Why do I get charged 2 cents per month for minimal Big Query storage and use?

My organization created a BigQuery account to store website analytics data past the 18 month limit imposed by G4. We have never come close to the 1 TB processing limit for free tier usage. Yet we’re getting charged 2 cents per month. It’s not a significant amount, but it is creating headaches with accounting. We’re a nonprofit, and every penny spent requires justification (and paperwork).

We have had a BigQuery account for over a year, but only started getting charged in the past two months. Our initial $300 credit has expired, but it still appears as the full amount. To me, that means it never went toward paying any 2 cent/month charges.

Can anyone tell me what this 2 cent/month charge is for? And maybe how to stop it?

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Hello @AaronV ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

Free Tier is not forever option. I mean, this is either $300 or 90 days, as per https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features?_gl=11ygcbpy_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzby1BhCQARIsAJ_0t5PqwtGuojShybHlaHyvZ6yk2lUB1JqKJ5Dut8lRBaPUqmcJNeTAh1gaAofxEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Regarding 2 cents. You are paying such money because you’ve probably reached out 10GiB free tier / month. As per documentation :

Documentation URL: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/pricing?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=emea-none-all-en-dr-sitelink-all-all-trial-e-gcp-1011340&utm_content=text-ad-none-any-DEV_c-CRE_574628703097-ADGP_Hybrid%20%7C%20BKWS%20-%20EXA%20%7C%20Txt%20-%20Data%20Analytics%20-%20BigQuery%20-%20v1-KWID_43700072692462204-kwd-372661971564-userloc_1011274&utm_term=KW_bigquery-ST_BigQuery-NET_g-PLAC_&&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzby1BhCQARIsAJ_0t5PCJ3r0PRMFV1__vxRPsrSRju4-kI5kcRzs-TE5yrq5QzYe1lCdZM0aAmINEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#storage


cheers,
DamianS
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