Stream Governance Billing

Stream Governance billing depends on your package type and your schema and rule usage.

Dimension

Unit of measure

Stream Governance base

Cost per hour

Schema Registry schema

Cost per schema per hour

Stream Governance rule

Cost per rule per hour

Package base charge

The Stream Governance package you choose for an environment determines whether a base charge applies:

  • Essentials has no base charge.

  • Advanced includes an hourly base charge.

For details on package features and how to choose or upgrade a package, see Stream Governance packages.

Schema charges

Each package includes a set number of schemas at no extra cost. Schemas created beyond your package’s included count are billed per schema, per hour. See Schema limits, included counts, and overrides for how included counts, default caps, and effective limits interact.

Rule charges

Data quality rules are billed per rule, per hour. For example, if you apply multiple Client-Side Field Level Encryption encryption rules to the same schema, each rule is billed separately. See Data rules and Use Multiple Encryption Rules for more information.

For current prices, see the Confluent Cloud pricing page.