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title: "Get usage and balance"
description: "Shows whether tracking is stopped or the balance is low. Also returns the prepaid balance (ledger total, pending mention charges, and the effective balance that decides pausing), daily spend and days left, running and paused keywords, and matches today and over 30 days. Pricing is $0.008 per matched mention, relevant or not, and $5 a month per active keyword, charged daily."
canonical: https://docs.rumoro.dev/api/usage/get-usage
markdown: https://docs.rumoro.dev/api/usage/get-usage.mdx
---

# Get usage and balance

`GET /v1/usage`

Shows whether tracking is stopped or the balance is low. Also returns the prepaid balance (ledger total, pending mention charges, and the effective balance that decides pausing), daily spend and days left, running and paused keywords, and matches today and over 30 days. Pricing is $0.008 per matched mention, relevant or not, and $5 a month per active keyword, charged daily.

## Responses

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | A summary of usage |
| 401 | The API key is missing or not valid |

The [OpenAPI document](https://api.rumoro.dev/v1/openapi.json) has every schema. Rules shared by all endpoints are in [Conventions](https://docs.rumoro.dev/conventions.mdx).