This document explains how to track, analyze, and manage your Gemini Enterprise subscription and consumption costs using Cloud Billing Reports. Using this method, you can get SKU-level visibility into your base subscription fees and overages.
Overview of Gemini Enterprise billing
Gemini Enterprise is billed on a subscription-seat basis, including potential consumption-based charges for usage that exceeds your subscription limits (quotas). Understanding how these costs flow into your billing reports is essential for accurate budgeting and chargeback mapping.
Reporting capabilities for Gemini Enterprise
Costs for Gemini Enterprise subscriptions are categorized under the Vertex AI Search
Service
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(service ID: 74B1-77CF-C302) which can lead Gemini Enterprise costs
to be grouped with other related service costs. To help you better distinguish
the specific Gemini Enterprise costs, use the following billing Report
settings and filters to view your Gemini Enterprise subscription costs:
Products filter for logical product families
What it does: The Productsfilter groups related SKUs and services into logical product families, independent of the underlying technical Google Cloud Service .
How to use it: Filter the report for the Gemini Enterprise logical Product to cleanly isolate your subscription costs, regardless of the underlying Google Cloud Service.
SKU-level granularity for overages
If you incur additional Gemini Enterprise charges (such as
consumption-based overages or add-ons), set the report Group by setting
to SKU
to view a detailed breakdown of the costs.
What it does: Grouping by SKU breaks down costs into the most granular components. For Gemini Enterprise charges, you can separate the base Gemini Enterprise Subscription SKU from any Gemini Enterprise Overage SKUs.
Benefit: Grouping by SKU gives you transparency into the exact drivers of your Gemini Enterprise spend.
Configure your cost report for Gemini Enterprise spend
Cost reports are accessible in the Billing section of the Google Cloud console. Take the following steps to configure a cost report to focus on your Gemini Enterprise costs:
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Make sure that you have the permissions required to access and view billing reports . You'll need Full billing account permissions .
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Access the Cloud Billing Reports page
Follow these steps to access the Reports pagefor your Cloud Billing account:
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In the Google Cloud console, go to the Reportspage for your Cloud Billingaccount.
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At the prompt, select the Cloud Billing account that is linked to your Gemini Enterprise subscriptions.
The Reportspage opens for the selected Cloud Billing account.
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Configure the report to focus on Gemini Enterprise costs
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In the Report filters , open the Productsfilter , search for and select Gemini Enterprise, then click Apply.
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In the Report filters , set the Group by setting to group by SKU , then click Apply.
Tip: For daily or monthly cost granularity, you can group by Date > SKU or Month > SKU .
When you group by SKU, the report table and chart displays costs by individual SKUs. Your report shows:
- Subscription SKU: Shows the daily prorated subscription costs.
- Overage SKU(s): Shows any usage-based charges incurred beyond your subscription seat limit.
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Adjust the Time rangeoptions and chart settings:
- By default, when you first access the Reports page, the Time range setting is set as Charge period (formerly Usage date ), for the current calendar month. Use the Time rangefilter to adjust the time period for the report data, to view trends of your daily or monthly costs.
- Adjust chart settings to change the display of data in the report chart and table.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Gemini Enterprise is billed on a subscription-seat basis, including potential consumption-based charges for usage that exceeds your subscription limits.
Why do I see small charges every day instead of a single monthly fee?
Cloud Billing uses daily proration for subscriptions. A monthly seat fee of $30 is billed at approximately $1 per day.
How do I identify Gemini Enterprise overage charges?
Configure your report to Group by SKUand filter for Product = Gemini Enterprise. Any overage charges appear as separate SKU line items in the report table, letting you differentiate overage costs from your fixed subscription seat costs.
