The Billing > Invoices section in Meteroid provides a central view of all invoices issued to your Customers. Each invoice includes a summary of the billed items, the total amount, payment status, and key metadata such as the invoicing entity, Customer’s details, and due date.

Create new Invoices

While most invoices in Meteroid are generated automatically based on the conditions defined in your Plans (subscription pricing, usage, one-time charges, etc.), you also have the flexibility to handle ad-hoc or non-recurring events. To manually create an invoice (e.g., for one-off services not covered by a Plan), click “New Invoice” in the Billing > Invoices section.

Edit Invoices

To edit standard invoice elements like footnotes, logo or legal mentions (such as VAT number, company details, or custom messaging), go to Settings > Invoices and update these elements for the relevant invoicing entity.

How Invoice elements are determined:

  • Invoice date: Set when the invoice is finalized and sent. It’s based on the subscription’s billing cycle and any applicable grace period.
  • Due date: Automatically calculated using the invoice date plus the configured net payment terms.
  • Bill to: Pulled directly from the Customer’s details (Name and Billing Address).

📌 Note: Generated invoices themselves are not editable once finalized, in compliance with accounting and legal requirements. If a correction is needed, consider issuing a credit note (please contact us at 👉 hey@meteroid.com to do so) and generating a new invoice with the updated details.

📌 Note: Meteroid supports localized invoice generation:

  • If a Customer’s billing address (under Customers > Billing Address) is in France, the invoice will automatically be generated in French.
  • For all other end users, invoices are generated in English by default.

Manage Invoices

Invoices are handled at the Subscription level, meaning a Customer will receive a separate Invoice for each Subscription. To manage Invoices, go to Billing > Invoices. Here, you can view all invoices along with key details:

  • Invoice Number: Unique identifier for the Invoice.
  • Customer: The recipient of the Invoice.
  • Amount & Currency: The total amount due in the specified currency.
  • Invoice Date: The date the Invoice was issued to the Customer.
  • Status:
    • Open: Status of an invoice before the end of the billing period.
    • Draft: This status is set between the end of the billing period and the end of the grace period. During this time, the invoice is awaiting finalization and is not sent to the Customer.
    • Canceled:** **To cancel an invoice. This status can only be set to “Open” or “Draft” invoices.
    • Finalized: This status is set after the end of the grace period. Once an invoice is finalized, it is sent to the Customer using the Customer’s invoicing emails
    • Voided: Is equivalent to canceling an invoice, yet preserving a trail. This status can only be set to “Finalized” invoices.

💡While “Open”, “Draft” and “Finalized” status are set automatically by Meteroid, “Canceled” and “Voided” status can be set manually by Account Managers.

When are End Users Invoiced?

To invoice End Users in Meteroid, their Subscriptions must first be activated (cf. Billing > Subscriptions). Once active, invoicing depends on two factors:

  • The billing cycle defined at the subscription level — either on the 1st of the month or on the anniversary date (i.e., the date the subscription started).
  • The billing period defined for each pricing component within a Plan — monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.

Different types of pricing components are billed at different moments within the billing period:

  • Subscription rates and slot-based pricing are billed at the beginning of the billing period.
  • Capacity commitments and usage-based charges are billed monthly at the end of the billing period, once actual usage or fulfillment is known.

Examples:

  • If a Plan is solely composed of a subscription rate billed quarterly, and the billing cycle is set to the 1st of the month, Customers will receive an Invoice at the beginning of each quarter (e.g., January 1st, April 1st, etc.).
  • In Month M, an Invoice will charge End Users for their monthly subscription rate for Month M+1 (in advance) and their usage or capacity consumption from Month M (in arrears).

E-Invoices

What is e-invoicing?

E-invoicing (electronic invoicing) is the digital exchange of invoice documents between a supplier and a buyer, using a standardized format that enables automated processing. Unlike traditional PDFs or paper invoices, e-invoices follow a structured format (typically XML) that can be seamlessly interpreted by accounting systems and tax authorities.

This process is particularly important in jurisdictions like the European Union, where specific e-invoicing standards are mandated for businesses to comply with tax and reporting obligations.

E-invoices in Meteroid

Meteroid supports e-invoicing in compliance with European standards. Here’s how it works:

  • Meteroid supports the Factur-X format, which combines a human-readable PDF with a machine-readable XML file. We currently support the “Basic” profile, which is sufficient for most B2B invoicing needs.

📌 Note: By default, Meteroid issues invoices in PDF format. To enable e-invoicing in Factur-X format please contact us at 👉 hey@meteroid.com

  • Depending on countries, Meteroid can automatically send e-invoices to your Partenaire de Dématérialisation (PDP) (mandatory in France as of September 2026) or directly to **Tax Authorities. **For more information, please contact us at 👉 hey@meteroid.com