---
title: "Change your plan"
description: "Profile Settings → Billings → Manage Plan hands off to Stripe's customer portal. That's where you change plan, update your payment method, see invoices, and cancel. Admins only."
group: "billing"
lane: "how-to"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-05-15
sidebarOrder: 20
tags: ["billing", "plans", "how-to", "stripe"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "billing/plan-comparison"
  - "billing/billing-history"
  - "account/roles"
sidebarLabel: "Change plan"
---

Plan changes happen outside Wave. Clicking **Manage Plan** in your Wave billing settings opens the Stripe customer portal, and everything plan-related lives there.

## How it works

1. Open **Profile Settings → Billings**.
2. Click **Manage Plan**.
3. Wave hands off to Stripe's customer portal in a new tab.
4. From the Stripe portal you can:
   - **Change plan** — switch tiers (e.g., Pro → Growth, Growth → Ultra)
   - **Switch billing cadence** — monthly ↔ annual
   - **Update your payment method**
   - **View and download invoices**
   - **Cancel**

When you're done, Wave reflects the change automatically — there's nothing to confirm back in the app.

## Who can do this

> **Admins only.** Members don't see the Billings tab. If you're a Member and your team needs a plan change, ping an Admin.

For why, see [User roles](/docs/account/roles).

## What Stripe handles

Stripe's customer portal is the source of truth for everything billing-related — proration on upgrades, end-of-period timing on downgrades and cancellations, payment retries on failed charges, and tax handling. We don't reimplement any of that in Wave; the portal is the canonical interface.

If something goes wrong with a charge or refund, work through the portal first. If you still need help, [contact us](/docs/account/contact-support).

## Picking a tier

This page is the *how* — for the *which-tier-to-choose* question, see [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison). The big differences are the **Free vs. Paid** caps:

- Free: 3 estimates total, 5 chat edits per estimate, no PDF export
- Paid: unlimited estimates, unlimited chat edits, PDF export enabled

For prices, see the [pricing page](https://buildwithwave.com/#pricing) — we don't duplicate them in docs.

## Related

- [Plans and limits](/docs/billing/plan-comparison) — what each tier unlocks
- [Billing history](/docs/billing/billing-history) — invoices and receipts (also in the Stripe portal)
- [User roles](/docs/account/roles) — why only Admins see this tab