Introduction
Welcome to this Empress guide! Here, we’ll guide you through how to efficiently manage your billing and optimize resource usage within the Empress platform. This is crucial for any business as it gives you control over your expenditures, helps avoid unnecessary costs, and ensures optimal site performance.
Understanding Your Empress Billing
When you subscribe to an Empress plan, you’re billed based on your site’s usage and activity. The charges are calculated daily, providing you with a pay-per-use system. This means you only pay for the service on the days your site is active.
Here’s a breakdown of how it works:
Daily Charge
- The total monthly rate is divided by 30 to find the daily charge.
- For example, if you’re on the $25/month package, the daily cost would be $0.83 ($25/30).
Active Days Charge
- You’re billed only for the days your site is active.
- If your site is active for 20 days in a month, you’ll be billed for those 20 days only.
Monitoring Your CPU Usage
Empress keeps tabs on your site’s CPU usage to ensure everything runs smoothly. This process involves:
Logging CPU Usage
- Every request made to your site is logged.
- For example, if you generate the General Ledger Report and it takes 2 seconds, those 2 seconds are added to your CPU usage time.
Checking CPU Usage
- Empress checks if the total CPU usage time is exhausted based on your chosen plan.
- If it is, the current request and all subsequent requests are dropped.
Plan Upgrade Indication
- If your requests are frequently dropped due to CPU usage exhaustion, it suggests you may need to upgrade to a higher plan.
Stopping Your Billing
To halt billing in Empress, you simply need to delete all your sites. Once all sites are deleted, no charges will be billed to your account.
This guide offers a clear view of how Empress billing and resource usage works. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for effectively managing and optimizing your resources and avoiding unnecessary costs. Remember, it’s always more cost-effective to choose a plan that suits your usage needs rather than frequently exhausting your resources and experiencing service interruptions.
For further assistance or more information, please reach out to our support team or access our comprehensive range of resources and guides. Enjoy managing your business with Empress!