Alation Consumption Unit (ACU) Usage
Catalog row in Vendor License Sources · Cited
- Kind
- Product documentation
- Format
- HTML
- Applies to
- ACU model: pool and tiers, rate card for six products, CDM and AI Governance billing details, dashboard, per-product allocations, thresholds, hard stops, existing subscriptions and renewals. Undated page; states the Critical Data Manager rate has been in effect since 2026-07-01.
- Evidence
- ACU is bought as one pool instead of seats or per-product tiers
- Passive activity is not metered
- Paid ACU packs come in four sizes
- Free ACUs are used before the paid pool
- Cloud customers without in-scope products receive 6,000 free ACUs
- Existing product entitlements convert to an ACU pack at renewal
- Product allocations must add up to the pool
- Reaching a product allocation is a hard stop
- Critical Data Manager is metered per critical object per day
- AI Governance is metered per governed asset per day