### Answer
The available documentation on Alerting does not explicitly state whether the alerting feature itself incurs additional billing charges. [(1) ](
) The documentation covers how to set up alerts, available metrics, thresholds, and notification channels, but does not mention pricing or billing impact for using the alerting functionality.
However, you can use alerting to
monitor costs by setting budget alerts when call costs exceed thresholds. The
Total Call Cost metric is available for creating alerts, which tracks the total cost of calls in USD.
For specific billing details about the alerting feature, I'd recommend reaching out directly:
Check out these potentially useful sources:
- [Alerting Documentation](
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- [Contact Sales](
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- [Retell AI GitHub](
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