Overview
You can manage payments and billing for Automated Embedding through the billing and payments interface in the Atlas UI. Atlas sends billing charges to the Atlas account linked to your cluster. Your billing profile for Atlas is the same as the billing profile for your Automated Embedding. To view or edit your billing profile, see Atlas Billing.
Automated Embedding uses a token-based pricing model where you are charged based on the number of tokens processed by the embedding models. To learn more about:
Model pricing and costs: See Models for Automated Embedding for detailed pricing per model.
Usage tiers and rate limits: See Rate Limits for information about free tokens, usage tiers, and rate limit tiers.
Supported models: See Models for Automated Embedding for the list of available Voyage AI embedding models.
You configure billing settings at the organization level, which apply to all projects within that organization. You can examine costs and billing for your model per project in the Atlas UI.
Token-Based Pricing
MongoDB uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model and charges for usage based on consumption. Usage is based on the number of tokens embedded during:
Index creation (initial sync)
Document inserts and updates (steady-state)
Queries performed
Pricing varies by model. For models that process text, charges apply per token in your text field and queries. To see the cost per 1,000 tokens for each supported embedding model, see Models for Automated Embedding.
Embedding model pricing is usage-based, with charges billed to the account linked to the API key used for access. Usage is based on the number of tokens embedded during:
Index creation (initial sync)
Document inserts and updates (steady-state)
Queries performed
Pricing varies by model. Pricing is based on the number of tokens in your text field and queries. To see the cost per 1,000 tokens for each supported embedding model, see Models for Automated Embedding.
Free Tokens
For each model, Atlas includes a one-time allocation of 200 million free tokens at the organization level. The organization shares free tokens across all Atlas projects and clusters within the organization. Free tokens do not refresh. To learn more about free tokens and usage tiers, see Rate Limits.
For each model, MongoDB Vector Search includes a one-time allocation of 200 million free tokens. The free tokens are shared across all clusters in the deployment. Free tokens do not refresh. To learn more about free tokens and usage tiers, see Rate Limits.
Model Pricing
The cost for each model is as follows:
Embedding Model | Cost per 1K Tokens | Cost per 1M Tokens |
|---|---|---|
| $0.00012 | $0.12 |
| $0.00006 | $0.06 |
| $0.00002 | $0.02 |
| $0.00018 | $0.18 |
Manage Billing
Required Access
To view billing information, you must have
Organization Billing Vieweraccess or higher.To configure billing settings, such as the payment method and billing profile, you must have
Organization OwnerorOrganization Billing Adminaccess.
Procedure
To access billing:
Payment Method
To pay for Automated Embedding, use your configured payment method. MongoDB accepts the following payment methods through the Atlas console:
Credit card
To set your payment method for Automated Embedding in Atlas, see Atlas Payment Methods.
Through MongoDB Sales, you can pay using:
A currency other than USD
A method other than a credit card or PayPal
Important
To confirm your credit card information, Atlas charges $1.00 when you first connect a credit card to your account. After Atlas confirms your information, it refunds the $1.00 charge. If you encounter any issues with connecting a credit card to your account, reach out to your card provider or banking institution. Verify whether they declined the initial charge, which would prevent Atlas from confirming your information.
Manage Invoices
For each of your invoices, including your current invoice, you can:
View the payment amount due, the total cost of your usage for the billing period, and your billing information.
Export the invoice details to PDF or CSV.
Explore invoice cost visualization charts that show total usage costs by service, such as Automated Embedding.
Review usage summaries by project and by service, such as Automated Embedding.
Examine payment and usage details that explain usage, as well as paid and pending charges for Automated Embedding.
Your invoice shows usage broken down by embedding model (such as
voyage-4, voyage-4-lite, voyage-4-large, and voyage-code-3),
including the number of tokens processed and the cost per model. To learn
more about supported models and their pricing, see
Models for Automated Embedding.
To learn more about invoice features, see Invoices.
View Invoices
To view the most recent and pending charges for Automated Embedding in an organization:
Log in to Atlas.
Go to the Billing page for your organization.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired organization from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
In the sidebar, click Invoices under the Billing header.
The Invoices page displays. On the Invoices page in Atlas, you can view your billing invoices for Automated Embedding.
The Invoice page displays the following columns:
Payment Status: Shows
PENDINGorSUCCESSFUL.Invoice Date: Shows the date when Atlas generates the invoice.
Invoice Period: Shows the billing period for the invoice. For example, you might see a usage summary for the billing period of
12/01/2025-01/01/2026.Total Cost: Shows your total monthly charges in your selected currency. The total monthly charges include the billed amount and any applicable taxes, but don't include any payments you made.
For example, the Total Cost column might show
$29.98 (month-to-date). This indicates that your total charges for the month so far are $29.98, including taxes, but doesn't reflect any payments you might have made.Download: Provides an icon for downloading the invoice. You can download your Usage Summary in PDF or CSV format. The Usage Summary shows a detailed breakdown of daily usage activity for Automated Embedding.
You can also access billing information directly from the Search & Vector Search page by clicking the View Invoice button.
Review the Costs
You can use the Cost Explorer to understand your Automated Embedding costs. The Billing Cost Explorer helps you understand your organization's billing data on a month-to-month basis. You can view monthly billing data in chart and table form. To view the specific costs for Automated Embedding, see the invoice for the month.
Costs are based on the number of tokens processed by each embedding model. For detailed pricing information per model, see Models for Automated Embedding.
Procedure
Log in to Atlas.
Go to the Billing page for your organization.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired organization from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
In the sidebar, click Cost Explorer under the Billing header.
The Cost Explorer page displays. The cost explorer provides a visual representation of your billing data, including Automated Embedding costs.
To learn more, see Billing Cost Explorer.