Vultr DocsLatest Content

How to View Vultr Bandwidth Usage

Updated on 12 September, 2025

A dashboard feature that displays total data transfer statistics for your cloud resources across billing cycles.

The Vultr Bandwidth Usage page provides an overview of the total data transferred between your cloud resources and the internet. It displays usage for your top Cloud Compute instance subscriptions across the current and previous billing cycles. You can also view any overage fees incurred for exceeding your plan’s bandwidth limits.

Follow this guide to view bandwidth usage using the Vultr Customer Portal or API.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API

  1. Navigate to Accounts and select Bandwidth Usage under BILLING.

  2. Review the normal and overages (excess bandwidth) usages:

    • Current Billing Cycle:

    Current Billing Cycle Bandwidth Usage

    • Top Subscriptions:

    Top Subscriptions Bandwidth Usage

    • Previous Billing Cycle:

    Previous Billing Cycle Bandwidth Usage

  1. Send a GET request to the Get Account Bandwidth Info endpoint to retrieve detailed bandwidth usage information for your Vultr account.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/account/bandwidth" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

Comments

No comments yet.

Support Documents

How Is Bandwidth Usage Calculated?

Explains how Vultr calculates bandwidth usage, clarifying that only outbound data transfers count toward usage limits while inbound traffic remains unmetered.

What Is the Bandwidth Overage Rate?

Explains Vultrs bandwidth overage pricing policy of $0.01 per GB when exceeding your plans allocation.

How Are Bandwidth Caps Calculated?

Explains how Vultr calculates bandwidth usage limits for customer accounts