Company in PRO-dela: program for a project team with tariff and billing

A company in PRO-dela is not just a card with a name in the list. It is a working contour around which everything else is held: the tariff and its limits, payment and subscription, projects and participants, roles and rights, statistics and billing. One user can be a member of several companies at once, and switching between them changes the entire context: which projects are visible, which tariff is active, and who can manage it.

This article covers how company creation and renaming, tariff selection and change, one-time trial activation, bank card linking, monthly subscriptions and one-time payments via TBank provider are arranged in PRO-dela, as well as why a company is needed as a unit of data separation within a single platform.

Company — container of tariff, payment, and context

In most scenarios, one company is one legal entity, brand, or line of work: an agency, studio, sole proprietor contractor, or internal contour of a small team. A company has its own tariff, its own payment history, and its own set of projects and participants — they do not mix with another company of the same user, even if they own both.

The practical consequence of this design is simple: if you have, for example, an agency and a separate internal project, it makes sense to create different companies for them. Each will have its own tariff, its own limits on projects and participants, and its own payment history — you won't have to manually separate other people's tasks and budgets within one list.

Creating and renaming a company

A company is created from the PRO-dela interface by name — without mandatory legal details at the start. Later, this name can be changed at any time: changing the company name does not affect its tariff, projects, participants, or transaction history, because they are all tied to the company's identifier, not its current name.

A company can also be deleted. As in any system with billing, you should understand in advance that deleting a company affects not only its name but also related projects, participants, and payment history — it is not a cosmetic action, but a decision at the level of the entire working contour.

Company tariff: limits, selection, and change

Each company has one active tariff at any given time. A tariff is not just an "access level" but a specific set of limits and duration:

• how many projects a company can have simultaneously;
• how many participants can be added to the company;
• how many roles can be created in addition to the standard ones;
• how long the tariff is active — a fixed number of days or unlimited.

These limits are not static: the platform recalculates actual usage — the number of projects, participants, and roles — and compares it with the tariff limits before allowing an action that consumes them. Therefore, if a tariff is exhausted on one of the limits, creating a new project, inviting a participant, or adding a role may be blocked until the tariff is changed or space is freed.

Changing a tariff is done through the same tariff management screen as the initial selection: you can switch to a tariff with different limits, extend the current one, or change it to a more suitable one as the team grows. The new tariff becomes active for the company and determines its limits and duration going forward.

Trial activation: once per company

Some tariffs are marked as trial and are activated by a separate action — without going through the usual payment step. This is convenient to see how a tariff with broader limits works before paying for it on a regular basis.

The restriction here is strict and without exceptions: trial activation can be used only once for one company. The platform separately stores the history of trial period usage for each company, and it is not possible to reactivate a trial tariff for the same company through payment — only to choose a paid tariff.

If you have multiple companies, trial activation is counted separately for each: using the trial period in one company does not consume it for another.

Tariff payment: one-time payment, details, and subscription

For paid tariffs, PRO-dela provides several payment scenarios — and they are not interchangeable:

• One-time online payment. Card payment via TBank provider; after successful payment, the tariff is activated automatically, without manual actions from the administration.
• Payment by details. Non-cash transfer using the recipient company's bank details (with a QR code for payment if necessary). Such a payment is not confirmed automatically: the tariff is activated after the receipt is manually confirmed by an administrator.
• Monthly subscription. The first subscription payment links a bank card to the company, and then PRO-dela automatically renews the tariff by regularly charging that card — without manually selecting a tariff each month.

This division has a practical consequence: a subscription with auto-debit is only available through a connected online payment provider — payment by details is not suitable for a subscription scheme because it does not involve automatic recurring charges. If a company needs auto-renewal without manual actions each month, the only way is a card and online payment.

The platform does not store linked cards in plain text: only masked, tokenized data from the provider is saved, not the full card number. A linked card can be reused for the next payment or subscription, set as the default card, or deleted.

TBank and webhooks: how payment confirmation works

Online payments and subscriptions in PRO-dela go through the TBank provider. The logic is generally simple: the company initiates a payment or subscription, the platform creates a transaction and passes data to the provider, and the card entry and payment confirmation process happens on TBank's side.

After the provider processes the payment, it notifies PRO-dela via a separate webhook endpoint — regardless of whether the user is currently in the browser on the payment page. Based on this notification, the platform updates the transaction status and, if the payment is confirmed, activates or renews the company's tariff. Account keys for working with the provider are stored on the server in encrypted form and are not included in API responses.

For online payments via TBank, a reverse scenario is also provided: the owner or administrator of the company can first check if a refund is available for a specific payment, and then process the refund — if the payment meets the refund conditions. This is a separate, narrower scenario than a regular tariff cancellation within the platform and is not available for every historical transaction.

Company as a unit of context separation

A company in PRO-dela is also a boundary for data visibility. The interface always has one active company, and most working sections — projects, tasks, documents, invoices, statistics, dashboard — adapt to it.

What changes with the active company

When switching companies in the sidebar, the following change: the list of projects and their tasks, documents and invoices of the company, statistics and summary of indicators, as well as the tariff status, linked cards, and subscription — that is, all billing is tied to the selected company, not to the user "on average."

What remains common regardless of the company

Some sections are deliberately not tied to the active company. User notifications and the general list of chats remain visible regardless of which company is currently selected — otherwise, you could miss an important event just because a different company is open in the interface.

For more details on how projects and their stages are organized within such a contour, see the article "Projects and Stages in PRO-dela".

Who can manage tariff and payment

Managing tariff and payment is not an action for "any company participant." Such operations are intended for the company owner or a user with administrative rights: selecting and changing a tariff, linking and deleting a card, setting up and canceling a subscription.

Payment refunds are even stricter than regular billing actions: even among users with access to the company, this operation is limited to the owner or administrator, not any participant with a role within a specific project. The role within a specific project and the rights to manage the company as a whole are different access levels, and one should not be substituted for the other.

How roles and rights of participants within the company's projects are organized is a separate topic, detailed in the article "Roles and Team Members in PRO-dela".

What a company in PRO-dela does not replace

A company in PRO-dela is a billing contour and access boundary for project work, not an accounting or banking system. It does not handle tax accounting, does not generate legally significant accounting reports, and does not replace a contract between the company and its clients or contractors.

Online payment and subscription are currently connected through one provider — TBank. If a company needs exclusively non-cash payment by details without a bank card, this is available for one-time tariff payment, but for auto-renewal via subscription, this option is not suitable for the reasons described above.

How to start: company, tariff, team

1. Create a company and give it a clear name — you can change it later without consequences for data.
2. Check if a trial tariff is available and activate it if you haven't used the trial period for this company yet.
3. Decide on the payment scenario in advance: one-time payment, payment by details, or subscription with auto-renewal — this determines whether a bank card is needed.
4. Add the necessary participants and assign them roles — the tariff limits their number, so it's better to check the limits as the team grows.
5. Then work with projects, tasks, and documents within the company: tariff and billing become a background issue from this point on, not a daily concern.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a bank card to activate a trial tariff?

No. Trial activation is a separate action that does not go through the step of linking a card or selecting a payment method. A card is only needed when the company switches to a paid tariff with a one-time online payment or subscription scenario.

What happens if the company's tariff expires?

The platform regularly checks the company's tariff status. As soon as the active tariff ends and a new one is not set up, actions that consume tariff limits — such as creating new projects, inviting participants, or adding roles — become unavailable until the tariff is renewed or changed.

How is a monthly subscription different from a one-time payment?

A one-time payment pays for the tariff for a fixed period once: then the company needs to manually arrange the next payment or renewal. A subscription links a card once at the first payment, and then PRO-dela automatically charges the payment each period — until the subscription is canceled.

Can a regular company participant change the tariff or link a card?

No. Such actions are available to the company owner or a user with administrative rights. A role within a specific project does not grant access to tariff, payment, or subscription management.

Can I get a refund for a tariff payment?

For some successfully processed online payments via TBank, a refund is available: first, you can check if it is available for a specific payment, and then process the refund. This function is limited to the owner or administrator of the company and is not available for every historical transaction.

Start with one company and a clear tariff

Register in PRO-dela and create your first company to see in practice how tariff, payment, and participant access work in a real project.

If you want to compare conditions in advance, check the current tariffs — from there you can go directly to trial activation or subscription setup for your company.