Create billing profile
After you create a new account, you might want to create your billing profile.
A primary payment method is required to process payment for Cloudflare products and services. We value your confidentiality and privacy - Cloudflare does not have access to your bank, credit card, pin, or PayPal account password details.
To add or update your primary payment method,
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Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗.
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On the left sidebar, select Manage account > Billing.
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Select Payment Info.
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If there is no payment method on file, the Payment Method dialog opens automatically. Otherwise, select Manage next to your current payment method and the Payment Method dialog opens.
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Enter the required information based on the payment options below:
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If paying by credit card:
- Enter all the information required under the Credit Card Details form.
- To add your business information to your invoice, include your Company and VAT/GST Number, if applicable.
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If paying by PayPal (will charge your credit card if you do not have enough funds in your PayPal account):
- Select the PayPal logo on the upper right.
- Follow the online instructions until PayPal returns you to Cloudflare Payment Method dialog where you can continue with your set-up.
- Verify that your PayPal username now appears next to the PayPal logo.
- Add your account contact information as well as Company and VAT/GST Number, if applicable.
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Review the payment method and contact information to ensure it is accurate.
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To finish, select Confirm.
Ensure your new payment method now appears in the Payment Method section.
Enterprise customers must email ar@cloudflare.com with the last four digits of the credit card and its expiration date.
A backup payment method is used if the primary payment method fails. To add a backup payment method:
- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗.
- Go to Manage account > Billing.
- Select Payment Info.
- In the Payment Method card, select Manage.
- In the Backup card, select Add to enter a backup payment method.
- Enter the required information based on your preferred payment method (credit card or PayPal) and select Confirm.
- If you would like to make the backup payment method the primary method, select Make primary payment method in the Backup card.
If you have a usage-based product ↗ like Rate Limiting or Load Balancing, set up Billing notifications to monitor usage and avoid surprises on your bill.
These notifications do not set a cap on usage, but rather alert you when your usage might be reaching a threshold.
To set up billable usage notifications:
- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account.
- Go to Notifications.
- Select Add.
- On the Billing notification, click Select.
- Enter a name and description.
- Select a Product. This value affects the usage threshold specified in the next step.
- Enter a usage threshold.
- Add a Notification email.
- Select Create.
To disable, edit, or delete this notification, return to Notifications and find your notification.
To receive invoices via email — which are sent when you add or remove subscriptions from your account — you can opt-in within the Billing section of the Cloudflare dashboard. Once enabled, you will receive invoices via email:
- Within one business day of initial setup.
- Every month at the end of your billing period.
- Within one business day for all new purchases.
To enable Cloudflare invoice emails:
- Log into the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account.
- Go to Manage Account > Billing.
- Go to Invoices & Documents.
- For Billing email preference, switch the value to On. You will receive an invoice via billing email address on file within one business day.