Payments and Cancellations

This article covers payment, renewal, and cancellation details for Lens. If you have any questions after reading this article, please reach out to us at lens@upstream.tech

Setup and overview

When you sign up for Lens, you provide an accounting email address. Any correspondence about upcoming renewals, receipts, and billing will be sent to this email address. You will also specify if your organization is sales tax exempt. If so, be sure to provide the sales tax exemption certificate to accounting@upstream.tech. 

When you sign up for Lens from the website, you provide your billing details which are used to pay for Lens access and any additional charges you incur by purchasing imagery and data layers. 

  • Unless otherwise specified in your contract, Lens access subscription fees will be charged immediately to your credit card, through ACH/wire transfer, or invoiced at the start of the contract. Lens access subscriptions are on auto-renew unless otherwise specified and we offer annual and monthly plans.
  • Imagery orders are tracked on an ongoing basis. You will be billed monthly for the imagery you ordered in the previous month, unless otherwise specified in your contract. 
  • We do not support multiple organizations sharing the same Lens account, with the exception of custom Enterprise setups. We contract individually with organizations for legal and financial reasons.

Making payments

We accept automatic payments via both credit card and ACH/wire transfer unless otherwise specified. We'll send receipts when payments are processed to the billing contract provided. 

  • You can view details about your plan and spending from the Billing settings page - check out this support article for more detail.
  • If you have any questions on payment, need to update your contact or credit card information, contact accounting@upstream.tech. 
  • If automatic payment fails, or for any customers who are not set up for automatic payment, invoices are due 30 days after the invoice is sent.

Annual Lens subscriptions & cancellations 

Annual subscriptions are the most cost-effective way for most customers to use Lens. With access to your full history of notes, ordered imagery, and alerts, annual subscriptions are the best way to monitor changes on landscapes over time and retain access to all your data.

  • Annual subscriptions will auto-renew unless specified otherwise, with a notice sent to your billing email 45 days before renewal. Upon renewal, your credit card or bank account will be charged.
  • If you choose to not renew your annual subscription, you must inform us 30 days in advance. You will receive an automatic reminder of your upcoming renewal 45 days in advance. You can email us at lens@upstream.tech if you’d like to end your subscription at the end of your term.
  • If you’re interested in transitioning from an annual to a monthly subscription, you can do so at the end of your current term. To transition from annual to monthly, we will require a credit card or ACH billing to set up autopay.
  • After your annual subscription has lapsed, you have a 30 day grace period following the last day of your contract. During this grace period, you can access your Lens account to view notes and create reports, but you won’t be able to order any additional high-resolution commercial imagery. After this grace period, you will no longer have access to your Lens account or any associated data. We do not retain any data from customers who do not have an active Lens account.
  • If you would like to re-start with Lens after your annual subscription has lapsed, you can sign up anew from the Lens website

Monthly Lens subscriptions & cancellations 

In addition to annual subscriptions, we offer monthly Lens subscriptions. While monthly subscriptions are a great way to try out Lens or monitor a time-bound project, monthly subscriptions miss out on the cost savings of an annual subscription and are not eligible for a nonprofit discount.

  • Monthly subscriptions will auto-renew unless otherwise specified. Upon renewal, your credit card or bank account will be charged for the next month. To prevent your Lens monthly subscription from renewing, please email us at lens@upstream.tech.
  • Monthly subscriptions can be transitioned to annual at any time to take advantage of the discounted subscription pricing. Be sure to let us know if you are eligible for the nonprofit discount at this time as well.  
  • After canceling your renewal, you will have access to Lens until the end of the month you’ve paid for. When your term is over, you will have a grace period of one week, during which you can log into Lens and view notes, but will be unable to order any imagery.  After the grace period, you will lose access to your account and all data will be deleted, including property boundaries, notes, and imagery.
  • If you would like to re-start with Lens after your monthly subscription has lapsed, you can sign up anew from the Lens website.