The Area Under Management (AUM) model is Planet's subscription approach for users who need continuous, scalable access to PlanetScope imagery over specific geographic regions. Instead of paying per image or per API call, you subscribe to a defined geographic area (measured in km²) and gain access to all available PlanetScope data — both archive and monitoring (newly acquired) — within that area for the subscription period.

What "Area Under Management" means

AUM is the total geographic area you are actively monitoring. It is calculated as the union of all unique Areas of Interest (AOIs) used in your orders within the subscription period (12 months from first purchase). Because it is a union:

• Every new AOI you order adds to your total monitored footprint.
• Overlapping areas are counted only once.
• Re-ordering data for the same polygon does not consume additional quota.

There are no per-image download fees for data within your AUM.

How the subscription works

• You subscribe to your areas of interest (for example, agricultural fields), and for 12 months you can access all available PlanetScope data in those areas — archive and monitoring.
• Quota is purchasable in 5 km² increments per tier.
• You can spread your quota across multiple disconnected areas (parcels), each with a minimum size of 0.01 km².
• The subscription period begins at your first purchase and lasts 12 months.

Tiers and pricing

Annual subscription pricing depends on the region where you want to download data. Coverage is offered as four tiers:

• Global
• Tier One
• Tier Two
• Tier Three

Topping up quota

If you need more area coverage during the subscription period:

• Top-ups can be purchased at any time.
• Top-ups are co-termed with the original subscription — they share the same end date, and the price is pro-rated to the remaining period.
• During the final three months of the subscription, any additional quota purchase requires renewing for one additional year.

Frequently asked questions

If I order data for a polygon today and re-order the same polygon next week, do I consume quota twice?
No. As long as you order the same polygon, the area is counted only once — re-fetching data does not consume additional quota within the subscription period.

If I order polygon A today, then expand it into a larger polygon A′ that fully contains A, how much quota do I consume?
You consume the total area of polygon A′. Because AUM uses the union of all polygons, the original and expanded areas are consolidated.