How Does Certificate Monitoring Billing Work?

Certificate monitoring is billed at $0.01 per host per day. Each active monitor on your account counts as one host for billing purposes.

Billing Details

Billing begins immediately when you add a new monitor. Monitors are billed daily based on the number of active monitors configured on your account. If you remove or delete a monitor, billing for that monitor stops at the end of the current day.

For detailed pricing information, volume discounts, and plan options, visit the Certificate Monitoring pricing page.

What Counts as a Monitor

Each configured endpoint monitoring a service counts as one monitor. If you monitor the same hostname on different ports or protocols, each configuration is a separate monitor. For example, monitoring both mail.example.com:25 (SMTP) and mail.example.com:993 (IMAPS) would count as two monitors.

When using DNS hostnames that resolve to multiple IP addresses, this still counts as a single monitor even though the system checks all returned addresses. The billing is based on the number of configured monitors, not the number of IP addresses checked.

Managing Costs

Monitor only services that require certificate validation rather than every possible endpoint. Use tags to organize monitors and identify services that may no longer need monitoring, and review your list regularly to remove obsolete or duplicate entries. Where appropriate, consolidate by monitoring a load balancer instead of individual backend servers. See best practices for more cost management strategies.

Billing and Account Management

View your current monitor count and billing information in the Billing section of your account. Your invoice will show the daily monitor count and calculated charges. Billing is handled through your account's configured payment method with invoicing available for applicable plans.