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<p>A <em>resource monitor</em> allows you to monitor credit usage by user-managed virtual warehouses and the cloud services layer of the
Snowflake architecture.</p>
<p>For background information about how virtual warehouses and cloud services incur costs, see <a class="reference internal" href="cost-understanding-compute.html"><span class="doc">Understanding Compute Cost</span></a>.</p>
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Monitoring Cost¶