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# Usage

Open **Usage** in your account settings (or an organization's settings, for an org account) to see what the account has spent and created this billing period.

## Spend this period

The page totals spend against the account's [spend limit](/usage-limits), split into two streams:

* **Compute** — agent runtime, across every deployed agent.
* **Models** — LLM usage through the [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway).

Below the total, a chart breaks spend down by day, in US dollars, across both streams.

### How compute is priced

Compute is billed per CU-hour. A CU (compute unit) is `max(vCPU, memory in GB ÷ 2)`, multiplied by replica count.

The deploy form shows an estimated monthly cost from this formula as you set CPU and memory. The estimate assumes one replica and excludes storage; scaling to more replicas multiplies your actual charge accordingly.

Scheduled and one-time ingestion runs (cron and startup jobs) bill per run, for
the wall-clock time each run reserves its resources, including a run that
fails or retries.

The messaging sidecar (web chat, Slack, Teams) is not billed. Every
messaging-capable agent reserves one by default, and its compute is free.

## Resource limits

**Resource limits** lists what the account has created against what it's allowed: agent builds, deployments, blueprints, members, knowledge stores, and PrivateLink endpoints. A resource with no cap shows as unlimited.

Owners and admins can request a higher limit for one of these resources. A request starts pending; the account's past requests and their status (pending, approved, or denied) stay listed in the same section.

## Who can see this page

Every personal account's owner can see their own usage. For an organization, only admins and owners can open Usage or request a limit increase; other members don't see it in navigation, and a direct link shows an access-denied message instead of the page.

## Next steps

* [Usage limits](/usage-limits)
* [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway)
* [Working with accounts](/accounts)