# Improved cost transparency with usage-based billing

DevFeed: [Improved cost transparency with usage-based billing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/improved-cost-transparency-with-usage-based-billing-35879.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/improved-cost-transparency-with-usage-based-billing>)

Author: Markus Sample

Published: 2026-06-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [cloud cost management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-cost-management.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-cost-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-cost-management.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datadog.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [product-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-news.md>), [usage-based-billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usage-based-billing.md>)

## AI overview

Temporal announces general availability of the Temporal Cloud Billing API and Billable Action Count metric, providing more granular cost attribution, usage data, reporting, and optimization signals.

## Source excerpt

Learn how the Temporal Cloud Billing API and Billable Action Count metric give teams clearer cost attribution, usage trends, and optimization signals.