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Here are answers to the most common questions about billing, subscriptions, and payments for Powerbeans publisher accounts. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, reach out to support@powerbeans.ai and the team will get back to you.
Your monthly subscription fee is billed in advance at the start of each billing cycle, by credit or debit card via Stripe. Subscriptions auto-renew each month until you cancel. Any add-ons you have active are billed at the same time and will appear as separate line items on your invoice.
Yes, you can change your plan at any time from your dashboard.
  • Upgrades take effect immediately. You’ll be charged a prorated amount for the remainder of the current billing period to cover the difference between your old and new plan.
  • Downgrades take effect at the start of your next billing period. You keep all current plan features until your billing cycle resets.
Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. You retain full access to all products and features until that date — nothing is cut off immediately. Fees already paid for the current period are non-refundable. After the period ends, your widgets will deactivate and audio generation will stop.
Your monthly quota is consumed as follows:
  • 1 summary for each AI text summary generated
  • 5 summaries for each full-length audio article generated
Unused summaries do not roll over to the next billing cycle. Your quota resets at the start of each billing period. If you reach your limit before the cycle ends, audio and summary generation will pause automatically until the quota resets or you purchase additional summaries.
You can add extra capacity yourself from your dashboard at any time — you don’t need to wait to be contacted. That said, when you approach or reach your summaries limit, your account manager (Scale and Enterprise) or the Powerbeans team will often reach out proactively to flag it. You have two options:
  1. Add extra summaries — a recurring add-on billed at $150/month per block of 1,000 summaries. It takes effect immediately, then renews automatically every month alongside your subscription (as a separate invoice line item) until you remove it — it’s not a one-time top-up.
  2. Upgrade your plan — move to a higher tier with a larger monthly quota.
See Add-Ons for details on purchasing extra summaries.
Payouts are made within 60 calendar days of the end of the month in which revenues were received from demand partners, subject to a $200 minimum threshold. See Payouts for the full schedule and payment methods.
Free via Ads is a programme available to eligible Scale and Enterprise publishers where ad revenue covers your subscription fee before any surplus is paid out. See Free via Ads for how it works and how to check eligibility.
Subscription fees are non-refundable as a general policy. Exceptions are made for verified billing errors — for example, a duplicate charge or an incorrect amount billed. If you believe you’ve been charged incorrectly, contact support@powerbeans.ai with your invoice details and the team will investigate promptly.
Powerbeans doesn’t offer a self-serve trial, but you can book a 30-minute demo to see the products live on a site similar to yours, walk through CMS setup, and get realistic revenue and engagement estimates based on your traffic. Contact sales@powerbeans.ai to discuss trial options for your publication.
Invoices are generated automatically at the start of each billing cycle and are available in your dashboard under Billing → Invoices. You can download them as PDFs at any time. If you need a past invoice reissued or have questions about a specific charge, contact support@powerbeans.ai.