Is Google Managed Prometheus billing per million or per billion?

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The Google Managed Prometheus says that they cost $0.2 per million samples. However, in pricing examples they say:

Scenario 1: You have 100 containers, each writing 1,000 scalar times series.

Variant A: If each time series is written every 15 seconds (1 sample/15s), then the number of samples written per month is 17,420,000,000 (175,200 samples/month * 1,000 time series * 100 containers), or 17.42 million.

But 17,420,000,000 is 17.42 billion. So in that example, the price should be $3600, not $3.60, which is a pretty big difference to a pocket.

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You are right, this particular scenario is incorrect.
However, values in the table are correct - 18 million metrics would cost approximately $3.60.
Errors in documentation can be reported using the Public Issue Tracker.
You can also use the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator to estimate cost of your metrics.

This issue has been fixed :)

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Corrected documentation here.

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