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# Billing Report Terms and Definitions

**A detailed summary of terms and definitions contained in the standard monthly Zesty bill and, where appropriate, how these numbers are calculated.**

**If there is anything you find unclear, or you require further assistance in understanding your bill, reach out to your Customer Success Manager or open a** [**support ticket**](https://zesty.co/contact-us/?support)**.**

Detail

**TOTAL: The aggregate financial total of all actions detailed in subsequent sheets.**

- **Organization ID -** the identification number of the organization the bill refers to. For customers with multiple organizations, you will receive a separate bill for each.
- **Service -** the specific product or service being billed.
- **Potential Cost -** the total standard on-demand equivalent cost of the EC2 instances used with no commitments applied.
- **Actual Cost -** the amount owed to AWS for EC2 usage after commitment based discounts have been applied.
- **Saved -** the difference between the potential cost and actual cost.
- **Zesty Fee in % -** the applicable fee for your business as defined in your contract.
- **Fee (Pre Refund) -** the fee, calculated as: Savings x Zesty Fee in % = Zesty Fee.
- **Eligible Refunds -** refunds to be deducted from the bill which have met the terms of the buy back guarantee.
- **Total Fee -** total amount owed to Zesty, calculated as: Fee (Pre Refund) - Eligible Refund = Total Fee.

**Commitment Manager: A detailed accounting of all actions taken by Zesty on your behalf in regards to RI management.**

- **Organization ID -** as above.
- **Account ID** - the identification number for each connected account in the Zesty dashboard.
- **ReservedInstance/SavingPlan ID -** identifier for each commitment purchased or sold on your behalf by Zesty.
- **Date -** the date on which the specified action was performed.
- **Operation -** either the purchase or selling off of the specified RI.
- **Region -** the AWS Region in the which the specified RI was purchased/sold and/or applied.
- **Family -** the AWS instance type.
- **Units Quantity -** the number of normalized units covered by the RI.
- **On Demand Rate -** the standard on-demand rate rate for the region and instance type specified.
- **Offering Rate -** the new cost of the specified instance with the RI discount applied.
- **Savings Percentage -** the percentage discount attained by utilizing an RI on the specified instance.
- **Currency -** USD, which applies to all monetary values on the bill.
- **Hours Purchased -** the maximum number of hours which can be covered by the purchased RI (this will generally be 720 or 744 and represents a full month of usage).
- **Usage Hours -** how many hours the RI was actually used for.
- **Hours Unused -** number of hours during which the RI was not fully utilized.
- **Refund Hours -** any unused hours which qualify under the terms of Zesty's buy back guarantee.
- **Utilization -** the percentage of Usage Hours which were actually utilized.
- **OnDemand Total -** the dollar amount that would have been owed to AWS for the specified instance if on-demand rates were applied.
- **Offering Total -** the actual cost incurred by using the specified instance, covered with an RI.
- **Total Savings -** the difference between the OnDemand Total and Offering Total.
- **Refund -** the dollar amount for any eligible refund associated with utilization of the specified RI under the terms of the buy back guarantee.
- **Fee -** the Zesty fee, as applied to each RI/Instance individually.

**Upfront Payments: an accounting of any Upfront RIs purchased in accordance with limitations set in Zesty's Budget tool.**

- **Account ID** - as above.
- **Date -** the date on which the Upfront RI was purchased.
- **Expire Date -** the date on which the Upfront RI is due to expire.
- **Region -** the AWS region in which the specified RI was purchased and applied.
- **ReservedInstance/SavingPlan ID -** identifier for each upfront commitment purchased on your behalf by Zesty.
- **Instance Type -** the instance type associated with the RI.
- **Savings Percent -** the percentage discount achieved by using the Upfront RI compared to the standard on-demand price.
- **Upfront Price -** the dollar amount owed to AWS for the term of use.