Consumption Metrics for Marketplace Deployments in Confluent Cloud

This topic describes Confluent Cloud pricing units. Your overall charges for Confluent Cloud usage will be a combination of the total number of each unit consumed multiplied by the cost for that unit.

Confluent consolidates billing units

Starting May 1st, 2024 Confluent will consolidate Confluent Consumption Unit (CCU) and Confluent Support Units and use only a single billing unit: Confluent Consumption Unit (CCU). Confluent will deprecate all the other free units shown in the table below.

This change does not increase your costs.

For example, if you are currently using 100 CCUs and 100 Confluent Support Units in a given month, and your marketplace is charging $0.01 USD for CCUs and Confluent Support Units, your costs would be $2 USD (100 x 100 x $0.01 = $2.00). In the new system, your costs remain at $2 and your invoice shows 200 CCUs (200 x $0.01 = $2.00).

For questions, contact Confluent Support Portal.

Unit	Price	Description
Confluent Consumption Unit (CCU)	See Marketplace listing	A CCU captures your Confluent Cloud usage based on the underlying metrics such as data stored, data ingress, egress, etc.
Confluent Support Unit	See Marketplace listing	A Confluent Support Unit captures your Confluent Support costs based on your support plan. The support plan is a separate and optional purchase from within the Cloud Console .
Confluent Free Unit	Free	A Confluent Free Unit allows you to use Confluent Cloud without incurring any charges. This may include any initial sign up credits or promotional credits. After you reach your limit, you will incur the applicable charges.
Confluent Consumption Included Unit (CCIU)	Free	A CCIU captures your prepaid usage of Confluent Cloud based on the underlying metrics such as data stored, data ingress, and egress. You can use the prepaid CCIU units towards Confluent Cloud without incurring any additional charges. After you have exhausted your CCIUs, you will be billed at the CCU price.
Confluent Support Included Unit (CSIU)	Free	A CSIU captures your prepaid costs for Confluent Support based on your support plan. The support plan is a separate and optional purchase from within the Cloud Console .