Usage Tracking

Accounting Overview

Each question to Adaptive Retrieval initiates a search across S&P Global’s AI-ready datasets. By default, we search the datasets relevant to your query that are included in your subscription. You can optionally limit further by listing specific datasets in your request.

We count each individual dataset search toward your usage, and we continue answering questions until your contractual quota is reached. If any of the resulting dataset searches for a question is unsuccessful, that question will not count toward your usage.

Contracts can include an additional number of searches, called overage, that allow continued use after your quota is depleted. You are charged only for overage that is used, unused overage is not billed.

Monitoring your usage is straightforward. Each Adaptive Retrieval response includes various allowance and usage counts in its headers (see header specs).

Usage Limiting Scenarios