Overview
Kupe Cloud billing is designed to stay predictable. Your monthly total is made up of a small number of components, and the console shows both the current-period estimate and your completed invoices.
What makes up the total
Section titled “What makes up the total”Your bill is built from:
- the monthly platform fee for your plan
- billed compute usage for CPU, memory, and storage
- optional observability overage when usage goes beyond the included allowance and overage is allowed
- credits, which reduce the amount due before payment is taken
The core billing model
Section titled “The core billing model”There are two important ideas behind the model:
- each plan gives you a resource pool and observability allowance
- billing is based on actual billed usage across the period, not on unused plan headroom
That means unused capacity in the plan is free, while clusters and observability usage are charged as they accrue through the billing window.
What the platform measures
Section titled “What the platform measures”Kupe tracks:
- CPU core-hours
- memory GiB-hours
- storage GiB-hours
- metrics usage by active-series P95
- log usage by total ingest volume
Those values feed both the current-period estimate and the final invoice.
Where to check billing
Section titled “Where to check billing”In the console:
- Billing shows the current-period estimate, cost breakdown, remaining credits, and invoice history
- Usage shows your plan pool, current allocations, observability allowance usage, and overage policy
Important billing behavior
Section titled “Important billing behavior”- the same compute unit rates apply across plans
- plan changes inside a billing period are prorated in the estimate
- credits reduce the invoice total but do not increase plan limits
- Enterprise uses custom plan configuration rather than preset limits
Pages in this section
Section titled “Pages in this section”- Usage and Costs: how compute and observability usage are measured
- Plans and Upgrades: plan tiers, included allowances, and plan changes
- Credits: how credits are applied to invoices
- Invoices and Payments: invoice status, line items, and payment flow