LICENSEWARE
Datadog Rule

Billable host count is the high-water mark of the lower 99 percent of hours

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Kind
Counting
Statement
Datadog meters hosts hourly; at month end the billable host count is the maximum count of the lower 99 percent of hourly usage, excluding the top 1 percent of hours.
Applies when
Monthly billing on the high watermark plan
Applies to
Infrastructure hosts (and IoT devices)
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