# 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](../../stream-governance/packages.md#stream-gov-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](../../stream-governance/packages.md#schema-limits-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](../../sr/fundamentals/data-contracts.md#sr-data-contracts) and [Use Multiple Encryption Rules](../../security/encrypt/csfle/manage-multiple-rules.md#multiple-encryption-rules-csfle) for more information. For current prices, see the [Confluent Cloud pricing page](https://www.confluent.io/pricing/). ## Related content - [Stream Governance packages](../../stream-governance/packages.md#stream-gov-packages) - [FAQ for Confluent Cloud Billing](../billing-faq.md#billing-faq)