Managed usage: your balance, top-ups and spend limits

In NeuralVault 2.0, Settings, Intelligence, Managed usage is a separate wallet for AI that NeuralVault pays for on your behalf; it needs a signed-in account and is not part of the subscription on the Billing screen.

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Steps

  1. Sign in, then open Settings, then Intelligence, then Managed usage. If you are not signed in the screen says "No managed usage account".
  2. Read "Your balance" and press "Refresh balance" to read it again. A signed-in account with nothing on it shows "No usage balance on this account", which is not a failed read.
  3. To add to it, use "Buy more". Checkout opens in your browser. The screen says prices exclude VAT and that a top-up also adds a service fee, and both appear on Stripe’s own page. "Or choose your own amount" takes a plain number, such as 25 or 25.50, within the range the screen shows.
  4. Under "Spend limits", set a "Daily limit" and a "Monthly limit", or tick "No limit" for either, and press "Save limits". The screen shows how much has been spent today and this month.
  5. The Account row menu also has a "Usage this month" line showing a percentage, or "Not on a plan".

How to tell it worked

The balance refreshes to the expected figure after checkout completes, and "Saved." appears after you save limits.

If it does not work

The Managed usage screen says it needs a signed-in Personal account.
The screen states that Managed usage needs a signed-in Personal account. On Free you can still use a local model or your own API key.
The "Use your NeuralVault balance" route is missing from the chat setup screen.
It only appears where the plan includes NeuralVault model routing. Free does not include it.
You paid, but the balance did not change.
Press Refresh balance. If it still has not changed, tell us what Stripe shows and what the screen shows.