Usage

Connect Cloud tracks how much compute your applications and documents consume. This consumption is measured in usage credits. Every plan includes a maximum number of usage credits per month; see the plans page for how many credits come with each plan.

Usage period

Your monthly usage credits reset on a recurring usage period. A usage period starts when you created your account, or - if you’ve subscribed to a paid plan - when that subscription began. From that starting point, a usage period is always monthly, regardless of whether your subscription bills monthly or annually.

How credits are calculated

Credits accrue per hour based on the maximum CPU and memory compute settings configured for your application or document:

Credits per Hour = (CPU Cores x 0.75) + (Memory GB x 0.25)

For example, an application configured with a maximum of 1 CPU core and 1 GB of memory generates 1 credit for every hour of usage.

Although the formula is expressed per hour, credits are actually calculated by the second, so usage adds up in fractional credits rather than only in whole-hour increments. That same 1 CPU, 1 GB application generates 0.2 credits for 12 minutes of usage (12 / 60 x 1).

Credits scale the same way at any size. An application configured with the maximum of 8 CPU cores and 32 GB of memory generates (8 x 0.75) + (32 x 0.25) = 14 credits per hour.

When usage accrues

Applications generate usage both while they’re being published and while they’re being served to visitors.
Documents only generate usage while they’re being published. Viewing a published document does not generate additional usage.

Note

Usage is tracked and reported today, but plan usage credit limits are not currently enforced. Exceeding your plan’s monthly usage credits will not stop you from publishing or serving content.

Monitoring your usage

Account Usage reports credit consumption and resource utilization across every piece of content in your account.
Content Usage Page reports the same information for a single content item.