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Would be great to talk to someone regarding credit usage and billing - surprised by a larger bill simply through proxied gmail api calls (thought this was inclusive of the $150 a month Connect fee)
Also, no ability to see credit usage per connector or even per project, so costs associated to my environments are quite ambigious.
Neither through API or UI
, can you help ?
You should visit Pipedream for the latest pricing, but I’ll do my best to answer. I’m sorry for the confusion and frustration regarding your billing and credit usage on Pipedream. I understand how important it is to have clear visibility into your costs, especially when charges are higher than expected. ### Billing and Credit Usage for Gmail API Calls - The $150/month Connect fee covers the base platform and access to Connect features, but API calls (including proxied Gmail API calls) consume credits, which are billed separately based on your usage. - If your workflows are making a large number of Gmail API calls, each call can consume credits, leading to higher bills if you exceed your included credits. ### Credit Usage Visibility Currently, Pipedream does not provide a way to see credit usage broken down by connector or by project, either in the UI or via API. This means it’s not possible to directly attribute costs to specific connectors or environments from within the platform at this time, which can make tracking and forecasting spend challenging. ### What you can do - Monitor overall usage: You can see your total credit usage in your billing dashboard, but not per connector/project. - Estimate usage: If you know which workflows are running most frequently or are the most complex, you can estimate which ones are likely consuming the most credits. - Contact Support: For more detailed billing questions or to request features like per-connector/project usage breakdowns, please reach out to Pipedream support directly at Pipedream. — Again, I’m sorry for the lack of granular usage data and any billing surprises. Please contact support for more personalized help—they can review your account and may be able to provide more insight or workarounds.
can you provide a link/source for proxies api calls charging credits
You should visit Pipedream for the latest pricing, but I’ll do my best to answer. According to the Pipedream pricing documentation: > API operations that consume credits (1 credit per 30 seconds of compute time): > - Action executions > - Tool calls via MCP > - Source execution for deployed triggers > - Requests to the Connect proxy This means that requests to the Connect proxy (which includes proxied API calls, such as those to the Gmail API via Connect) do consume credits. You can find this information in the How credits work in Connect section of the official docs. If you have further questions or need more details, please visit Pipedream for more support options.