Usage History
- How to monitor your resource consumption
- What each usage meter tracks and how it draws down your credit balance
- How to view static usage for storage and database
- How to review usage from previous periods
The Usage page gives you a detailed, real-time view of how much you have consumed. AutoTalk has no plan tiers or monthly allowances — you pay only for what you use, and every meter draws credits from your prepaid wallet. For the per-unit price of each meter, see Usage Rates. Open it from the Usage item in the sidebar, or from the View detailed usage button on the Wallet page.
Current-period usage
The Current-period usage panel shows your consumption for the current period. A Monthly / Daily toggle in the panel header switches between the current month and the current day.
Each meter shows its usage for the period. If a custom limit applies to a meter, the row also shows usage against that limit as a percentage and a progress bar.
Usage meters
| Meter | Description |
|---|---|
| Compute time | Server processing time consumed by your requests, measured in milliseconds |
| Normalized input tokens | AI input tokens consumed when AI agents process incoming messages and context |
| Normalized output tokens | AI output tokens generated when AI agents compose responses |
| Audio transcription time | Audio transcribed, measured in milliseconds, normalized by a per-model weight — so the metered value is not necessarily the raw duration. See Normalized Tokens |
| Media transcoding time | Time spent transcoding media, measured in milliseconds |
There are no included allowances — consumption is billed from the first unit and deducted from your credit balance. See Usage Rates for the exact per-unit prices.
Hosted channel uptime is billed too, but it is not a meter row here — it appears as the Channel uptime credits chart further down the page, broken out by channel family (WhatsApp, Discord, IRC).
Viewing past usage
Below the current-period panel, the Usage page has dated charts for stored bytes, message/API counters, compute breakdown, and credits over time. Each chart has its own granularity toggle (daily, monthly, and in some cases hourly or yearly) so you can compare usage across periods and identify trends.
Static Usage
The Static Usage panel shows resources that accumulate over time rather than being consumed per request. These are billed by byte-day (the amount stored multiplied by the days it is kept) and the cost is deducted from your credit balance.
Storage Usage
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Used | Total storage currently consumed | 0 Bytes |
| Files | Number of files stored | 0 |
Storage is consumed by media files, attachments, and documents uploaded to the platform. Everything you store is billed by byte-day in credits.
Database Usage
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Used | Total database storage currently consumed | 8.82 KB |
| Files | Number of database records or objects | 4 |
Database usage grows as you add contacts, conversations, workflow configurations, and other data to the platform, and is billed by byte-day in credits.
Understanding your usage patterns
- High compute time — If your compute time is high, review which workflows and integrations are consuming the most processing time.
- High token consumption — If your AI agents are consuming most of your input or output tokens, consider optimizing your AI agent prompts to be more concise.
- Channel uptime — Hosted WhatsApp, Discord, and IRC connections are billed per minute while connected. Disconnect channels you are not using.
- Storage growth — Review and remove files you no longer need to reduce byte-day charges.
If your balance is running low relative to your burn rate, top up to avoid an interruption. You can set a monthly limit and warning thresholds on the Spending controls page, reached via the Budget item in the sidebar.
Next steps
- Usage Rates — Per-unit prices for every meter
- Wallet & Top-ups — Manage your prepaid credit balance