# Beginners billing query

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543>\
**Category:** Welcome & Getting Started\
**Tags:** influxdb-cloud-2-0\
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543 "2021-04-22T19:10:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![davidgraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@davidgraham](https://community.influxdata.com/u/davidgraham)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543/1 "2021-04-22T19:10:44Z")

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Hi,  
simple newbie query, just want to check how the billing is calculated. My InfluxDB cloud account currently shows 1.54GB-hr of storage.

Does that mean that

my monthly usage so far (1st-22nd) has used a cumulative storage amount 1.5GB-hr (1.5 \* $0.002 = $0.003)

or

the 1.5GB-hr figure means I will be charged for (1.5 \* $0.002 \* 22 (days) \* 24(hours) = $1.512)

Is there anywhere I can see my actual storage size? I can see MB-in and GB-out, but not GB-stored

Thanks  
David

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**Author:** ![Anaisdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/anaisdg/32/6401_2.png) [@Anaisdg](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Anaisdg)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543/2 "2021-04-23T18:37:19Z")

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Hello @davidgraham,  
Welcome! It’s the former (less money). I’m fairly certain, but I’ll double check.

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**Author:** ![samdillard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/samdillard/32/6163_2.png) [@samdillard](https://community.influxdata.com/u/samdillard)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543/3 "2021-04-23T19:55:24Z")

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@davidgraham Confirming this and want to add a point. The metric you see in front of you is the metric directly pertaining to your bill. Total storage isn’t exposed today because it isn’t an accurate portrayal of the monthly bill.

Good news is, very soon there will be a Flux `usage` package that is designed specifically for you to customize your visibility into your usage metrics, as well as how they pertain to any rate limits you may have.

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**Author:** ![davidgraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@davidgraham](https://community.influxdata.com/u/davidgraham)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/beginners-billing-query/19543/4 "2021-04-23T21:27:01Z")

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Perfect, thank you both for getting back to me