Hello Google Cloud Community,
I'm reaching out to seek insights into an issue we're experiencing with billing related to Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging within one of our projects on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Despite operating with somewhat consistent workloads on Compute Engine and Cloud Run, and collecting some custom metrics and logs, our billing statements have been somewhat unpredictable.
Here’s the situation:
- In mid-March (March 17 until March 31), we incurred costs for 'Metric Volume' and 'Log Storage cost' SKUs. Interestingly, these costs were not present on the first day of March, despite no apparent change in the volume of logs and metrics being received.
- I have delved into the Metric Explorer, analyzing metrics such as 'Global - Metric bytes ingested' and 'Metric bytes ingested', among others related to log metrics. However, these don't seem to directly correlate with the costs shown in our billing.
- Specifically, on March 31, we observed a lower volume (in megabytes) of 'Metric bytes ingested' compared to April 1. Yet, we were charged for 'Metric Volume' on March 31 but saw no such cost on April
Could anyone provide guidance on how to better understand our billing and identify the specific sources of these costs? Is there a more precise method or tool within GCP that can help trace these expenses back to their origin, especially given the apparent discrepancy between metrics ingested and the charges applied?
Any insights or advice would be highly appreciated as we aim to demystify our billing and ensure cost-effective use of GCP services.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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