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

# Billing Overview

> Learn about how Hop handles billing for your projects

<Note>
  You can find detailed service pricing on [this page](https://hop.io/pricing).
</Note>

Resources and services you run on Hop are billed based on the number of minutes they are active. You can find the billing details for your project on the [Billing](https://console.hop.io/billing) page on the Hop console.

## Free Trial

Hop offers a free trial for personal projects (the project that gets created for you when you sign up for Hop). This trial is a free (one-time) balance credit of \$5.00 USD, which can be used to deploy the following resources:

| Resource   | Free Trial Limit |
| ---------- | ---------------- |
| **CPU**    | 1 vCPU           |
| **Memory** | 512MB            |

<Note>
  You must attach a card to receive the free one-time \$5.00 USD credit.
</Note>

## Compute Resource Billing

Like most cloud platforms, Hop bills you for the resources you are **allocated** while they're active (e.g. in the **Running** state), per minute.

### Example

For example, let's say you have a deployment with a single container running on 1 vCPU and 512MB of memory:

| Resource   | Pricing             | Allocated | Cost   |
| ---------- | ------------------- | --------- | ------ |
| **vCPU**   | \$4.32 / month      | 1 vCPU    | \$4.32 |
| **Memory** | \$2.10 / GB / month | 512MB     | \$1.05 |

Our total cost for a month of running this deployment would be **\$5.37 USD**.

## Balances

Each Hop project gets it's own balance.

A **positive** balance (above \$0) indicates how much you *owe* to Hop. This automatically gets charged at the end of each payment cycle (monthly, dependant on project creation date). You can also manually top up your balance at any time.

A **negative** balance (below \$0) indicates that you have *credit* with Hop. This can be used to pay for any future charges your project may incur.

## Payment Methods

Payment methods are attached to users rather than projects. You can have multiple payment methods attached to your Hop account, and you can attach them to projects as you wish. You must have **Editor** permission on a project to attach a payment method to it.

You can manage your payment methods and the projects they're attached to on the [Payment Methods](https://console.hop.io/settings/cards) page.