# Data rates and batching

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/data-rates-and-batching/2793>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** mqtt\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/data-rates-and-batching/2793 "2020-04-06T14:25:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lars\_Andersson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/data-rates-and-batching/2793/1 "2020-04-06T14:25:33Z")

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I was trying to find an old response in this forum but was not able to find it.

It’s in regards to payloads and “batching” of payloads.

If I sample and upload data every 1 minute, compared to upload every 15 minutes,  
( that message contains every data point per minute within those 15 minutes).  
Wouldn’t that be the same payload cost?

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**Author:** ![anaptfox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/anaptfox/32/873_2.png) [@anaptfox](https://forums.losant.com/u/anaptfox)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/data-rates-and-batching/2793/2 "2020-04-06T16:09:34Z")

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@Lars_Andersson,

You are correct. It is the same amount of payloads. An easy way to think about it is: if you report in batch, any workflow listening to the state of the reported devices _will trigger for each payload within the batch of payload._