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title: Billing and plans
description: Plan groups, credits, and add-ons as the product enforces them.
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Billing is **owner-only**. Administrators cannot change plans or payment methods.

Plans have a **group** (`free`, `starter`, `pro`) plus credit limits (events, registrations, check-ins, users). A metric can be a number or `unlimited`.

## What the code gates on

| Capability | Rule |
| --- | --- |
| Registration forms | Starter or Pro (`starter_or_higher?`) |
| Email campaigns | Starter or Pro |
| Badge templates | Starter or Pro (`onsite_plus_or_higher?`) |
| Kiosks | Pro only (`onsite_pro?`) |
| Event website | Always on |
| Event App | Add-on |
| Lead retrieval | Add-on |
| Expo sponsors | Add-on |
| Expo passport | Add-on |
| Party check-in | Add-on |

Locked features render a feature-gate page instead of the real screen.

## Credits vs add-ons

Quantity add-ons (extra credits / seats) can be bought again. Single-enable add-ons (Event App, passport, lead retrieval) show as already purchased once they are on the event.

Marketing prices on [micepad.co/pricing](https://micepad.co/pricing) describe packages. Studio enforces the table above.

## Stripe

Checkout and invoices go through Stripe. Connect (for ticket payouts) is also owner-only. After Stripe onboarding, Studio syncs the account so it can accept charges.