Understand how Firebolt bills for compute and storage through the AWS Marketplace and your AWS account.
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.
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:
Your account should now be associated with AWS Marketplace.
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.
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
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:
Example:
GiB (Gibibyte) and GB (Gigabyte) represent different measurement systems for storage:
Unit | Base | Calculation | Exact Value |
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GB | Decimal (10) | 1 GB = 1,000³ bytes | 1,000,000,000 bytes |
GiB | Binary (2) | 1 GiB = 1,024³ bytes | 1,073,741,824 bytes |