# Create and activate a space

> Create your company's enterprise space on vatoide.com, follow the setup checklist and activate it by paying per active user.

## Create the space

1. Sign in on **vatoide.com** with the account that will own the space.
2. Open **vatoide.com/enterprise.html** and click **Create an enterprise space**.
3. Fill in:
   - **Company name**, shown to your administrators (2 to 80 characters).
   - **Identifier**: lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, starting with a letter. It cannot be changed later. Your sign-in page becomes `vatoide.com/signin.html?org=<identifier>`.
   - **Billing email**, which receives the invoices. It defaults to your account email.
4. Click **Create the space**.

The space is created as **Pending**. You become its **Owner**, and you get a seat that starts working when the space is activated. An account can own up to 5 spaces.

## Follow the checklist

The **Overview** section shows the space status, your active seats, this month's active users and a **Getting started** checklist:

1. **Customize the branding**: see [Branding and sign-in](branding-and-sign-in.md).
2. **Verify a domain**: prove you own your email domain. See [Single sign-on](single-sign-on.md).
3. **Set up and test SSO**: connect your identity provider.
4. **Review the automatic rules**: see [Members, rules and settings](members-rules-and-settings.md).
5. **Invite the first members**: done once another person has a seat or an invitation is pending (your own seat does not count).

You can configure everything while the space is pending.

## Activate the space

Open **Billing** and click **Activate the space**. You are sent to a secure Stripe payment page, where you enter the company details, the VAT number if you have one, and a card or SEPA mandate. When the payment page is completed, the space becomes **Active** within a few seconds.

If online payment is not available, the console shows that the Vato team activates the space. Contact Vato support.

## How billing works

- The subscription is **monthly** and follows calendar months. The first period runs until the 1st of next month.
- Each **active user** of the month is billed once, whatever the number of devices or sign-ins.
- Prices are per active user, in tiers. The **Billing** section shows the tiers and an estimate of the current month.
- **Manage billing** opens the Stripe customer portal: payment method, invoices, company details, cancellation.
- If a payment fails, Stripe retries automatically and the space stays active. If the subscription ends unpaid or is canceled, the space is **Suspended** and seat holders are blocked until it is paid.

## See your usage

In **Billing**, pick a month to see the active users, the internal users that are not billed, and the estimated amount. You can download the monthly report as CSV. The report uses pseudonymous identifiers: it contains no email address.

## Related pages

- [Enterprise spaces](overview.md)
- [Members, rules and settings](members-rules-and-settings.md)

Source: https://vatoide.com/docs/enterprise/create-and-activate