Usage

Use the Usage page in Settings to monitor how your organization is using workflows over time. Review headline metrics, track progress through the current billing period, filter custom time ranges, and inspect breakdowns so you can understand volume, spot changes, and plan around usage trends.

01When to use Usage

Open Usage when you want a quick view of organization activity without inspecting individual workflow runs. It is useful when you need to answer questions like how many runs executed, how many steps were consumed, whether browser activity is increasing, how close you are to your monthly quota, or how cache performance is changing over time.

Use this page to:

• Check recent usage before or after launching workflow changes
• Compare activity across shorter and longer time windows
• Track progress against your monthly workflow run quota
• Identify which usage categories are driving increases in volume
• Watch cache hit rate trends to understand reuse efficiency
• Share a simple operational view with teammates who manage workflow usage

02What the Usage page shows

The top of the page summarizes key usage metrics for the selected time range. Each KPI card gives you a focused view of one area so you can scan current activity before digging into charts and breakdowns.

Workflow runs

The Workflow runs card shows how many workflow executions occurred during the selected time range. Use it to understand overall run volume and to compare activity across periods after configuration changes, launches, or team-wide adoption increases.

Steps executed

The Steps executed card shows the total number of workflow steps processed in the selected time range. Use this metric to understand execution volume beyond raw run count, especially when workflows vary in length or complexity.

Cache hit rate

The Cache hit rate card shows how often eligible work reuses cached results instead of running again. Use this metric to monitor efficiency over time and to notice periods where reuse drops or improves.

Browser actions

The Browser actions card shows how many browser-driven actions ran during the selected time range. Use it to monitor activity for workflows that rely on browser automation and to understand how much of your usage comes from browser-based work.

03Activity over time

The activity chart helps you move from a single total to a trend. Use it to see whether usage is steady, rising, or concentrated in specific periods inside the selected range.

04Billing period tracking

Use the billing-period view to track workflow run usage against your monthly quota. This section focuses on the current billing period or a prior billing period, so you can measure progress against a fixed monthly limit instead of an arbitrary custom date range.

Navigating billing periods

Use the period navigation controls to move between billing periods. Open the current period to monitor in-progress usage, or switch to a previous period to review the final total for that month.

When you navigate periods, keep the purpose of each view in mind:

• Use the current billing period to see how many workflow runs you have used so far this month
• Use a previous billing period to compare finished monthly totals against earlier months
• Use period-by-period navigation when you need quota tracking tied to your billing cycle

Reading the cumulative workflow run chart

Read the billing-period chart as a cumulative total, not a per-day spike chart. The line rises as workflow runs accumulate during the billing period, which makes it easier to see how quickly you are consuming your monthly allowance.

Use the chart to:

• Track how quickly workflow runs accumulate during the month
• Compare the current period's pace with your expected usage
• See whether usage is accelerating early or late in the billing period
• Review how a completed billing period finished against quota

Understanding quota lines and period totals

Use the monthly quota reference line as a visual target for the billing period. Compare the cumulative workflow run line against that reference to understand whether you are comfortably below quota, approaching it, or have reached it.

The period total reflects all workflow runs recorded within that billing period. Unlike a custom time-range summary, this total stays tied to the billing cycle, which makes it the right number to use for monthly quota tracking and end-of-period review.

05Time range selection

Change the time range to recalculate the KPI cards, chart, and breakdowns together. Use shorter ranges to investigate recent changes and longer ranges to understand broader trends and recurring usage patterns.

When you review time ranges, focus on consistency:

• Use a short range for recent launches, incidents, or workflow edits
• Use a longer range for planning, reporting, or comparing adoption over time
• Recheck the same range later to confirm whether changes were temporary or sustained

Reading the stacked activity chart

Read the stacked chart as a time-based view of usage composition. The total height shows overall activity for each period, while the stacked segments show how different categories contribute to that total.

Use the chart to:

• Spot spikes or dips in overall activity
• See whether increases come from one category or several categories
• Compare how usage mixes shift across the selected time range
• Pair chart changes with the KPI cards to validate what changed

06Usage breakdowns

The breakdown sections help you understand where usage comes from. Use them after you identify a trend in the KPI cards or chart so you can isolate which category is driving change.

Step execution tiers

The Step execution tiers breakdown groups executed steps by tier. Use it to understand how your total step volume is distributed and which kinds of step execution contribute most to your overall usage.

A tiered view is helpful when:

• Total steps increase but run count stays similar
• You want to compare simple and more resource-intensive execution patterns
• You need a clearer picture of which step categories are growing fastest

Browser action mode

The Browser action mode breakdown groups browser actions by mode. Use it to understand how browser-based activity is divided across the ways your workflows perform browser work.

Review this breakdown when browser usage rises and you need to determine whether the increase is concentrated in one mode or spread across multiple modes.

Browser action type

The Browser action type breakdown groups browser activity by action type. Use it to see which kinds of browser interactions make up the largest share of usage and to identify shifts in how workflows use browser automation.

This view is useful when you want to:

• See which browser interactions dominate current usage
• Compare recent browser behavior against a prior reporting period
• Investigate whether a workflow update changed the mix of browser actions

07Best practices

• Review Usage on a regular cadence so you can recognize normal patterns before investigating anomalies.
• Use the billing-period view for monthly quota tracking and use custom time ranges for trend analysis or incident review.
• Compare both Workflow runs and Steps executed instead of relying on a single metric.
• Use shorter time ranges first when investigating a spike, then zoom out to confirm whether it reflects a broader trend.
• Watch Cache hit rate alongside activity volume to understand whether efficiency changes as usage grows.
• Check breakdowns after every major workflow rollout so you can confirm which categories changed.

08Related

• Settings
• Workflows
• Sandboxes
• Tasks
• User Events Dashboards for reusable SQL-based reporting built from saved User Events queries when you need custom analytics beyond workflow usage trends