# Service Provider Licensing and Billing

For service providers, Commvault software uses the total license usage calculation to determine license usage and billing. Total license usage can be either capacity-based (per TB) or entity-based (per unique client computer, user, mailbox, or other entity), based on the type of license you purchased. Total license usage for capacity-based licenses and entity-based licenses are calculated differently. Service providers should view the Subclient Peak Usage report to help calculate license usage and billing.

Important

The commonly-used License Summary report displays the current (not total) license usage calculation, which might cause some confusion for service providers. In the License Summary report, current usage is a snapshot of license usage at the particular instance that the License Summary report runs. Because detailed billing is calculated based on the total (not current) license usage calculation, the numbers displayed in the Billing Royalty report and the numbers displayed in the Usage reports from the CommCell environment can differ dramatically. That is why service providers should use the Subclient Peak Usage report instead of the License Summary report.

Note

Detailed license usage and billing information will be available in the Metrics reports only if Detailed Billing option is enabled in the Command Center.

If this option is not configured:

- License reports available on the Metrics Server will have only the usage summary without any details.

- Billing reports will show inconsistent or incomplete usage numbers.

## Related Topics

- Capacity-Based Total License Usage

- Entity-Based Total License Usage

- Subclient Peak Usage Report

- Commvault for Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

- Configuring Detailed Billing for Cloud Metrics Reports in the Command Center

- Configuring Detailed Billing for Private Metrics Reports in the Command Center

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