# What are billing credits? How billing credits improve cashflow and user experience

DevFeed: [What are billing credits? How billing credits improve cashflow and user experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-are-billing-credits-how-billing-credits-improve-cashflow-and-user-experience-9681.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/billing-credits-pricing-cashflow/>)

Author: Joshua D'Costa

Published: 2025-11-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/billing.md>), [customer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer-experience.md>), [customers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customers.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [forecasting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/forecasting.md>), [pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pricing.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains billing credits as prepaid account value deducted as customers use a product. It covers prepaid, promotional, and refund-as-credit models, along with credit valuation, top-ups, expiration or rollover policies, ledger tracking, and customer-facing display. It describes how credits can support SaaS cash flow, spending visibility, forecasting, and customer experience.

## Source excerpt

Learn what billing credits are, how credit-based pricing works, and how billing credits improve SaaS cash flow, forecasting, and customer experience.