# Prepaid account billing MessageBird is a prepaid, pay-as-you-go platform. This means that you will have to top-up your balance before you can send out your messages and that the costs of your usage will be deducted from your balance. The exact costs differ per country and can be found on our [Pricing page](https://www.messagebird.com/en/pricing/). To ensure that you never run out of credits we have two helpful features that can help out: * [Low-balance warning:](/connectivity-platform/payment-billing/setting-low-balance-notifications.md) You are notified when your balance goes below a certain amount. * [Auto-order](/connectivity-platform/payment-billing/how-to-set-up-auto-top-up.md): We will automatically create a new order for you when your balance goes below a certain amount. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bird.com/connectivity-platform/payment-billing/prepaid-account-billing.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.