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29 changes: 24 additions & 5 deletions content/en/metrics/guide/metric_name_pricing_experience.md
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Expand Up @@ -76,11 +76,30 @@ Datadog provides estimated usage metrics so you can monitor your Metric Name Pri

Use these metrics to estimate your month-to-date billable usage:

| Metric | What it represents |
|--------|-------------------|
| `datadog.estimated_usage.billable.metrics` | Count of metric names with more than 100 indexed points, month-to-date. |
| `datadog.estimated_usage.billable.points` | Sum of indexed points above the included 10M points per metric name, month-to-date. |
| `datadog.estimated_usage.metrics.points.ratio` | Comparison of total ingested points to total indexed points. |
#### `datadog.estimated_usage.billable.metrics`

* **What it represents:** Count of metric names with more than 100 indexed points, month-to-date.
* **Billing question answered:** How many metric names are billable so far this month?

{{< img src="/metrics/guide/metric_name_pricing_experience/mnp_eum_billable_metrics_example_08042026.png" alt="Example showing the number of billable metric names month-to-date" >}}

#### `datadog.estimated_usage.billable.points`

* **What it represents:** Sum of indexed points above the included 10 million points per metric name, month-to-date.
* **Billing questions answered:**
* What is my total billable indexed-point volume so far this month?
* Which metric names are contributing to my billable indexed-point volume, and by how much?

{{< img src="/metrics/guide/metric_name_pricing_experience/mnp_eum_billable_points_example_08042026.png" alt="Example showing total billable indexed-point volume month-to-date" >}}

{{< img src="/metrics/guide/metric_name_pricing_experience/mnp_eum_billable_points_bymetric_example_08042026.png" alt="Example showing billable indexed-point volume broken down by metric name" >}}

#### `datadog.estimated_usage.metrics.points.ratio`

* **What it represents:** Comparison of total ingested points to total indexed points.
* **Billing question answered:** What is the ratio of ingested points to indexed points?

{{< img src="/metrics/guide/metric_name_pricing_experience/mnp_eum_points_ratio_example_08042026.png" alt="Example showing the ratio of ingested points to indexed points" >}}

### Points-volume usage metrics

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