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What Is a Billable Unit (BU)?

Billable Units (BUs) are used in vScope to measure the assets and resources included in your license. Below is an overview of how BUs are calculated based on different asset types.

Backup

Section titled “Backup”
  • 1 BU = 1 Backup Job, Backup, or Repository

Certificate

Section titled “Certificate”
  • 1 BU = 1 web (SSL) certificate

Client

Section titled “Client”
  • 1 BU = 1 machine where the operating system is classified as Client.

Cloud

Section titled “Cloud”
  • 1 BU = 1 Azure or Amazon EC2 virtual machine

Cloud Spend

Section titled “Cloud Spend”
  • 1 BU = 1 licensable user account in Azure (Microsoft EntraID)

Container

Section titled “Container”
  • 1 BU = 1 Docker Container

Database

Section titled “Database”
  • 1 BU = 1 database (e.g., MS SQL, MySQL) or schema (e.g., Oracle)

Directory

Section titled “Directory”
  • 1 BU = 1 user account (local or domain accounts)

Web Server (IIS)

Section titled “Web Server (IIS)”
  • 1 BU = 1 site

Mobile

Section titled “Mobile”
  • 1 BU = 1 mobile OS (e.g., Android, iOS, iPadOS)

Network

Section titled “Network”
  • 1 BU = 1 network-connected device (e.g., switches, access points, etc., excluding printers), found via SNMP

Printer

Section titled “Printer”
  • 1 BU = 1 printer (found via SNMP)

Server

Section titled “Server”
  • 1 BU = 1 asset identified as a server via operating system

Storage

Section titled “Storage”
  • 1 BU = 1 concrete storage pool

Virtualization

Section titled “Virtualization”
  • 1 BU = 1 virtual machine or virtualization host