---
title: "Calico Cloud Pro usage and billing"
description: "Reference for finding Calico Cloud Pro usage and billing metrics, calculated as vCPU hours across all connected clusters each month."
product: "Calico Cloud"
version: "v23.0.1"
section: "Operations"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/operations/usage-metrics"
---

# Calico Cloud Pro usage and billing

To determine your monthly usage, we calculate the vCPU usage time in hours for your connected clusters.

## Metering unit and standard pricing

Usage is calculated monthly as a number of *vCPU hours*. This includes the total vCPU hours for all your connected clusters.

The standard pricing is US$0.025 per vCPU hour.

There is no additional cost for log data ingestion.

## View your usage metrics

To view usage metrics, Calico Cloud Owners or users with Usage Metrics role can go to the web console, click the user icon , and then click **Usage Metrics**.

![A screenshot of the Usage Metrics page in the Calico Cloud web console.](https://docs.tigera.io/img/calico-cloud/usage-metrics.png)

## Subscription models

| Subscription Model | Pricing                   | Usage                             | Additional Usage                                                                 |
| ------------------ | ------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Monthly**        | US$0.025 per vCPU hour    | Pay for actual usage each month   | Billed at the same rate                                                          |
| **Annual**         | Prepaid set of vCPU hours | Usage deducted from prepaid hours | Additional hours can be purchased; excess usage billed at US$0.025 per vCPU hour |

Example burndown table for an annual subscription

The following table shows a the month-to-month usage for a cluster with an annual allocation of 12,000 vCPU hours.

| Month     | Starting Balance (vCPU hours) | Hours Consumed | Ending Balance (vCPU hours) |
| --------- | ----------------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------- |
| January   | 12,000                        | 1,000          | 11,000                      |
| February  | 11,000                        | 900            | 10,100                      |
| March     | 10,100                        | 1,200          | 8,900                       |
| April     | 8,900                         | 950            | 7,950                       |
| May       | 7,950                         | 1,050          | 6,900                       |
| June      | 6,900                         | 1,000          | 5,900                       |
| July      | 5,900                         | 1,200          | 4,700                       |
| August    | 4,700                         | 1,100          | 3,600                       |
| September | 3,600                         | 900            | 2,700                       |
| October   | 2,700                         | 1,300          | 1,400                       |
| November  | 1,400                         | 1,200          | 200                         |
| December  | 200                           | 250            | -50 (overage applies)       |

> **SECONDARY:** If you're approaching your usage limit, you can purchase additional vCPU hours to avoid overage charges. Otherwise, overage charges apply at the standard rate of US$0.025 per vCPU hour.