# Usage

Accumulated compute consumed by an organization in a billing period, shown against plan limits on the dashboard.

Source: https://university.eugo.io/glossary/usage

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The number to compare against your plan limit rather than to read on its own. Knowing which workloads dominate it is what makes optimization worth doing. Tuning the wrong job is effort with no effect on the bill.

## Related terms

- [Pricing plan](https://university.eugo.io/glossary/pricing-plan) — The tier assigned to a workspace, which governs its resource limits and concurrency: how much can run, and how much can run at once.
- [Billing period](https://university.eugo.io/glossary/billing-period) — The interval over which an organization’s compute usage is accumulated and charged.
- [Organization](https://university.eugo.io/glossary/organization) — The top-level account that owns one or more workspaces and is the unit of billing. Members belong to an organization and hold roles within it.