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Paid SafeDep Cloud plans include a monthly usage allowance for metered features. This page explains how the allowance is counted, what happens when you reach it, and how to opt in to usage-based billing beyond it.
The commands on this page use the safedep CLI. New to it? See SafeDep CLI Tools for what it is and how to install it.

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How allowances work

A metered feature’s monthly allowance is a per-seat amount multiplied by your subscription’s seats, pooled across the whole tenant. Any member can consume from the shared pool. There is no per-user split. The allowance resets each billing period. On-demand package scans are metered this way today. Per-seat amounts and unit prices are listed on the pricing page.

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Check your usage

The output shows, per metered feature:
  • Included limit and consumed: the pooled allowance for the current period and how much of it is used.
  • Period end: when the allowance resets.
  • Overage: units consumed beyond the allowance this period, and their billed value, when on-demand billing is enabled.
It also shows the account-level state: whether on-demand billing is enabled, whether a payment method is on file, and the payment posture.

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What happens at the allowance limit

  • On-demand billing disabled (the default): requests beyond the allowance are denied until the period resets or you add seats.
  • On-demand billing enabled: usage beyond the allowance is billed per unit, up to a monthly spending cap.

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Enable on-demand billing

Prerequisites: an active paid subscription with a payment method on file. Add a payment method through the billing portal if needed:
Then opt in:
The --accept-terms flag records your acceptance of the on-demand billing terms, including the terms version, for the tenant account. Without the flag, the command prints the terms location and makes no change.

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The spending cap

On-demand billing has a monthly spending cap that bounds how much overage can be billed in a period. When the cap is reached, further over-allowance requests are denied until the period resets, so a runaway automation cannot create an unbounded bill. The default cap is listed on the pricing page. Contact support to adjust it.

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Disable on-demand billing

Overage billing stops and the included allowance limits apply again. Usage already billed in the current period remains payable.

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Invoices and payment methods

The billing portal handles payment methods, invoices, and billing history:

On-Demand Package Scanning

The metered feature this page’s allowances apply to.

Pricing

Plans, per-seat allowances, and unit prices.