings/billing, the one settings page no other role can open. The page holds a Customer Billing email that every invoice and payment failure is sent to, a list of payment cards added through Stripe, and two tabs: Current Invoice, which previews the period in progress, and Invoices, which lists issued invoices with Paid, Open, Draft, Void, and Uncollectible status chips and a downloadable PDF for each. Set the billing email to a shared finance address, because an unpaid invoice suspends the organization, suspension stops machine data collection, and the gap in the record is permanent."
category: "Billing"
source_url: "https://www.iotflows.com/docs/admin/billing/"
---
# Manage payment methods and invoices

Your cards, the address invoices go to, the period in progress, and every invoice already issued.

Billing lives on one page at `/{organization}/settings/billing`, separate from the rest of Organization Settings. It holds three things: the *billing email*, which is the address Stripe sends every invoice and every payment failure to; the payment cards on the organization; and the invoices themselves, split across a **Current Invoice** tab and an **Invoices** tab.

**Before you start.** You need to be an *Organization Owner*. An Administrator is not enough, and neither is anything below it. See [Roles and permissions](/docs/admin/roles-reference/#owner-only).

## Open Billing
1. Select your profile picture at the top right of the dashboard.
2. Select **Billing**.

Any role can select the menu item, but only an Owner sees the page. Everyone else gets "You are not authorized to access this page. Only organization owners can access this page."

If that is you, find your Owner. No other role can change a card, an address, or a payment on this account.

![The full Billing page. An Account heading sits above a Customer Billing row holding a redacted email address and an Edit button. A Cards heading with an Add Card button sits above three card rows, each with its last four digits redacted and the last one carrying a Default chip. Below both, a tab strip reads Current Invoice and Invoices. Numbered callouts 1, 2 and 3 mark the three regions.](/images/admin/adm-bill-01.webp)

*The Billing page at /settings/billing, with the Customer Billing email at the top, the Cards list below it, and the Current Invoice and Invoices tabs at the bottom. Only an Organization Owner can open it.*

## Set the billing email
The billing email is the **Customer Billing** field in the **Account** section at the top of the page. It is the only address Stripe writes to, and it is independent of your own [profile email](/docs/admin/profile/).

1. Select **Edit** beside the field.
2. Type the address.
3. Select **Save**.

An "Invoice email updated" toast confirms the change. **Cancel** discards it.

**Use a shared finance address, not a personal one.** `accounting@midwesttooling.com` beats the Owner's own inbox. This address receives payment failures as well as invoices, and a failed payment that sits unread while one person is on vacation is how an organization gets suspended.

> **Warning:**
> **Why does an unread invoice matter this much?**
>
> An unpaid account is suspended, and **a suspended organization stops collecting machine data**. The sensors keep running, but nothing is recorded. Paying the bill lifts the lockout and does not backfill the gap, so the hours lost are missing from every report forever.
>
> See [Restore a suspended organization](/docs/admin/suspended-account/).

![A cropped detail of the Customer Billing row in edit mode. The email field holds the address billing@example.com, and Cancel and Save buttons sit immediately to its right.](/images/admin/adm-bill-02.webp)

*The Customer Billing field in edit mode, holding a shared finance address, with Cancel and Save beside it.*

## Add a card
Cards are handled by Stripe. IoTFlows never sees or stores the number.

1. Select **Add Card**, at the right of the **Cards** heading.
2. Fill in the **Add Payment Card** dialog: card number, expiry, security code, and the billing details Stripe asks for.
3. Select the checkbox agreeing to the IoTFlows [Terms of Use](https://www.iotflows.com/policies/terms-of-use). **Submit** stays disabled until you do.
4. Select **Submit**.

A "Card successfully added!" toast confirms it and the new card appears in the list, showing its brand icon, "Card ending in 4242", and its expiry month and year.

If the card is declined or a field is wrong, Stripe's own message appears under the form. Correct the field it names and submit again. If Stripe accepts the card but IoTFlows cannot save it, you get "Card could not be saved" instead, and no card is added.

![The Add Payment Card dialog. Card and Google Pay choices sit at the top with Card selected, above Stripe's empty Card number field carrying the Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover marks, then Expiration date, Security code, Country set to United States, and ZIP code. Below them a line explaining that your card information authorizes IOTFLOWS INC to charge future payments, an unchecked checkbox reading By clicking Submit, you have read and agree to the IoTFlows Terms of Use, and Cancel beside a dimmed Submit.](/images/admin/adm-bill-03.webp)

*The Add Payment Card dialog, with the Stripe card fields, the Terms of Use checkbox that unlocks Submit, and Cancel and Submit along the bottom.*

**You do not need a second card.** Stripe charges the *default card*, the single card marked to take the payment, and never the others. A second card is useful only as a replacement you intend to promote, or as a backup you would promote by hand if the first one failed. Adding a card does not promote it.

## Set the default card
The default card carries a blue **Default** chip in the card list.

1. Select the three-dot menu at the top right of the card's row.
2. Select **Set as default**.

A "Card has been set to default" toast confirms it, and the chip moves to the card you chose. Do this after adding a replacement card, or the old card keeps taking the charge.

## Remove a card
**The web dashboard has no way to remove a card today.** The row menu offers **Set as default** and nothing else. Contact IoTFlows to take an old card off the account, through [support](/docs/get-started/get-support/#contact).

Until then, add the new card and make it the default. The old card stays listed but is never charged.

> **Info:**
> **Leaving IoTFlows?**
>
> Leaving the account with no working card does not close it. It gets the organization [suspended](/docs/admin/suspended-account/), which stops data collection. Ask [support](/docs/get-started/get-support/#contact) to end the subscription instead.

## The current invoice
The **Current Invoice** tab shows the period in progress under an **Upcoming invoice** heading, above the line "This is a preview of the invoice that will be billed on *date*. It may change if the subscription is updated."

The table lists each line item with **DESCRIPTION**, **QTY**, **UNIT PRICE**, and **AMOUNT**, grouped under the billing period the item falls in, then totals as **Subtotal**, **Total**, and **Amount due**. Line items charging nothing are hidden, so a short table does not mean a missing charge.

The tab renders one **Upcoming invoice** block per upcoming invoice, so more than one can appear. Read the date in each block's first line to tell them apart.

Nothing here is payable by hand. The preview becomes an invoice at the end of the period, and the default card is charged automatically.

## Invoice history
The **Invoices** tab lists issued invoices, newest first, three rows at a time. Each row carries the amount, the currency, a status chip, the invoice number, a description, the due date, and the date the invoice was created.

Change the row count with the **Rows per page** control beneath the table: 3, 6, 9, 12, or **All**.

![The Invoices table with three rows. Each row shows a redacted amount, the currency usd, a colored status chip, an invoice number, a due date, and a created date. A violet box highlights the status column: two green Paid chips and one yellow Uncollectible chip.](/images/admin/adm-bill-04.webp)

*The Invoices tab. Each row shows an amount, a status chip, an invoice number, and its dates. The chips on this account read Paid and Uncollectible.*

## Invoice statuses
| Status | Means | Action available |
|---|---|---|
| **Paid** | Stripe charged the default card and the charge cleared. | None. Download the PDF for your records. |
| **Open** | The invoice is issued and unpaid. It is either inside its payment window or past due. | Check the **DUE** date. If it has passed, confirm the default card is current, then contact [support](/docs/get-started/get-support/#contact). An open invoice left unpaid is what suspends an organization. |
| **Draft** | The invoice is not issued yet and its amount can still change. | None. Wait for it to be issued. |
| **Void** | The invoice was canceled and nothing is owed on it. | None. It stays listed for the record. |
| **Uncollectible** | IoTFlows has written the invoice off as unpayable. | Contact [support](/docs/get-started/get-support/#contact) before doing anything else. Your organization is at or past suspension. |

## Download an invoice PDF
1. Open the **Invoices** tab.
2. Select the invoice row.
3. In the **Summary** panel that opens beneath the table, select **Invoice PDF**.

The PDF opens in a new browser tab. If nothing happens, your browser blocked the pop-up; allow pop-ups for the dashboard and select it again.

The **Summary** panel repeats the invoice number and its line items with quantities and unit prices, then **Subtotal**, any discount by coupon name, **Total**, and **Amount due**. A discount row appears only when a coupon applied to that invoice, so an invoice without one is not missing a row.

## See also
- [Restore a suspended organization](/docs/admin/suspended-account/), if the lockout is already on screen
- [Buy IoTFlows hardware](/docs/hardware/buy/), for devices and pricing questions
- [Billing questions](/docs/get-started/faq/#billing), including plan changes and refunds
- [Roles and permissions](/docs/admin/roles-reference/#owner-only), for what else only the Owner can do
- [Contact support](/docs/get-started/get-support/#contact)