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Usage and Billing Overview 

This page covers general information about resource usage, billing, invoicing and payments. Everyone on Gadget starts the free Hobby plan, for information on the other plans available see our pricing page.

General Information 

Where do I understand my usage? 

On your usage and billing page. This page shows the usage of all of your applications within the current monthly billing period. Usage on Gadget is measured by:

  • Data storage: the total size of the data stored in your application's database. Data storage is measured hourly and usage is determined by adding all hourly measurements for the billing period. Data storage is measured in units of gigabyte months GB-mth which is the amount of storage used by a gigabyte of data for a 745-hour month.

  • Database reads: the total number of rows read from your application's database during a billing period.

  • Database writes: the total number of rows inserted or updated in your application's database during a billing period.

  • Request time: the total amount of time your application has spent executing your code during a billing period. Request time includes time spent serving API requests, processing webhook, running global actions and syncing data from your connections.

  • Outbound bandwidth: the total size of data served by your applications to clients. Outbound bandwidth includes GraphQL responses served by your API in addition to downloading files stored by your application.

  • File storage: the total size of the files uploaded to your applications. File storage is measured hourly and usage is determined by adding all hourly measurements for the billing period. File storage is measured in units of gigabyte months GB-mth which is the amount of storage used by a gigabyte file for a 745-hour month.

  • App installations: the number of active installs of your applications. App installations are measured hourly and usage is determined by adding all hourly measurements for the billing period. App installations are measured in units of install months inst-mth which is the amount of installation time used by a single active install for a 745-hour month. App installations are measured such that if one of your installs happens mid-month that will only count as 0.5 inst-mth.

What happens when I reach 100% usage 

Each Gadget plan includes a free amount of resources each monthly billing period. When your applications use 100% of the included amount of any resource metric you will be charged a fee for additional resources determined by your plan. If you are on the Hobby plan and have not yet added a valid payment method to your account your applications will be paused for the remainder of the billing period. Your applications being paused means they will no longer respond to API requests, will not process webhooks and will not sync data from your connections. You will also not be able to access the editor for any paused applications.

How do I change my Gadget plan? 

Upgrading from the Hobby plan to the Team plan can be done from your usage and billing page. If you would like to discuss custom pricing contact our sales team.

For any other questions or to cancel your plan please contact support.