For snapshot-based solutions, Trend Vision One uses the day occupying the 85th percentile of usage to calculate your credit drawdown for the month. This approach intends to measure
your typical usage without penalizing you for occasional usage spikes.
Daily usage naturally varies across your solutions due to weekday or weekend patterns,
batch workloads, and periodic operational spikes. If Trend Vision One based your monthly credit drawdown for a given solution on your 100th percentile
usage, these fluctuations could impact your final billing. By contrast, the 85th percentile
captures a more typical high-usage day, while excluding the extreme peaks that do
not reflect your normal behavior.
This calculation method provides the following benefits:
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Fairer billing: Trend Vision One draws down credits from your balance based on typical high usage, not unusual one-day spikes.
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Predictable costs: Your month-to-month billing remains stable, which facilitates scaling and budgeting for the future.
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Industry-standard practice: Many cloud and enterprise platforms use percentile-based billing, making the approach the industry standard.