Usage and billing #

The Usage and billing pane allows you to manage billing and payments details and view statistical information about the usage of your Starburst Galaxy clusters and streaming ingest sources.

Compare the Starburst Galaxy billing options on the Pricing page.

Usage #

The Usage tab displays charts and lists that detail information about the usage of the selected clusters.

Usage statistics for all clusters over the last month are shown by default. You can narrow the details shown by changing the date range in the Date drop-down menu and/or selecting one of the following usage types from the Type drop-down menu:

• All
• Compute
• Private link – cost of private connections
• Data ingest – cost of streaming ingest data sources

The Type selection affects both the Cost details chart and the Summary.

The Cost details bar chart shows a breakdown by day of the usage costs in dollar amounts for the specified date range. By default, the chart shows usage for all clusters and streaming ingest sources. Click the name of a cluster to exclude it from the chart. Hover over a bar section to show the dollar cost.

Click Download to download the usage data for the specified date range in CSV format. The resulting file includes columns for all usage types independent of the Type option.

The Summary list can be restricted by the date range and Type settings. The list shows the following columns:

• Type: Click a cluster name to show the usage type (Compute, Private link, or Data ingest) for that cluster or data source.
• Usage: The total usage time of the selected usage type per cluster or streaming ingest source for the specified data range.
• Total cost: The total usage cost of the selected usage type for the specified data range.

Usage entries per page shows if there are more than five rows in the list. This control allows you to specify a different number of rows per screen page.

Billing #

The Billing tab lets you view your current and recent account balances, and manage invoices and payment details.

The available billing options, Direct billing and Marketplace billing, differ in the following ways:

• Direct billing: Starburst sends you a separate monthly bill for your Starburst Galaxy usage.

  Click Direct billing, then click Add credit card. In the Add new card dialog, enter your credit card details, then click Add card. Your credit card information is now displayed in Payment details along with an option to remove your credit card.

  You cannot disable direct billing or remove an active payment method if:

  • Your account carries an invoice balance.
  • Charges are pending.
  • You have not added a secondary payment method.
    

You can also use a positive balance as a payment method. To add funds to your balance, please contact our Starburst Support team.

• Marketplace billing: Your preferred cloud provider charges you for your Starburst Galaxy usage.

All charges are based on consumption and are displayed in US dollars.

Invoices #

The Invoices list displays all invoices by month and year and shows the following columns:

• Invoice date: Date of the end of the billing cycle. Click the column heading to sort in ascending or descending order.
• Status: Invoice stage.
  • An invoice in Draft status is newly created and is continuously updated to show accrued charges in the current billing period.
  • An invoice reaches Finalized status when the billing period ends and payment is ready for collection.
• Total due: Amount due according to usage, shown in US dollars.

Use the Date drop-down menu to select between All available data and Last 3 months.