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# Billing Considerations for Data 360 Sandbox

Understand how Data 360 sandbox usage consumes flex credits and learn strategies to reduce sandbox costs.

The usage types for Data 360 in a sandbox are the same as the production usage types. Usage generated by Data 360 sandbox orgs consumes production credits on the org the sandbox was created from. Some features start consuming credits when you activate Data 360 in a sandbox org.

Use Digital Wallet to check which consumption cards are active in your org, find out how many credits are available on each card, and determine how many credits have been consumed in each usage type.

Some usage types aren’t metered for certain licenses or editions, such as a Data 360 Profiles license or Agentforce 1 Edition. Check your licenses and review license documentation for more information.

## Data 360 Sandbox Consumption in Digital Wallet

Sandbox and production usage both appear on the production card in Digital Wallet. To determine which org generated usage, view the usage type and filter by org.

For more information, see [Data 360 Sandbox Credit Merge](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=004924080&type=1&language=en_US).

## Multipliers for Data 360 Sandbox Consumption

Usage multipliers on Data 360 sandbox orgs are discounted from usage multipliers on Data 360 production orgs. To find specific production and sandbox multipliers for each usage type, see [Data Cloud Multipliers](https://www.salesforce.com/data/rates/multipliers/).

To understand what usage falls into which Data 360 usage type, see [Data 360 Billable Usage Types for Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_usage_types.htm&language=en_US&type=5) and [Flex Credits Usage Types for Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_flex_credits_for_data360.htm&language=en_US).

## Reduce Sandbox Costs

Some features start consuming credits as soon you activate Data 360 in a sandbox org. Disabling features you don’t need reduces consumption of credits.

For example, data streams replicated from your production org begin ingesting data and consuming credits immediately. To reduce credit usage, turn off data streams that you don’t need.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Data 360 Billable Usage Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_usage_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Usage of certain Data 360 features impacts credit consumption. If you purchased credits before February 24, 2026, your org consumes Data Services credits for Data 360 services. Orgs purchasing or renewing after February 24, 2026 can have either Data Services or Flex Credits. To monitor your usage in these Data Services usage categories, access your org’s Digital Wallet. If your org has a Data 360 Profiles-type license, some usage types aren't consumed. For more information on how usage is billed, refer to your contract or contact your account executive.")
- [_Salesforce Help_: Get Started with Digital Wallet](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.wallet_get_started.htm&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Help_: Data 360 in a Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_sandbox.htm&type=5&language=en_US)