Create your account
Sign up, verify your email, and take a short tour of the dashboard.
Your Halfbill account is where you add credits, create keys for tools, and see what you have used. Signing up takes about a minute.
What you'll need
An email address you can open, and a password of at least 12 characters. No payment card yet.
1. Sign up
- Open halfbill.uk/signup.
- Enter your email and choose a password. The name is optional.
- Click Start free.
2. Verify your email
We send you an email with a confirmation link. Click it. Until you do, the dashboard shows a banner saying your email is unverified, and the first-purchase bonus on credits is not applied. Check your spam folder if the email does not arrive within a few minutes.
3. A tour of the dashboard
After signing in you land on the dashboard at halfbill.uk/dashboard. The menu on the left has two groups.
Project (things that belong to one project; you start with one called "Default"):
| Menu item | What it is |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Your balance, how many requests you made, and what they cost, for the selected date range. |
| Activity | A list of every request, one per line, with the model used and the cost. |
| Usage & Metrics | Charts of requests, errors, and cost over time. |
| API Keys | The keys you give to tools such as Claude Code or Cursor so they can use your balance. |
| Settings | Preferences for this project, including guardrails (rules that block unwanted content). |
Organization (things shared across all your projects):
| Menu item | What it is |
|---|---|
| Team | Invite other people and choose what they may do. |
| Your Discounts | Any discounts or bonuses applied to your account. |
| Credits | Your balance, with an Add button that opens the top-up dialog. |
Your name at the bottom left opens a menu with Account (name, email, delete account), Billing (top-ups, plans, invoices), and Security (password, two-factor sign-in).
Two buttons at the top right of the dashboard do the most common tasks: Create API Key and Top Up Credits.
Want the technical details?
The Knowledge base has a page for every dashboard screen, starting with the Dashboard.
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