Billing

Firebolt bills are based on the consumption of resources within each account in your organization. This includes the total amount of data stored and engine usage.

• Data storage usage is calculated on the daily average amount of data (in bytes) stored under your Firebolt account name for indexes and raw compressed data.

• Engine resources usage is calculated with one-second granularity between the time Firebolt makes the engine available for queries and when the the engine moves to the stopped state.

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Set-up account billing through AWS Marketplace

To continue using Firebolt’s engines for query execution after your initial $200 credit, valid for 30 days, you’ll need to set-up a billing account by connecting your account to the AWS Marketplace.

Steps for registration:

1. On the Firebolt Workspace page, select the Configure() icon from the left navigation pane.
2. Under Organization settings, select Billing.
3. Click Connect to AWS Marketplace to take you to the Firebolt page on AWS Marketplace.
4. On the AWS Marketplace page, click the View Purchase Options in the top right hand corner of the screen.
5. Click Setup Your Account.

Your account should now be associated with AWS Marketplace.

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Invoices

Invoices for Firebolt engines and data are submitted through the AWS Marketplace. The final monthly invoice is available on the third day of each month through the AWS Marketplace. A billing cycle starts on the first day of the month and finishes on the last day of the same month.

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Viewing billing information

Users with the Org Admin role can monitor the cost history of each account in the organization.

To view cost information for your organization Organization cost details are captured in two information_schema tables. Query those two tables and retrieve any information about the organization’s cost

1. Engines billing
2. Storage billing

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Understanding Storage Billing

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GiB/Month

Firebolt uses consumed_gib_per_month (GiB/Month) metric. It is a time-based measurement, which represents the average amount of data stored over time. This is similar to how electricity billing uses kilowatt-hours - you’re charged not just for the amount of storage, but for how long you use it. This is calculated by:

1. Taking total GiB/hour of storage
2. Aggregating over the course of a month
3. Dividing by the number of hours in that month

Example:

• If you store 500GiB for 15 days, then 1000GiB for the remaining 15 days in 30-day month
• Your monthly average would be 750GiB
• You’d be billed for 750 GiB/Month

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GiB vs GB

GiB (Gibibyte) and GB (Gigabyte) represent different measurement systems for storage:

• GB (Gigabyte): Uses decimal (base-10) system
• GiB (Gibibyte): Uses binary (base-2) system