> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gcore.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Streaming usage and billing reports

> Gcore Streaming usage and billing reports explain how delivery, transcoding, storage, and concurrency usage is calculated for billing.

Gcore Streaming billing reports show resource consumption for billing and usage analysis. Reports are available on the [Reports / Billing](https://portal.gcore.com/streaming/statistics/usage) page in the [Gcore Customer Portal](https://portal.gcore.com).

## Choose a report

| Report | What to use it for | Billing metric |
| - | - | - |
| Computer Vision | Track AI processing usage | Processed minutes |
| Delivery minutes | Track video delivery through the CDN | Delivery minutes |
| Simultaneous streams | Track peak live-stream concurrency | Concurrent streams |
| Transcoding, minutes | Track VOD and live transcoding | Transcoding minutes |
| Video Hosting, stored minutes | Track duration-based storage | Peak stored minutes |
| Video Hosting, volume in GB | Track size-based storage | Peak GB |

Some reports may be unavailable if the corresponding service is not enabled for the account.

![Billing statistics page showing the report type dropdown with available report options](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-reports.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=54d0c23c9e34f8e63aa08a957cda6882)

## How usage is calculated

> [!NOTE]
>
> Enterprise plans may use custom billing terms or accrual models. Where applicable, the report behavior described below may differ according to the signed service order.

### Accumulated usage

Computer Vision, Delivery, and Transcoding reports accumulate usage over the billing month. The monthly total is used for billing.

**Computer Vision** tracks minutes processed by AI services such as speech recognition and content moderation. The report is available only when AI services are enabled.

**Delivery minutes** separates live and VOD delivery for analysis, while the invoice combines them into one delivery line item.

![Delivery minutes report showing live delivery minutes, VOD delivery minutes, and total](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-delivery.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=7c0fa57a98e314a6e50a8c1690fda342)

If custom CDN resources billed per GB are used for video delivery, usage and billing are handled separately under the CDN plan and reflected on the CDN Billing page. In this case, the Delivery minutes report covers only traffic served from the base video domain `{your_id}.gvideo.io`.

**Transcoding, minutes** tracks minutes spent transcoding live streams and VOD assets. Live and VOD transcoding are displayed separately for monitoring, while the invoice aggregates them into one line item. Basic transcoding profiles up to Full HD (1080p) are included by default; additional profiles may be billed separately according to the tariff plan.

![Transcoding minutes report showing transcoding Live, transcoding VOD, and total](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-transcoding.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=85a37e7ba2ea27d56756e0ed73c6f395)

### Peak live-stream concurrency

The **Simultaneous streams** report plots the maximum number of live streams transcoded concurrently for each day. The highest daily value reached during the billing period is used for monthly billing calculations.

![Simultaneous streams report showing the number of concurrent live streams over time](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-streams.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=4b92dd519ece3bc293ceef9d417c92c4)

For accounts with 24/7 stream transcoding enabled, the report shows the maximum number of simultaneously transcoded streams across all active channels.

### Video storage

Gcore provides two storage metrics because they measure different things:

| | Stored minutes | Volume in GB |
| - | - | - |
| Measures | Duration of original VOD assets | Actual occupied storage |
| Includes ABR renditions | No | Yes |
| Includes audio, metadata, thumbnails | No | Yes |
| Monthly billing value | Monthly peak | Monthly peak |

Both reports use a peak model: the highest value reached during the billing month is used for billing, not the end-of-month value.

For example, if 5,000 minutes of video are uploaded on the first day of the month and all assets are deleted on the second day, the monthly billing value is still 5,000 minutes because that was the peak storage usage during the period.

![Video Hosting stored minutes report showing current usage and max usage](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-storage-minutes.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=229e57cf91156569b43872958cb8fed9)

The Volume in GB report also shows the storage limit applied to the account.

![Video Hosting volume in GB report showing current usage, max usage, and storage limit](https://mintcdn.com/gcore/mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA/images/docs/streaming/billing/usage-and-billing-reports/billing-storage-gb.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=mB9xUQPpVbdf6kcA\&q=85\&s=fb7de97b805459224a3fc807bc4ef1f1)