# Estimate your monthly bill

_Billing · 2 min read · Updated 2026-10-22 · https://lanachat.ai/guides/estimate-your-bill/_

Want to know what LanaChat will cost you next month? The simulator on the Billing Overview gives the full bill from three numbers.

## Use the simulator

1. Open **Billing**, **Overview**, and scroll to **Simulate your month** (under "How your bill is calculated").
2. Fill in **Net sales this month ($)**: what your creators sell through LanaChat, after Telegram's and the providers' share.
3. Fill in **Share sent by the AI (%)**: how much of that Lana sells. 100 if your team never closes by hand.
4. Fill in **Telegram accounts**: how many accounts run on LanaChat.

The table below updates as you type: **Commission**, **Licences**, **Total** and **Effective rate** (the total as a share of your net sales).

![The simulator: three numbers in, the monthly bill out](https://lanachat.ai/guides/img/estimate-your-bill/simulator.png)
## Read the example

With $87,000 of net sales, 100% sent by Lana and 12 accounts:

| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| 30,000 × 12% | $3,600.00 |
| 57,000 × 10% | $5,700.00 |
| Commission | $9,300.00 (10.7%) |
| 12 licences: 1 pack of 10 + 2 single | $208.00 |
| Total | $9,508.00 (10.9%) |

The same month with everything sold by your team: $2,910.00 of commission. At $500,000 all sent by Lana: $42,600.00, an effective 8.5%.

> Note: It is an estimate. The simulator spreads the AI share evenly over the month and prices licences at the best pack price. Your real bill follows the order of your sales and the licences you actually buy.

## Turn it into a top-up

Divide the total by 30 to get a daily cost, and keep at least a week of it on your balance. With the example above, that is about $317 a day, so a top-up of $2,500 covers a little more than a week. See [Top up your balance](https://lanachat.ai/guides/top-up-your-balance/).

## Related

- [LanaChat's share of your sales](https://lanachat.ai/guides/commission-on-sales/)
- [Buy licences](https://lanachat.ai/guides/buy-licences/)
- [AI sale or manual sale?](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-sale-or-manual-sale/)