---
title: "CostCeiling"
description: "money a month by kind, and the share at which an alarm is raised"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/costceiling
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# CostCeiling

money a month by kind, and the share at which an alarm is raised

[figure: CostCeiling is a parameter at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | parameter |
| scope | platform |
| key | the kind |
| store | postgres |
| family | operations |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `kind` | `one of model calls \| the store \| rented machines \| sources` | yes |  |
| `ceiling` | `money` | yes |  |
| `alarm_share` | `share` | yes |  |
| `read` | `money` | no | from metered calls and the providers' bills |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns CostCeiling directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.