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Usage Explorer

The Usage Explorer provides users visibility into graphics processing unit (GPU), central processing unit (CPU), large language model (LLM) API usage, agentic spans, and storage usage across the platform, providing general usage information broken down by service.

Usage Explorer services

The services displayed in the Usage Explorer may vary depending on the type of usage being viewed. The following services are tracked in the Usage Explorer:

  • Agentic Observability
  • Custom Inference Model
  • Custom Job
  • Custom Model NIM
  • Custom Models
  • Custom Task Fit
  • Data Management
  • GenAI Playground
  • Model Management
  • Modeling
  • Moderations
  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise
  • Notebook
  • Prediction
  • Predictive Observability
  • Segmentation
  • Spark Data Prep
  • Vector Database Creation

To access the Usage Explorer, open Account settings > Usage Explorer. From here, you can view resource consumption by service for a given date range, as well as export the report as a .csv file.

  Element Description
1 Date range selector Use the two fields to display usage information for a specific date range.
2 Export Download the report as a .csv file.
3 Usage options Select the usage information to view—GPU, LLM, CPU, agentic spans, or storage.

GPU usage

The GPU Usage page reports data on GPU usage, providing general usage information broken down by service. GenAI features, for example, rely on GPU hardware for a range of workloads related to training, hosting, and running inference on LLMs.

To access the GPU Usage page, click GPU Usage in the Usage Explorer.

This page consists of a table that displays the name of the service using the resources, as well as the following details about each task under that service:

Field Summary
Service The service that used the GPU (e.g., Notebooks, Modeling, Vector Database Creation, etc.).
Resource name The number of GPUs, as well as the number of CPUs and amount of RAM/VRAM, used by the task.
Cloud The cloud provider executing the resource.
Region The region where costs are computed.
Unit cost (per 1 hour) The total cost of the resource each hour.
Usage quantity The amount of time each task used the resources within the specified time period.
Amount The current cost of the task.

LLM API usage

The LLM API Usage page reports data on which LLM models are being used by which services, as well as how much each model is being used. The page provides general usage information broken down by service, tracking token consumption for each task. This detailed monitoring helps identify which services are consuming the most LLM resources across various services.

To access the LLM API Usage page, click LLM API Usage in the Usage Explorer.

This page consists of a table that displays the name of the service using the resources, as well as the following details about each task under that service:

Field Summary
Service The service that used the LLM API (e.g., Custom Models, GenAI Playground, etc.).
Resource name The name of the LLM model called via the API.
Cloud The cloud provider executing the resource.
Region The region where costs are computed.
Unit cost (per 1 hour) The total cost of the resource each hour.
Usage quantity The number of tokens used by the task.
Amount The current cost of the task.

CPU usage

The CPU Usage page provides an overview of central processing unit (CPU) broken down by service. This allows for easy monitoring of exactly which users and services are consuming the most CPU resources, potentially helping to identify areas for optimization or budgetary concerns.

To access the CPU Usage page, click CPU Usage in the Usage Explorer.

This page consists of a table that displays the name of the service using the resources, as well as the following details about each task under that service:

Field Summary
Service The service that used the CPU (e.g., Custom Inference Model, Data Management, etc.)
Resource name The number of processors and amount of RAM used by the task.
Cloud The cloud provider executing the resource.
Region The region where costs are computed.
Unit cost (per 1 hour) The total cost of the resource each hour.
Usage quantity The amount of time each task used the CPU.
Amount The current cost of the task.

Agentic spans usage

The Agentic Spans page provides an overview of agentic spans usage across the platform.

To access the Agentic Spans page, click Agentic Spans in the Usage Explorer.

This page consists of a table that displays the name of the agentic span, as well as the following details about each span:

Field Summary
Service The service that used the spans (e.g., Agentic Observability).
Resource name The name of the agentic span used.
Cloud The cloud provider executing the resource.
Region The region where costs are computed.
Unit cost (per 1000 spans) The total cost of the resource for each 1000 spans.
Usage quantity The total number of spans used.
Amount The current cost of the usage.

Storage usage

The Storage Usage page provides an overview of storage usage across the platform.

To access the Storage Usage page, click Storage Usage in the Usage Explorer.

This page consists of a table that displays the name of the storage, as well as the following details about each storage:

Field Summary
Service The service that used the storage resource (e.g., Predictive Observability).
Resource name The name of the storage resource used.
Cloud The cloud provider executing the resource.
Region The region where costs are computed.
Unit cost (per gigabyte) The total cost of the resource for each gigabyte.
Usage quantity The total amount of storage used in gigabytes.
Amount The current cost of the usage.