--- title: Bill Overview description: >- View Datadog costs, usage trends, and projected end-of-month costs in a single page, with daily breakdowns, product-level detail, and multi-organization filtering. breadcrumbs: Docs > Account Management > Plan & Usage > Bill Overview --- # Bill Overview View Datadog costs, usage trends, and projected end-of-month costs in a single page, with daily breakdowns, product-level detail, and multi-organization filtering. The [**Bill Overview** page](https://app.datadoghq.com/billing/bill-overview) gives administrators a single view of Datadog costs and usage. It is automatically enabled during the phased rollout starting March 2026. ## Global filters{% #global-filters %} The following filters apply to the **Bill Overview** page: - **Product Category**: Filter all views by broader product family, such as Infrastructure, APM, Logs, Security, or AI/ML. - **Billing Dimension**: Filter to a specific billing or metering dimension (for example, Infra Hosts, Indexed Logs, or Synthetic Browser Tests). - **Sub-Org**: Filter to a specific child organization. - **Group by Sub-Org**: Toggle to group costs by sub-organization. - **Time range**: Select a billing period. Use the backward and forward arrows to navigate from month to month. ## Cost summary{% #cost-summary %} At the top of the page, the cost summary shows: - **Estimated cost to date**: Total estimated cost for the days elapsed in the current billing period - **Projected total**: Estimated total cost if current usage patterns continue through end of month, with month-over-month percentage change ## Daily Cost Breakdown{% #daily-cost-breakdown %} Below the cost summary, the **Daily Cost Breakdown** stacked bar chart shows costs broken down by billing dimension for each day of the selected period. Each color in the chart represents a different billing dimension. Click the expand icon to view the chart full screen. {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill-overview-main-light.0ccecfb1e1b2ee1d3482e08f677419e1.png?auto=format" alt="Bill Overview page showing the cost summary header, Daily Cost Breakdown stacked bar chart, and Trends tab" /%} ## Trends tab{% #trends-tab %} The **Trends** tab displays products worth investigating based on four sort options: - **Highest % Cost Change** - **Highest Cost Change ($)** - **Highest Total Cost** - **Highest % Usage Change** Select a sort option to update the cards displayed. Each product card shows: - **Total Cost** for the period - **Projected EOM** cost - **Month-over-month change**, displayed as a percentage badge - **Daily Cost** bar chart spanning the previous and current month - **Usage**, displayed as total units consumed, in natural units; for example, PB (petabytes) of scanned data, Custom Metrics; displayed only on Total Cost and Usage-related cards Click **View Details** on any card to open the [product detail page](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill_overview/#product-detail-page). {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill-overview-trends-light.664ec0257635256f620f04f659467688.png?auto=format" alt="Trends tab showing product cards sorted by Highest Total Cost" /%} ## Product List tab{% #product-list-tab %} The **Product List** tab shows all billing dimensions in a table with cost and usage side by side. Click anywhere on a product row to open the [product detail page](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill_overview/#product-detail-page). Hover over the end of a row to quickly create a cost monitor for that billing dimension. #### Table columns{% #table-columns %} | Column | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | Billing Dimension | Name of the product or billing dimension | | Cost — Total | Cost billed to date for the period | | Cost — Proj. EOM | Projected end-of-month total cost | | Cost — Change | Dollar and percentage change vs. the prior period | | Usage — Total | Total usage in natural units | | Usage — Change | Usage change vs. the comparison period | Toggle between **Monthly** and **Daily** views using the controls above the table. Download the full table as a `.csv` file using the **Download as CSV** button. The table is paginated, displaying 10 rows per page by default. {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill-overview-product-list-light.29b1d1734d15548c1cab64bbd1810967.png?auto=format" alt="Product List tab showing the billing dimensions table with Cost and Usage columns" /%} ## Product detail page{% #product-detail-page %} Click **View Details** on a Trends card or click any row in the **Product List** table to open the product detail page for a single billing dimension. {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/plan_and_usage/bill-overview-detail-light.17882d8f31c11d24206fd01a07ef2e96.png?auto=format" alt="Product detail page showing Cost Overview and Usage Overview sections with daily bar charts" /%} ### Cost Overview{% #cost-overview %} - **Total Cost**: Total cost billed to date for the selected period - **Projected Cost Change**: The projected dollar and percentage change vs. the prior period - **Projected EOM**: Estimated total cost at end of month - **Daily Cost** bar chart: Day-by-day cost for the previous and current month, with the current month highlighted. Hover over any bar to see the cost for that day. Toggle **Show Usage Charges Only** to isolate on-demand charges. - **Drilldown in Cloud Cost**: Click to open Cloud Cost Management, pre-filtered to the selected billing dimension. ### Usage Overview{% #usage-overview %} - **Total Usage**: Total units consumed for the selected period - **Usage Change**: Change in usage vs. the prior period (amount and percentage) - **Usage breakdown by sub-dimension**: Individual usage totals for each sub-dimension. For example, Sensitive Data Scanner lists Scanned Events, Scanned Logs, Scanned RUM Sessions, and Scanned Spans separately. - **Usage Types** bar chart: Day-by-day usage stacked by sub-dimension - **Allotment Usage**: Progress bar showing consumed vs. contracted allotment; displays ">100%" when usage exceeds the allotment - **Drilldown in Usage Attribution**: Click to open **Usage Attribution**, pre-filtered to the selected billing dimension. ## Revert to the previous layout{% #revert-to-the-previous-layout %} If your organization is on the new **Bill Overview** and you prefer the previous layout, click **Disable Preview** in the page header. This toggle is available to all organizations and persists for your session. {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/account_management/plan_and_usage/toggle-back-header.4c924c952eee3346b359ed191d4c37ff.png?auto=format" alt="Bill Overview page header showing the Disable Preview button" /%} To return to **Bill Overview**, click **Enable Preview** in the header. ## Permissions{% #permissions %} The following permissions are required to access each section of Bill Overview: | Section | Required permission | | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | Bill Overview (cost data) | `BILLING_READ` | | Usage Tab | `USAGE_READ` | | Plan Details | `BILLING_READ` | | Billing History | `BILLING_READ` | | Usage Attribution | `USAGE_READ` + Enterprise or Pro plan | | Sub-org cost trends | Parent org must have `suborg_cost_trends` enabled | For information on managing permissions, see [Role Based Access Control](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/). ## Further reading{% #further-reading %} - [Cost Details](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/cost_details/) - [Usage Details](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/usage_details/) - [Usage Attribution](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/billing/usage_attribution/) - [Datadog Costs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/datadog_costs/)