## 5.5 Metering and Pricing
Find out about metering and pricing for the document grounding capability.
##  Tip
The metering and pricing details presented here are relevant only to users of the data-manager service plan for enterprise accounts.
## Usage Metric
The document grounding capability is metered monthly based on the predefined usage metric - records.
One record corresponds to one 50-MB block of data uploaded to the cloud service. For pricing purposes, one record is equivalent to 0.005 AI units.
The following table shows examples of how the size of an uploaded document determines the number of records:
Document Size
45 MB
Number of Records
1
| Document Size   |   Number of Records |
|-----------------|---------------------|
| 80MB            |                   2 |
| 105MB           |                   3 |
## Price Calculation
The total monthly price for the document grounding capability is calculated as follows:
- Number of records for the month * 0.005 * price per AI unit
##  Note
The number of records for the month is the total number of records added to the cloud service during that month plus any records carried forward from the preceding month. Records remaining in the cloud service at the end of one month are automatically carried forward to the next.
If you delete uploaded documents, they're removed from the cloud service. However, they're not deducted from the total number of chargeable records for the month in which you delete them. Deleted documents aren't carried forward to the following month.
## Examples
## Key Elements of the Monthly Price Calculation
The following table illustrates how the number, size, and deletion of documents affect the number of records used in the monthly price calculation.
|   Number of Docu- ments Uploaded in Month | Size Per Document   |   Number of Docu- ments Deleted |   Number of Records | Calculation of Monthly Price   |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                         1 | 50MB                |                               0 |                   1 | 1 * 0.005 * price per AI unit  |
|                                         1 | 52MB                |                               0 |                   2 | 2 * 0.005 * price per AI unit  |
|                                        10 | 5MB                 |                               0 |                  10 | 10 * 0.005 * price per AI unit |
|                                        25 | 50MB                |                              10 |                  25 | 25 * 0.005 * price per AI unit |
|   Number of Docu- ments Uploaded in Month | Size Per Document   |   Number of Docu- ments Deleted |   Number of Records | Calculation of Monthly Price   |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                        25 | 51MB                |                              10 |                  50 | 50 * 0.005 * price per AI unit |
## Monthly Price Calculation Including Records from Earlier Months
Let's say you start using the cloud service in June. At the outset, there are no documents in the service. Over the course of the month, you upload documents equivalent to a total of 10 records. Before the end of June, you delete documents equivalent to 5 records, leaving 5 records in the cloud service at the end of the month.
In this case, the monthly charge for June is calculated as follows:
- Total number of records added to cloud service in current month (10) * 0.005 * price per AI unit
##  Remember
Deleting documents reduces the number of records in the cloud service. But it doesn't change the total number of records for the current month.
The 5 records in the cloud service at the end of June are carried forward to the following month. These records now count toward the total number of records for July.
In July, you again upload documents equivalent to a total of 10 records and delete the equivalent of 5.
The monthly charge for July is calculated as follows:
- (Number of records carried over from previous month (5) + total number of records added to cloud service in current month (10) = 15) * 0.005 * price per AI unit
The number of records remaining at the end of July is calculated as follows:
- (Number of records carried over from previous month (5) + total number of records added to cloud service in current month (10) = 15) - number of records deleted during month (5) = 10
These 10 records are carried forward to August.
This process applies for all subsequent months.
 Tip
Use the AI Estimate .
## Related Information
SAP AI Services List
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