About Billing Alerts

Capella Operational

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Couchbase Capella billing alerts notify you about important information related to your usage and billing for operational clusters.

You can create and manage your own custom alerts.

Alert Conditions

Alert timing

Alerts can be delayed by up to a day after usage meets alerting conditions.

The following conditions are available for billing alerts:

Condition	Description
Available credits go below	Sends an alert when the available credits in a specific Capella plan go below a specific credit threshold. When you create an alert with the Available credits go below condition, you must also set a Credit Threshold and select one of the Basic, Developer Pro, or Enterprise plans.
No available credits	Sends an alert when a specific plan runs out of available credits. When you create an alert with the No available credits condition, you must also select one of the Basic, Developer Pro, or Enterprise plans.
Pay as you go usage goes above	Sends an alert when your organization’s pay-as-you-go usage exceeds a specific amount either daily or monthly. When you create an alert with the Pay as you go usage goes above condition, you must also set an On-demand Threshold and select one of the Daily or Monthly frequencies. By default, when you add a credit card to your organization, Capella creates a Pay as you go usage goes above alert with an On-demand Threshold of $1000 on a Monthly frequency.
Credit card payment processed	Sends an alert when a credit card payment has been processed for your organization’s usage. This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.
Credit card payment declined	Sends an alert when a credit card payment was declined. This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.
Default credit card expiring soon	Sends an alert when the default credit card in your organization is going to expire within the next month and week, and on the following day. Add a new credit card or update your card’s expiration date to keep your organization’s paid clusters and services. This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.
Default credit card expired	Sends an alert when the default credit card in your organization has expired. Add a new credit card or update your card’s expiration date to keep your organization’s paid clusters and services. This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.

Condition

Description

Available credits go below

Sends an alert when the available credits in a specific Capella plan go below a specific credit threshold.

When you create an alert with the Available credits go below condition, you must also set a Credit Threshold and select one of the Basic, Developer Pro, or Enterprise plans.

No available credits

Sends an alert when a specific plan runs out of available credits.

When you create an alert with the No available credits condition, you must also select one of the Basic, Developer Pro, or Enterprise plans.

Pay as you go usage goes above

Sends an alert when your organization’s pay-as-you-go usage exceeds a specific amount either daily or monthly.

When you create an alert with the Pay as you go usage goes above condition, you must also set an On-demand Threshold and select one of the Daily or Monthly frequencies.

By default, when you add a credit card to your organization, Capella creates a Pay as you go usage goes above alert with an On-demand Threshold of $1000 on a Monthly frequency.

Credit card payment processed

Sends an alert when a credit card payment has been processed for your organization’s usage.

This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.

Credit card payment declined

Sends an alert when a credit card payment was declined.

This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.

Default credit card expiring soon

Sends an alert when the default credit card in your organization is going to expire within the next month and week, and on the following day.

Add a new credit card or update your card’s expiration date to keep your organization’s paid clusters and services.

This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.

Default credit card expired

Sends an alert when the default credit card in your organization has expired.

Add a new credit card or update your card’s expiration date to keep your organization’s paid clusters and services.

This alert is created by default when you add a credit card to your organization.

Alert Recipients

The following recipients are available for billing alerts:

Recipient	Description
Organization Role	Sends an alert to all users with the Organization Owner, Project Creator, or Organization Member role in your organization. You can choose multiple roles to receive the alert.
User	Sends an alert to specific Capella users by email address.
All Users in My Organization	Sends an alert to all current users in your organization.

Recipient

Description

Organization Role

Sends an alert to all users with the Organization Owner, Project Creator, or Organization Member role in your organization. You can choose multiple roles to receive the alert.

User

Sends an alert to specific Capella users by email address.

All Users in My Organization

Sends an alert to all current users in your organization.

About Billing Alerts

Alert Conditions

Alert Recipients

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