--- title: Datadog Costs description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > Cloud Cost Management > Datadog Costs --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt). # Datadog Costs ## Overview{% #overview %} Daily Datadog costs give you visibility into daily Datadog spending across dashboards, notebooks, [cost monitors](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/cost_changes/monitors.md), Cloud Cost Explorer, [reports](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/reporting.md), [budgets](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/planning/budgets.md?tab=basic), and [anomalies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/cost_changes/anomalies.md), along with your entire organization's cloud provider and [SaaS costs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/setup/saas_costs.md). You can view daily Datadog costs in [Cloud Cost Management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management.md)(CCM), and access additional Datadog cost capabilities like [Cost Summary](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/cost_details.md#cost-summary) and [Cost Chargebacks](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/cost_details.md#cost-chargebacks) on the [Plan & Usage page](https://app.datadoghq.com/billing/usage). There is **no additional charge** for Datadog Costs, and it is available for both CCM and non-CCM customers with a direct contract through Datadog or an External Marketplace drawdown contract. ## Required permissions{% #required-permissions %} Viewing Datadog costs in Cloud Cost Management requires both the `billing_read` and `usage_read` permissions: `billing_read` grants access to Datadog cost data, and `usage_read` grants access to Datadog usage data. This requirement applies everywhere Datadog cost data appears, including Cloud Cost Management, dashboards, and notebooks. The `cloud_cost_management_read` permission grants access to Cloud Cost Management and to your cloud and SaaS provider costs, but it does not grant access to Datadog cost data on its own. | Permission | Description | Available Roles | | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | `billing_read` | Read access to billing information. **Required to view Datadog cost data.** | • Datadog Admin | | `usage_read` | Read access to usage data. **Required to view Datadog usage data.** | • Datadog Admin | **Note**: A user with `cloud_cost_management_read` but without `billing_read` and `usage_read` can use Cloud Cost Management for their cloud and SaaS providers, but Datadog costs do not appear for them. `cloud_cost_management_read` is not required to view Datadog costs. To give a user access to Datadog cost data, assign them a role that includes the `billing_read` and `usage_read` permissions. For more information about managing roles, see [Role Based Access Control](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/permissions.md). ## Data availability to sub-organizations{% #data-availability-to-sub-organizations %} Daily Datadog cost data is available to sub-organizations with the [Sub Organization Cost Summary](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/plan_and_usage/cost_details.md#cost-summary-sub-organization) feature enabled. To request access, contact your account representative or [Datadog Support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/). ## Visualize and break down costs{% #visualize-and-break-down-costs %} Costs in Cloud Cost Management may not match the estimated month-to-date (MTD) costs on the [Plan & Usage page](https://app.datadoghq.com/billing/usage) because Plan & Usage costs are cumulative and prorated monthly. Only Cloud Cost Management provides daily cost calculations. Datadog cost data has an expected data delay of 48 hours and is available for the past 15 months. Prior month Datadog charges are finalized around the 16th of each month. Before costs are finalized, the Usage Charges Only: Enabled toggle represents estimated usage-based charges only. When charges are finalized, the Usage Charges Only: Disabled toggle also includes any adjustment records. These adjustments are applied to the prior month and reflect the finalized cost amounts. Cost data can be used in dashboards and notebooks under the Cloud Cost data source. Create dashboards to monitor daily costs, identify trends, and optimize resource usage. {% image source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/cloud_cost/datadog_costs/dashboard.2e422720ea0e742253fdf1c0e16c0e68.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/cloud_cost/datadog_costs/dashboard.2e422720ea0e742253fdf1c0e16c0e68.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x" alt="Datadog costs as an option for the Cloud Cost data source in a dashboard" /%} You can use out-of-the-box tags to break down and allocate your Datadog cost data. | Tag Name | Tag Description | | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | organization | The name of the parent or sub-organization. | | dimension_name / dimension | `dimension_name` is the name of the individual product being billed (for example, `Indexed Logs (15 Day Retention)`).`dimension` is the snake case version of the product name which is optimized for programmatic use and easier search (for example, `logs_indexed_15day`). | | product_name / datadog_product | `product_name` is the high-level grouping name for Datadog products (for example, `Logs`).`datadog_product` is the snake case version of the product grouping name which is optimized for programmatic use and easier search (for example, `logs`). | | `` | You can add up to three tag keys, configured in [Usage Attribution](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/billing/usage_attribution.md), with their associated values (for example, `team` or `service`). | | cost_type | The type of charge covered by this item (for example, `usage` or `adjustment`). | | pricing_category | The specific type of charge covered by this item (for example, `committed` or `on-demand`). | ## Further reading{% #further-reading %} Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles: - [Learn about Cloud Cost Management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management.md) - [Quickly and comprehensively analyze the cloud and SaaS costs behind your services](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/total-cost-of-service-ownership-ccm/) - [Understand and manage your Datadog spend with Datadog cost data in Cloud Cost Management](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/datadog-costs/)