Credits & Overages
How page credits work, what happens when you run over your monthly allowance, and how overage protection and purchased pages interact.
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DocuClipper usage is metered in pages. Every plan includes a monthly page allowance. This article explains what counts as a page, what happens when you run out, and how overages and purchased pages work together.
What counts as a page
- One PDF page = one page, regardless of how many transactions or fields are on it.
- Re-running a conversion on the same document counts its pages again.
- Failed conversions are not charged.
- Financial analysis such as Cashflow Analysis does not consume pages; it's free once a document is converted.
Checking your balance
Go to Settings → Plan & Billing and look at the Page balance card. It shows:
- Subscription pages used and remaining this cycle — your monthly allowance, which resets on your renewal date and does not roll over.
- Purchased pages — one-off pages you bought separately. These never expire and are used only after your subscription pages are gone.
Running out: overage protection
When your subscription pages are used up, what happens depends on the Overage protection card in Plan & Billing:
- On (default for paying accounts): DocuClipper keeps processing and automatically adds pages at your plan's per-page rate, up to the spending limit you set. Accrued overage is billed at your next renewal.
- Off: processing pauses until you buy more pages or your plan renews.
Overage protection only applies when you have a valid card on file and an active paid plan — it does not run during a free trial or when no card is saved.
To manage it, open the Overage protection card and use Enable automatic page add-ons at my plan rate. When enabled, set a spending limit: Unlimited (the default), 200% or 300% of your plan pages, or a custom monthly cap in your billing currency.
Buying extra pages
Click Buy Pages on the Page balance card to buy a one-off page pack. Purchased pages:
- Never expire.
- Are used only after your monthly subscription pages are gone.
- Cost less per page in larger packs.
See Exceeding page limit and adding more pages for the full walkthrough.