# Upgrade to a paid plan

Move your workspace from Free to a paid plan on the Billing page, with the billing cycle, project licences and team seats you choose.

To move from Free to a paid plan, open **Billing**, click **Choose a plan**, pick a plan and pay at checkout. Paid features unlock as soon as your payment is confirmed. Only the workspace owner can upgrade.

To compare the plans first, see [Plans and pricing](/help/account/plans-upgrades-and-cancelling#compare-the-plans). If you're already on a paid plan, see [Change your plan, project licences or seats](/help/account/change-your-plan-licences-or-seats).

1. **Choose a plan**

   Click your profile picture in the top-right corner and choose **Billing**. On the **Overview** tab, click **Choose a plan**. Under **Choose a paid plan**, pick the plan you want.

2. **Set your billing cycle and licences**

   Under **Billing cycle**, choose **Monthly**, or **Yearly · 2 months free**, which is charged once a year. Set **Project licences** to the number of projects you want active. On Premium and Business, you can also add **Team seats**: the line under it shows how many your plan includes and what an extra seat costs. The **Summary** shows your **Plan total**.

   For what a licence and a seat are, see [Project licences and team seats](/help/account/plans-upgrades-and-cancelling#project-licences-and-team-seats).

3. **Pay at checkout**

   Click **Continue to secure Checkout** and pay. Checkout shows the tax and your total before you pay. Back on **Billing**, a **Confirming your subscription** notice appears, and paid features unlock as soon as your payment is confirmed: the notice then reads **Subscription confirmed**. If your plan hasn't changed, see [I paid, but my plan hasn't changed. What now?](/help/account/billing-questions#i-paid-but-my-plan-hasnt-changed-what-now).

## If you leave checkout without paying

If you leave checkout without paying, no plan starts. If you went back from the checkout page, **Billing** shows a **Checkout cancelled** notice. While that checkout is still open, it also shows **Billing action in progress**, and **Continue to secure Checkout** can't be clicked. To choose again, click **Abandon checkout and start over** in that notice, if it appears. You can then pick a different plan or number of licences.

If your card was declined, see [If your card was declined at checkout](/help/troubleshooting/payment-failed#if-your-card-was-declined-at-checkout).

## If checkout says to remove team members

Teammates and invitations from a paid plan you had before stay with your workspace, and each still uses a seat. If the plan you pick has fewer seats than that, **Continue to secure Checkout** answers **Remove 1 team member or pending invitation before changing to the selected plan** (with your own number). Choose a plan with enough seats, or remove the people you no longer need on the **Team** page first. See [Teammates kept from an earlier plan](/help/account/invite-team-members#teammates-kept-from-an-earlier-plan).

## What happens next

The **Overview** tab shows your new plan, what you pay and the date it renews. Each licence keeps one project active, and on Premium and Business you can invite teammates.

A project that was read-only stays read-only until you click **Reactivate** on its card: more licences don't reactivate it by themselves. See [Reactivate the project](/help/troubleshooting/project-is-read-only#reactivate-the-project).

- [Create your first project](/help/getting-started/create-your-first-project)
- [Invite team members](/help/account/invite-team-members)
- [Change your plan, project licences or seats](/help/account/change-your-plan-licences-or-seats)
- [Find your invoices and update your payment method](/help/account/invoices-and-payment-method)
- [Plan limits](/help/account/plan-limits)
- [Billing questions](/help/account/billing-questions)